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Gene93 Posted 5 years ago
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A good-natured nickname

Hello,

Does the second sentence sound natural to you?

- Yes, they call him shorty. It's a good-natured nickname, there's nothing derogatory or malicious about it.


Does "a good-natured nickname" sound natural to you?


Thank you.

  

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Gene93 Does "a good-natured nickname" sound natural to you? Yes. The person who bestowed the nickname is the good-natured one, not the nickname itself, but we often put things that way even though we know that.

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  • Gene93 Does "a good-natured nickname" sound natural to you?
  • Yes.
  • The person who bestowed the nickname is the good-natured one, not the nickname itself, but we often put things that way even though we know that.
  • It is perfectly normal.
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Gene93Does "a good-natured nickname" sound natural to you?

Yes. The person who bestowed the nickname is the good-natured one, not the nickname itself, but we often put things that way even though we know that. It is perfectly normal.

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