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I know that Lily can be short of Elizabeth, but that was done when there were so many Marys, Elizabeths, Annes and Margarets around that you had to be creative with nicknames. Also, Lily is now so much associated with the flower (and also a full name, a flower name) that it makes no sense to me to use it as a nickname for Elizabeth. I think people would even get really confused. Many of these old nicknames don't work anymore, in my opinion.

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I think these don't work anymore:

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Elizabeth nn Lily
Anne nn Nancy
Mary nn Mamie

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I know that someone here once liked Penelope nn Poppy. That never worked for me personally. Claudia nn Chloe also doesn't work for me.

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But I hate far fetched nicknames or nicknames that are well established full names.

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And I am a hypocrite because I love Edward nn Teddy and many people think that makes no sense ;) And it doesn't, I guess. But Teddy is a nickname that you can really call any little child (like honey or bear) so I think it is okay.

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