Re: CHAT: "Mister" (WAS: Re: New Lang: Igassik)

Kristian Jensen wrote:

> I also heard "Chrissy" being used from friends in Brisbane. They
> had this thing with abbreviating long words and ending them with
> "-y" and like. They for instance refered to the Philippines as
> "Philly", and Brisbane as "Brizzy". E.g. "I left Brizzy for Philly".
> But I think they only used those words as a type of anaphora. That's
> actually a cool feature for a conlang.
We have subcultures that do this sort of thing all the time, but it's not
terribly fashionable in this time and place. When it comes to peoples'
names, though, Australians are known for being much more likely to
shorten them than, for example, Americans. I've heard Americans remark
upon this difference, explaining that in their country one generally
doesn't shorten a person's name without permission, whereas here the rule
is that if you make enough friends then eventually at least one of them
will address you by an abbreviated name unless you ask them to stop.
(Personally, I would ask them to stop - I don't want to be called Aids.)

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