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Subject: Re: Is Polly another name for...........
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:48:16 EST
Most of the Pollys I have come across are and were originally Pollyanna -
shortened to Polly. Meg and Peg, Maggie and Peggie are shorts for Margaret,
Sally for Sarah, -Maybe Polly is short for Petronella - or could it be Pet,
pet.
Peter de Loriol
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