Maven (famous)@piefed.zip to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agoWhats the worst baby name?message-squaremessage-square182linkfedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down16
arrow-up1111arrow-down1message-squareWhats the worst baby name?Maven (famous)@piefed.zip to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agomessage-square182linkfedilink
minus-squareChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·19 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-squareLORDSMEGMA@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 days agoprobably same reason “Bill” is short for “William”
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”