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Help[Facts] Re: Nessie & May
in reply to a message by Anneza
"some can arise spontaneously from some trivial event that no outsider could possibly guess at"
Lol, that is very true. My aunt - real name Helen Gisela - has been known her entire life as Penny, to everyone. Why? Because her hair was the brassy colour of a new penny when she was born, and the nickname stuck. But people still wonder how the family got Penny from Helen!
♦ Chrisell ♦
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
Lol, that is very true. My aunt - real name Helen Gisela - has been known her entire life as Penny, to everyone. Why? Because her hair was the brassy colour of a new penny when she was born, and the nickname stuck. But people still wonder how the family got Penny from Helen!
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
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I had an aunt who was always called Pat, even by her husband-her name was actually Elsie. I don't know why, though I suppose someone must. As a sort of post-script-her niece was named after her--Patrica! always called Patty, or really, Paddy.
another addition-an uncle (same family) names Edgar, was known as Tee-Tee. not by his friends though, they called him Ed.
another addition-an uncle (same family) names Edgar, was known as Tee-Tee. not by his friends though, they called him Ed.
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Your aunt's getting her nickname as a baby makes me think of Ronald Reagan, who was nicknamed Dutch by his father, and went by Dutch for a long time. His father thought the baby Ronald looked like "a little Dutchman."
My son Garrett's nn is Wally. His big brother called him Wally when they were little -- for what reason, I don't know.
My son Garrett's nn is Wally. His big brother called him Wally when they were little -- for what reason, I don't know.
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