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I have a few relatives that have gone by unrelated nn's as well. The main one that comes to mind is my Great Aunt Dob. Her name was Elizabeth, and I have NO idea why, but everyone called her Dob (rhymes with Bob or job). This didn't even strike me as an odd name when I was younger, I just had an Aunt Dob and an Uncle Jerry. LOL. Also, my grandmother was also named Elsie. :) Oddly enough, my grandfather always called her "Jim" (not "Gem" but "Jim" lol). We have no idea why, but he was the only one to call her that and he never called her Elsie that I knew of over the years.

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I don't love Huckleberry as a nn (maybe just for when he's at home, with family, I guess) but Huck is kinda cute. Though it's not good for rhyming games. :-/

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ETA: I just realized--my grandmother, Elsie, and my aunt, Elizabeth "Dob", were sisters. They had two forms of the same name! I can't believe I never realized that before. Maybe that's why they called her Dob. :b

This message was edited 8/18/2007, 3:52 PM