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Help[Opinions] Re: Ronnie
in reply to a message by Perrine
It feels cheap on a girl, like an old-time gangster's moll. Veronica's such a pretty name to do that to.
On a boy it also sounds kind of cheap, but not like an old-time gangster, like the female Ronnie's boyfriend. It sounds more like a kid who is always getting detention at school or banned from the schoolbus for throwing things and getting in fights and mouthing off. The kind of kid that may or may not have quite a bit of jail time ahead of him.
Ron is a nice, friendly nn for the rather stiff Ronald.
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you criticize him, you're a mile away and you have his shoes!
Steve Martin
On a boy it also sounds kind of cheap, but not like an old-time gangster, like the female Ronnie's boyfriend. It sounds more like a kid who is always getting detention at school or banned from the schoolbus for throwing things and getting in fights and mouthing off. The kind of kid that may or may not have quite a bit of jail time ahead of him.
Ron is a nice, friendly nn for the rather stiff Ronald.
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you criticize him, you're a mile away and you have his shoes!
Steve Martin
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