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Peggy for Margaret?
Not all nns have to be phoenetic. And I think Lainie is for Helena. I still think it makes sense. Changing the spellings of already establish nns doesn't make sense and doesn't really fit. I could see how phoenetically Lainie isn't for Helena if it's prn hel-uh-nuh but I still think it works because of how it looks.
Not all nns have to be phoenetic. And I think Lainie is for Helena. I still think it makes sense. Changing the spellings of already establish nns doesn't make sense and doesn't really fit. I could see how phoenetically Lainie isn't for Helena if it's prn hel-uh-nuh but I still think it works because of how it looks.
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But that has an etymological explanation and history of use.
This message was edited 3/19/2012, 1:04 PM
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Peggy nn Margaret, Elizabeth nn Lily etc were thought of at a time when there were usually several girls with the same name in a family. There wasn't such a huge variety in names and it was normal to have 5 Marys in the family. As they had to differentiate them somehow nicknames such as Molly and Mamie were thought of. At least that's what I read. To each their own it's just not for me.
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