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Help[Opinions] a name in the obituary this morning
A 93-year-old woman named Fleecie. Her brother and sisters all had unremarkable names.
I would think that a fleecie was something to wear, or that she had siblings named Woolly, Silky and Nubbly.
"It's one thing to be open-minded and quite another to be so open-minded your brains fall out."--Dear Abby
"Let other people push you around, and you deserve whatever bad things happen after that."--Lauren Bacall
I would think that a fleecie was something to wear, or that she had siblings named Woolly, Silky and Nubbly.
"It's one thing to be open-minded and quite another to be so open-minded your brains fall out."--Dear Abby
"Let other people push you around, and you deserve whatever bad things happen after that."--Lauren Bacall
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My grandmother, of a similar age, has a good friend named Flossie. It was a relatively popular name at the time they were born. Though, it was more popular a few decades before. Trends do take time to completely die off. The top 1000 for the 1920s has lots of these cutesy nicknames that we don't really see as girls names anymore like Willie (#72), Bessie (#89), and Margie (#109). Some more "weird" ones are further down, but still there, like Dovie (#567), Lovie (#721), Ocie (#801), and Pinkie (#881).
I see Fleecie as similar to that -- something trendy in the early 20th century that has not persisted.
I see Fleecie as similar to that -- something trendy in the early 20th century that has not persisted.
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I saw an Abbilyn last week. It was weird but cool
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Is it supposed to be a nickname for "Felice" or something?
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apparently not
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:)
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I'm hoping it's a nickname... But I have found someone in my family tree with the name Mossie and I love it.
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I know a Moss and Algie.
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It apparently is not a nickname.
Mossie is terrible, it's all damp and soggy, and sounds like some critter in the Wind in the Willows.
Mossie is terrible, it's all damp and soggy, and sounds like some critter in the Wind in the Willows.
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Mossie! I love it! Would make a very adorably nickname for Maurice.
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I would have thought it was a nickname - short for Felicity or something.
Interesting find.
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Interesting find.
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There's a woman who is a regular at the store where I work, and she's named Fleecie, spelled the same way. She's elderly and very sweet. There's also a woman named Cookie, but in that case it's a nickname. I asked her once how she came to be called that, and she said it's just what everyone called her since she was a little girl.
Incidentally, I used to have a neighbor called Woolly, after his remarkable ginger beard.
Sidenote: I just checked my local obituaries to make sure we weren't speaking of the same Fleecie, and came across a Judene and a Bradys Onita. Interesting names!
Incidentally, I used to have a neighbor called Woolly, after his remarkable ginger beard.
Sidenote: I just checked my local obituaries to make sure we weren't speaking of the same Fleecie, and came across a Judene and a Bradys Onita. Interesting names!
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There's at least one woman named Cookie in my area who sells real estate. Go figure.
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I know two Cookies! One I know for sure her real name is Patricia, and the other one was a baby born to somebody in my class when I was in high school. I *think* that baby's name was something like Ashanti, or Ashantay, or something similar sounding, but can't be sure,
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