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[red-inuzuka.livejournal.com]

I caught the tail end of a show and the boy talking during the credits was named Thom, pronouced as 'Tom'. Since I didn't see the show, I don't know if it was short for Thomas or not. I kinda like it, it's a funky way to write out a plain name, but on the other hand, it looks like someone randomly added an H for the fun of it or that the H should be pronouced. What do you guys think?

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[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've seen that before. It's rather accepted.

[istytehcrawk.livejournal.com]

I like it either way, as Thom or Tom (pronounced the same). It makes sense not to pronounce the H in Thom because the H is not pronounced in Thomas.

[red-inuzuka.livejournal.com]

I know, but if I was just reading it, it would take me a second to say it as Tom not 'Th-om' if there was no hint it was a part of Thomas.

[crzydimond.livejournal.com]

Well Thomas is spelt with an H, so I don't see why Tom shouldn't be spelt Thom. It's kind of cute actually.

[red-inuzuka.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it is kinda cute, and it definitely helped the little boy ((all of five years old)) was rambling about zombies and how the camera crew and his family were zombies, or something like that XD

[barelyshocking.livejournal.com]

I think it is quite common for Thomas to be shortened to Thom or Tom. The lead singer of Radiohead is Thom Yorke. I like it.

[red-inuzuka.livejournal.com]

I've always seen it as Tom, so it was new to me. I have seen Thom Yorke's name before, but I guess since I'm not a huge Radiohead fan, it never stuck.

[babykalina.livejournal.com]

It makes me think of Thom Mcann shoes.

[mkemom.livejournal.com]

I think it is far more typical in the UK and Australia than in the US, but I've noticed it's gaining popularity here.

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

like thom yorke. :)

[florallove.livejournal.com]

like Thom from Queer Eye!

I think it's cool. But I definitely thought of it as thom instead of tom the first time I saw it spelled that way.

[sheshellabella.livejournal.com]

I thought the same thing!

[intothesea.livejournal.com]

I prefer Thom to Tom.

[cherrysorbet.livejournal.com]

Thom is the last name of a friend of mine so I just see it as a surname, unfortunately :P

[memorymaze.livejournal.com]

Thom Yorke FTW!

[sheshellabella.livejournal.com]

If my name were Thomas, I'd spell it "Thom". I don't see why people eliminate the H when they are nicknaming themselves. The H isn't there for the last part of the name, it's there for the first part therefore I believe it should be kept like that. I really like Thom as a nickname versus Tom - it does look funky, but not in a omgz sooper dooper kr8iv way.