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thenewgreen  ·  4066 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 30 Below Contest—2013 | Narrative Magazine

    What would you go with for the short form of "Atticus"?
I think it would be Atty.




humanodon  ·  4066 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Makes sense. I guess "Cus" is out. Since reading that Atticus is now a popular boy's name, I've been trying to imagine a world where running into an Atticus will be not unusual. I guess it won't be that big a deal, though I am still adjusting to the current America where little girls named Madison seem to be everywhere.

I can't divorce that name from Wisconsin. And I feel bad, because I have those New English prejudices about what the rest of the country is like, even though I know they aren't necessarily true . . .