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Betsy has a lively, cheerful air about it which the more ponderous Bess lacks, and it's my choice for sure.

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That said, my lively, cheerful mother was nicknamed Bess by one of her friends. It never caught on, but she didn't mind at all. And I was at school with a grim Betsy who had a towering ego for no good reason, so nothing proves anything.