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I was at school with a couple of Philippas, known as Pippa: nice girls then, good women now. And I know a Philippa who usually uses the full form, though Pippa does exist as an option; she's about 25. I think it's charming, though I do realise that there are issues around it in Scandinavian languages. But where I live that isn't a problem at all.

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A few weeks ago I startled myself by dreaming about three little girls playing in a field of flowers: they were Peggy, Polly and Pippa, and don't ask me where that come from.