Talk:Roach/@comment-1046693-20150807190743

"English, however, doesn't commonly use diminutives in that manner"

At risk of sounding pedantic, or perhaps more likely just misunderstanding that remark, I thought English used that sort of thing extremely commonly: Smith becomes the more informal "Smiffy", Jones "Jonesy", Sarah "Sallie", Emma "Phlegm" (actually, no, ignore that last one) and so on.