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Very true. The only Sally I've ever known, a girl from my high school class, had Sally on her birth certificate. But I believe that Martha is like me in this respect, in that we are, well, I call it "nickname purists." Which means we think that some names that started out as nicknames should remain nicknames, even the ones that have taken on a lot of life as names in their own right. I too, would never put Sally on a birth certificate, it would have to be Sarah and call her Sally. The same with John / Jack. I like Jack, but as a name on its own it drives me nuts lol.

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This isn't true of every name that started out as a nickname, for me, at least. I accept Nancy and Lisa as names in their own right. My sister has a good friend named Lysa. I remember I was surprised when I found out that it was spelled Lysa and not Lisa, but I was even more surprised when I found out that her full name is Elisabeth and Lysa is a nickname. Why the Y, I don't know.

This message was edited 11/11/2018, 9:05 AM