Context aside, I'd use the name Theon before Theo. Hypocritical for me to say, but Theo always sounded unfinished to me.
Theo L. Gee?
A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything.
Wash ,'The Message'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Strix - Jul 18, 2012 6:41:59 am PDT #14476 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Jesse - Jul 18, 2012 6:46:28 am PDT #14477 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And thus Senokot! Ugh.
Ha! Note to self: don't name child Senna.
I've come across a couple women named Cinnamon.
My dumb herb-name story is that my cousin named her son Sage years after my neighbors named their daughter Sage, so my first reaction was literally, "Isn't that a girl's name??" Der. And Ugh.
Amy - Jul 18, 2012 6:47:41 am PDT #14478 of 30001
Because books.
but Theo always sounded unfinished to me
But it's got the nice round O sound at the end! The N softens it too much for me.
But I love names that sound like that. I went through a phase where I wanted to name every one of the male characters in my romances Leo.
Consuela - Jul 18, 2012 6:51:49 am PDT #14479 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Isn't Theo just short for Theodore? Or Theodosius?
§ ita § - Jul 18, 2012 6:53:28 am PDT #14480 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm going to mis-speak about a name that's refusing to come to mind but I've spoken a gazillion times--I just don't know which one it is yet--I don't think I like a nice round O at the end. And I do like how the n takes it and winds it down.
Leo, still being clearly short for something.
We had a Molly in uni who, when asked if that was short for something, she'd say she was short (5' even) for no reason at all.
Jessica - Jul 18, 2012 6:54:23 am PDT #14481 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Isn't Theo just short for Theodore? Or Theodosius?
Sometimes, but it's becoming more and more common to make the short version the full name.
Amy - Jul 18, 2012 6:55:29 am PDT #14482 of 30001
Because books.
Molly used to be a nickname for Mary, I think. I can't think of what Leo would be short for except Leon or Leonardo or something.
§ ita § - Jul 18, 2012 7:10:34 am PDT #14483 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Leonard is also cromulent. But I will accept Leonardo as complete. That o is a-okay with me.
The -eo dislike might come from my father having Galileo as one of his names. It's complete, but it's also hella ugly.
There's a time-sensitive invitation sitting in my work email about a "travel club". I missed the presentation, but they 'waive' the $200 initiation fee, dock $20/month from my paycheque, and: I can book travel through them; there are trips (whoop-de-do?); monthly specials (on what?); I don't sign a contract (coincidentally, if I don't join I also don't sign a contract, so how is this a perk?); and I could win a trip to Cancun.
I need to decide by today, but I DON'T KNOW. I guess I should just pay attention to the thing where I don't travel as much as I used to because I Don't Have It In Me, and let that be louder than the whole but-what-if-I-miss-a-deal? thing. I'd be spending $240 for something I don't understand, and if there's half a chance I end up taking a tour of the Holy Land with a co-worker, well, just toss me in a boiling tarpit right now.
Amy - Jul 18, 2012 7:13:20 am PDT #14484 of 30001
Because books.
I forgot about Leonard. I need to watch more Community.
Don't join the club. I always regret things like that.
Nora Deirdre - Jul 18, 2012 7:14:25 am PDT #14485 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I agree, don't join the club, it sounds at the very least annoying and also sketchy.