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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A recent "shortlist" thread that mentioned the nn Jo or Danny for Jordan made me realize how weird I think it is when people come up with these short names that don't make any sense. Jordan doesn't lend to either Jo or Danny in my opinion. [/quote] I'm not sure I follow you with Danny. Jordan ends in jor-DAN which does lend itself to using Danny as a nickname. That's similar to Beth for Elizabeth, Fred for Winifred, Belle for Annabelle, and many others. It's common to use the first OR last syllable as a nickname for a multisyllabic name. I agree that using Jo for a name that begins with Jor is a bit of a stretch, but not Danny.[/quote] Though Jordan ends with d-a-n, it's usually not pronounced Jor-DAN and instead pronounced more like Jor-den. I'm not saying that no one stresses the DAN part of Jordan but it's rare for the end of Jordan to have the same sound as the name Dan. Or is this possibly a regional thing? I'm from the west coast. [/quote]
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