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How do you say this in English (US)? In English, there is a form that is used to call something or someone casually
e.g. Dog => Doggy/Doggie, Tom => Tommy/Tommie
What about a word that ends with i/y?
e.g. Fly or Yuki.
e.g. Dog => Doggy/Doggie, Tom => Tommy/Tommie
What about a word that ends with i/y?
e.g. Fly or Yuki.
- English (US)
@ashf The word almost always has to end in a consonant, not a vowel. (Joe-Joey is an exception to this, for example) Also, the word is also a single syllable word. In English there are very few words that end in 'I'. If it ends in Y, then we wouldn't add anything to make it casual.
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- English (US)
@ashf The word almost always has to end in a consonant, not a vowel. (Joe-Joey is an exception to this, for example) Also, the word is also a single syllable word. In English there are very few words that end in 'I'. If it ends in Y, then we wouldn't add anything to make it casual.
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