What would you shorten Humphrey to?

[arseholewednesday]

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This should be in AIBU. And yes you are.

Huey? Starts with an HU

I know a Humphrey he’s known as Humph and is an awesome child

Hump

I wouldn’t shorten it because I wouldn’t use it in the first place.

Unless I was writing a children’s book about an elephant.

Oh geez don't do it.

Probably lumpy or something

Boris, because he will have a Sir Humphrey very soon by the looks of it.

I know a Humphrey. He gets shortened to Humph, Hump or Humperdinck.

he's a Pug

Humph

Why does it need shortening?

It needs shortening to H and then changed to a different name completely.

I imagine that Humpty Dumpty’s real name was Humphrey.

Humphrey Dumpty has quite a regal ring to it

I LOVE Humphrey. I have a cousin for whom it is sometimes shortened to Humph or H but mostly it's Humphrey.

was Humphrey the king??
...all the king’s horses and all the king’s men, couldn’t put Humphrey together again.

He MUST have been the king. Why would they be bothered by an egg falling off a wall otherwise?

(Totally misses point of post)

I would need to find an acceptable shortening as if never saddle a baby with that name, but ‘H’ if I had to I suppose, or Humph which would very quickly become Hump

It I agree with a pp he’ll end up being called ‘poor bairn’ (Or regional equivalent)

Definitely humpers

You younger MNers associate the name with an elephant book character. Us older posters remember the name this way

Our dog was called Humphrey! He was Humph, Humph - a -lumph, Humpy etc etc!

Bogart

@Divgirl2 that was Alice...

Phey?
Hue?

Surely Humpty Dumpty was Richard III - the HUMP bit being meaningful?

ph

Humpty dumpty was a canon

My cat is called Humphrey and unfortunately we call him Humpy

I love this name. Probably Humpf for short