Less a rule than a habit, Duchess used pet names for people: rascal, rascalino, sweets, sweetness, love of my life, pumpkin, poodle. She gets that from me. It’s handy if I see people and start talking to them before I can recall their names. Plus, you will perhaps agree with me that there are really only about five different names in the world. Put a couple of consonants and vowels together, that’s it, that’s every name. I can’t be expected to remember which random combination of consonants and vowels matches which unique and inherently divine everlasting soul.
