Bit of a weird “rant” but it’s been bugging me for months and I need to see if I’m the only
If a girl’s full name is [name_f]Catherine[/name_f], why would [name_f]Kate[/name_f] be spelled with a K and not as [name_f]Cate[/name_f]? [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] we shorten to [name_f]Kate[/name_f], which makes sense, but why not [name_f]Catherine[/name_f] → [name_f]Cate[/name_f]? It’s really not clicking in my head why not? [name_f]Catherine[/name_f] people tend to shorten to [name_f]Cat[/name_f] and [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] to [name_f]Kat[/name_f], so why is it different for [name_f]Catherine[/name_f] → [name_f]Cate[/name_f]?