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  • Ptolemy

    The only one I've met was of Egyptian extraction, so I always thought it was an Egyptian thing.

    Also thought Kit was either short for Christmas or given to a Xmas baby.

    100% with @fatberg on shortened names. Although Mrs H said it was retarded if you're never going to use the full version, and just me being old fashioned... which is hard to argue against.

  • In fairness it was my word. I totally accept its not nice to call people retarded, but it seems a reasonable choice for the backwards and old fashioned notion of wanting to use a long version of a name when you'll never use it.

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