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I'm sure everyone here knows that a long time ago, Daisy was a common nickname for Margaret.
Remember how in "Little Women", when Meg has the twins, and they're going to name the girl Margaret after her? And then Amy says, "We'll call the girl Daisy, and the boy can be Jack, I suppose...". I remember how that puzzled me as a child because I didn't know that Daisy was a nickname for Margaret and couldn't see the connection.
I've always assumed it came about because the French form of Margaret is Marguerite, and the French word for daisy is marguerite, but I've never actually read that anywhere.
At one point my daughter was considering naming a girl Margaret and calling her Daisy, but changed her mind.
So my question is, do you think it's still viable to use Daisy as a nickname for Margaret? Of course, it's possible, and you can use any nickname you want to, but does it just seem silly to you? Do you think if you like Daisy you should just use Daisy? Or does it seem sweetly quaint and old-fashioned, a tradition worth carrying on? Would it be an inconvenience for the Margaret/Daisy in question?
Remember how in "Little Women", when Meg has the twins, and they're going to name the girl Margaret after her? And then Amy says, "We'll call the girl Daisy, and the boy can be Jack, I suppose...". I remember how that puzzled me as a child because I didn't know that Daisy was a nickname for Margaret and couldn't see the connection.
I've always assumed it came about because the French form of Margaret is Marguerite, and the French word for daisy is marguerite, but I've never actually read that anywhere.
At one point my daughter was considering naming a girl Margaret and calling her Daisy, but changed her mind.
So my question is, do you think it's still viable to use Daisy as a nickname for Margaret? Of course, it's possible, and you can use any nickname you want to, but does it just seem silly to you? Do you think if you like Daisy you should just use Daisy? Or does it seem sweetly quaint and old-fashioned, a tradition worth carrying on? Would it be an inconvenience for the Margaret/Daisy in question?
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