Message: "Re: Eppie" - Behind the Name

Re: Eppie

by Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)

2/11/2009, 12:34 PM

Hephzibah is not "nickname free". In George Eliot's novel Silas Marner, the character named Hephzibah is called Eppie. And there would be plenty of other short forms one could get out of Hephzibah with a little effort. (Heppie, Zibbie, Ezzie, etc.)

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Hephzibah · Melissa · 2/11/2009, 11:40 AM

•Re: Hephzibah · fyi · 2/11/2009, 8:23 PM

•Re: Hephzibah · Speranza · 2/11/2009, 5:22 PM

•Re: Hephzibah · Melissa · 2/11/2009, 10:24 PM

•Re: Hephzibah · Speranza · 2/12/2009, 7:20 AM

•It was my little sister's doll's name · Lizzie_Jay · 2/11/2009, 2:01 PM

•Re: Hephzibah · New_Chloe · 2/11/2009, 12:36 PM

•Re: Hephzibah · Cleveland Kent Evans · 2/11/2009, 12:26 PM

•Re: Hephzibah · lac · 2/11/2009, 1:17 PM

•Re: Hephzibah · Rose-Berry · 2/11/2009, 2:14 PM

•Yes. (m) · Bear · 2/11/2009, 1:22 PM

•Re: Yes. (m) · Cleveland Kent Evans · 2/11/2009, 2:10 PM

•Hepzibah · New_Chloe · 2/11/2009, 1:33 PM

•Re: Hephzibah · Bear · 2/11/2009, 12:17 PM

•Re: Hephzibah · Melissa · 2/11/2009, 12:55 PM

•Re: Hephzibah · Tassiegirl · 2/11/2009, 12:10 PM

•Re: Hephzibah · BrilliantBlue · 2/11/2009, 11:44 AM

•I agree too. · mafiosa · 2/11/2009, 12:41 PM

•Wait. · Bear · 2/11/2009, 1:20 PM

•I always thought it was HEP-zi-bah too (m) · Joan-Ay · 2/11/2009, 2:00 PM

•Re: Wait. · mafiosa · 2/11/2009, 1:25 PM

•Re: Eppie · Cleveland Kent Evans · 2/11/2009, 12:34 PM

•Re: Eppie · Sabrina · 2/11/2009, 4:24 PM

•I agree with you (nt) · Caytii Ana · 2/11/2009, 12:19 PM

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