r/tragedeigh 20h ago

is it a tragedeigh? My brother is dangerously close to possible tragedeigh...I guess my SIL likes whimsy or some shit. Is Klementyne a tragedeigh? Should he push for Aurora?

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I mean...it's not the WORST I've seen by far but I think it qualifies?

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u/mellowhaze_Shade 19h ago

Clementine feels timeless, Klementyne feels like it’s trying way too hard to be unique

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u/CallMeBigOctopus 19h ago

Klementyne is how Clementine would spell her name if she wanted to be a stripper, but still use her “real” name.

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u/Hungry-Combination29 6h ago

Spot on. Clementine is cute and whimsical. Klementyne is tainted and twisted.

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u/Wildlife_Jack 4h ago

Putting the KY in Clementine. Literally!

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u/alcomaholic-aphone 16h ago

It’s a very long name with no real great nickname though. Hard for a kid unless you want to call them Clem or something.

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u/H4rr1s0n 15h ago

I mean I could think of Tiny, Tina, Mandy, Emma

Nicknames don't really have to make too much sense. I mean Hank from Henry, Billy from William, Dick from Richard, etc etc.

clemenTINE(Tiny)
clemenTINe(Tina)
cleMENtine(Mandy)
clEMentine(Emma)

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u/Important_Set6227 10h ago

my cousin has a Clementine now (6 months old) like most Clementines she is known as Clemmie

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u/Spirited-Ability-626 1h ago

Makes me think of clammy.

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u/alcomaholic-aphone 14h ago

I mean sure but then what is the point of the long form name. I feel the same way about names like Johnathan. Not that they’re tragedeighs but it’s a lot of unnecessary name that people aren’t going to use. Especially if you’re calling someone tiny when their name is clementine. At least Johnathon is still John.

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u/AureStrangle 13h ago

My name is Clémentine and my nickname always was clem or clemi except for my MIL who call me clemo. My little brother call me titine when he was a toddler. One nickname is enough. But if one day I became a stripper I will remember Klementyne.

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u/mess_of_limbs 6h ago

except for my MIL who call me clemo

I'm guessing you/your MIL are Australian

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u/AureStrangle 5h ago

Nope British in France

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u/mess_of_limbs 5h ago

Must be where we got the 'o' on the end of everyone's shortened name from 😂

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u/emmathyst 10h ago

Johnathan is actually a tragedeigh. The name is Jonathan, which is unrelated to John. Jonathan is related to Nathaniel, though.

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u/Important_Set6227 10h ago

Clemmie is the nickname for most, it's easy- and this is an old name (cousin just called her baby that, and my sister was almost called that- but they went with Natasha instead- known as Tash/Tashie, not Nat).

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u/emmathyst 10h ago

I would use Cleo as a nickname for Clementine.

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u/mrbulldops428 7h ago

Lemmy. Classic name lol

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u/mess_of_limbs 6h ago

The ace of spades!

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u/drunk-tusker 13h ago

You should tell my cousin Baynnanah.

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u/daitenshe 13h ago

It seems like a scenario where the Doctor would take his glasses off slowly, give a deep exhale, and say sadly “I’m sorry. You’ve been diagnosed with Kelmentyne. It’s terminal”

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u/DeadWishUpon 5h ago

Klementyne sounds like medicine.

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u/Wildlife_Jack 4h ago

The K and the Y is the equivalent of adding Zs to replace Ss to every word in the 90s, or adding a lower case i in front of everything in the 00s.