Alexios
Can I call James Jimbo?
15 dec. 2019 13:52
Antwoorden · 5
Jimbo has a slight mocking tone to it, more than “Jim” does for James for example. It is not a regular diminutive in the way Sasha would be for Alexander in Russian.
16 december 2019
If you know him well and also know that he likes to be called Jimbo
15 december 2019
You can if you know him well, and he's an equal - a fellow-student, for instance. I wouldn't call him Jimbo if he's your teacher or priest or boss. He might consider it disrespectful.
15 december 2019
There is no hard and fast rule about this kind of things. Personally, I think you have to know James very well to call him Jimbo.
15 december 2019
Yes of course
15 december 2019
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