Maven (famous)@piefed.zip to Ask LemmyEnglish · 23 days agoWhats the worst baby name?message-squaremessage-square182linkfedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down15
arrow-up1113arrow-down1message-squareWhats the worst baby name?Maven (famous)@piefed.zip to Ask LemmyEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square182linkfedilink
minus-squareChunkMcHorklelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·22 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-up1·21 days agoprobably same reason “Bill” is short for “William”
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”