Maven (famous)@piefed.zip to Ask LemmyEnglish · 3 months agoWhats the worst baby name?message-squaremessage-square180linkfedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down15
arrow-up1113arrow-down1message-squareWhats the worst baby name?Maven (famous)@piefed.zip to Ask LemmyEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square180linkfedilink
minus-squareChunkMcHorklelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months 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-up1·3 months 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”