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"When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do..." - Albert Einstein
"When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do..." - Albert Einstein
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I really love Nelly, though I slightly prefer Nellie. The elephant association isn't something that springs to my mind as one of the first things when I hear this name. I also really like Nell. I could happily use Nellie myself in an English-speaking country, but rather as a diminutive of Helena/Cornelia than a name in its own right.
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Nelly is my best friends name. I actually like it a lot. The meaning is even more lovely.
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I like it, but I prefer Nellie.
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I love the name Nelly, and specially this spelling. Although I also like the spelling Nellie, I think Nelly seems to age better? Does that even make sense? Haha
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Furtado is the first association I have.
Except for her, the name seems like an obsolete antique to me, like Fanny or Patsy, and childish.
I guess it is cute for a child's nickname. Or for a celebrity who benefits from being basically the only youngish person bearing an unusual ugly-chic name. But I think in real life for an average girl or woman it'd be pretty blah as a full name.
I also think of "nervous Nelly," which adds to the "antique" feeling of it.
Except for her, the name seems like an obsolete antique to me, like Fanny or Patsy, and childish.
I guess it is cute for a child's nickname. Or for a celebrity who benefits from being basically the only youngish person bearing an unusual ugly-chic name. But I think in real life for an average girl or woman it'd be pretty blah as a full name.
I also think of "nervous Nelly," which adds to the "antique" feeling of it.
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I love it as a nickname, especially for Prunella.
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"Nellie" is a family name I adore. Nellie was her name on the birth certificate and she was sometimes called Nell. I'd certainly use it, spelled with the -ie ending. I'm not at all familiar with the elephant. I'd forgotten all about the Little House on the Prairie character, having rarely ever watched it. And the rapper is just barely on my radar. So it's all good for me.
This message was edited 4/30/2021, 6:39 AM
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I dislike it. It makes me think of the awful character on "Little House on the Prairie" and the rapper.
Nellie looks much better.
Nellie looks much better.
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I prefer the Nellie spelling myself but it is a nice name.
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What a wonderful name
I love it. It's sweet and vintage.
It should be used more as a name on its own, not a diminutive.
I love it. It's sweet and vintage.
It should be used more as a name on its own, not a diminutive.
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OT - did you learn that song as a child, or did you first hear the Toy Dolls version?
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I knew a man once who had been a DJ on campus radio (an Afrikaans-medium university, for what that's worth) when he was a student; not sure when that was but I think he was born in the mid-1960s. Anyway, he and the others decided out of the blue to play the Nelly The Elephant song, and it is catchy so they played it more than once, once they'd started. And the requests started coming in! He claimed that the national pop-rock radio station also picked up on it and gave it air time; I'd like to believe it, and why not?
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