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Subject: [GASCREVE-L] Nicknames
Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 09:20:38 -0400


Here are a few given names and their nicknames that I have run across. No
doubt others can greatly expand this list:

Seaborn - Seab
Hansel - Hance
Martha - Patsy, Mat, Mattie
John - Jack, Johnny
Jonathan - Jon
Clement - Clem
Margaret - Maggie, Meg
Sarah - Sally
Letitia - Letty
William - Bill, Will, Billy, Willy
Alexander - Alex (sometimes pronounced "Alec" (as in smart aleck)
Mary Ann - Polly
Dorothy - Dot, Dottie
Archibald - Arch, Archie
Jane - Janie (pronounced Jay-nie)
Moses - Mose
Solomon - Sol
Simeon - Sim
Matthew - Matt, Mat

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