Shoe Store(y)

I’ve known a couple people who, when they write to me, address me as Thom. Not Thomas, but Thom. Am I missing something? They don’t pronounce the H when they say my name but they put it in there when they write it. Is Thom some weird consolidation of Tom Thumb into one word? I’ve never been Thom. I never wanted to change my name to that.  I may have bought a pair of shoes at Thom McAn once, but I wasn’t there often enough to obtain the nickname of Thom.

Do these folks address Theodore as Thed? Anthony as Thony? Timothy as Thim?

I shouldn’t let this cause me heartburn. I’ll take some Thums…