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Ms. Reed's name
cesium133:
My dad's side of the family had all sorts of weird nicknames. His dad was Dynamite (for his violent temper...), and his cousins included Hezzie, Wiz, and Hen (whose actual name was not Henry; it was John).
KOK:
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--- Quote from: KOK on 31 Jan 2015, 12:11 ---William becomes Bill, so logically Richard should be Bitch. But it is not nice to call someone Bitch. That is why Richard is Dick. Or so I have heard.
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I very confused as to how you came to the conclusion that since "Bill" is short for "William," "Bitch" should be short for "Richard." I'm... I can't even figure that one out. Hahaha.
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Asw I wrote, this is something I have heard. I did not come to that conclusion myself.
Carl-E:
My mother's name is Elinor (yeah, I know, the spelling's "wrong"). She had an older sister Lee, so her folks didn't want to call her "Ellie", it seemed too close to Lee.
So they started calling her Eddie.
It stuck. She's 76 and still goes by Eddie.
My father also still gets mail addressed to "Mr. Eddie [last name]". He's Robert / Bob.
That's right, i grew up through the 60's and 70's with parents named Bob and Eddie. It was a little weird.
Middle name use wasn't an option, neither of my parents have one. They were both youngest children born during the depression, and the story from both families was that they were too broke to afford a middle name at the time... :?
Zebediah:
Yeah, that's the story behind why my dad was named after his father. It was the Depression, and they couldn't afford a name so his dad gave him his. :lol:
BenRG:
You don't even necessarily have nicknames based on your forename. My dad's nickname is from the first part of his surname.
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