Maven (famous)@piefed.zip to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhats the worst baby name?message-squaremessage-square170fedilinkarrow-up1109arrow-down14
arrow-up1105arrow-down1message-squareWhats the worst baby name?Maven (famous)@piefed.zip to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square170fedilink
minus-squareradix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoI also know a Tad. It’s not some cringe 2000s kid, either, this guy has to be 70 or thereabouts.
minus-squareMayor Poopington@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 hours agoI have a distant uncle Tad. Short for Thadeus. Dudes pushing 70 and still an absolute party animal.
minus-squareHermit_Lailoken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoMaybe it is an oldtimey name.
minus-squareFrostyElm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoShort for Thaddeus, but you’re right, the “Tad” spelling is apparently for the over-forty crowd. I don’t personally remember seeing “Thad” before the 90s, and then it left me wondering how to pronounce it when I did.
minus-squareMayor Poopington@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoprobably same reason “Bill” is short for “William”
I also know a Tad. It’s not some cringe 2000s kid, either, this guy has to be 70 or thereabouts.
I have a distant uncle Tad. Short for Thadeus. Dudes pushing 70 and still an absolute party animal.
Maybe it is an oldtimey name.
Short for Thaddeus, but you’re right, the “Tad” spelling is apparently for the over-forty crowd. I don’t personally remember seeing “Thad” before the 90s, and then it left me wondering how to pronounce it when I did.
shouldnt it be THAD and tad.
probably same reason “Bill” is short for “William”