I'll add just my personal observations since everyone else has addressed the question itself. When my dd
Katherine (nn
Katie at the time) was a baby/toddler, there were several times that Kassie came out of my mouth so I can vouch that the transition felt natural. And when one considers how
Kasia evolved as a pet form of the Polish version of
Katherine (
Katarzyna), I can fully understand how the nn transferred to other forms as well (sort of like
Marguerite being the French word for 'daisy' and then
Daisy becoming a nn for
Margaret years later).
This message was edited 4/29/2008, 10:50 AM