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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day ago

is it called a nickname because of people named nick or because nick named people?

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is it called a nickname because of people named nick or because nick named people?

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day ago

i.e. did nick name people or did people call nick nick?

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funny that we went full circle with “aka”
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  A.K.A. is an initialism for “also known as”. No relation.
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    yeah i mean i just thought it was funny that people used eke name before, to mean “another name” and now we use aka to mean “also known as”
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      Fair enough.
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        BDYKWIATTTYRN?

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