As somebody who thinks Nora is homely and dowdy, I find Norie homely, dowdy and babyish. Like Mikey or Becca or Timmy or Missy; a childish nickname that never grows up.
"It's one thing to be open-minded and quite another to be so open-minded your brains fall out."--Dear Abby
"Let other people push you around, and you deserve whatever bad things happen after that."--Lauren Bacall