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in reply to a message by Ani
I wouldn't be surprised to see Bet and Bette coming back. Liz, Lizzie, Liza, Lisa etc have dominated the field of Elizabeth nicknames for so long that practically anything would be fresher and more interesting. I'd prefer Betsy, but I don't expect a resurgence.
If I had to use a form of Elizabeth as a fn, it would be a dead heat between Elspeth and Elsabe: I'd have to spin a coin.
My daughter Beatrice had difficulty with radio phone-ins: the people on her favourite station were unfamiliar with her name, so she took to calling herself Bessie. They all recognised it happily. What she didn't know was that my mother, also a Beatrice, was always called Bess by one of her friends.
If I had to use a form of Elizabeth as a fn, it would be a dead heat between Elspeth and Elsabe: I'd have to spin a coin.
My daughter Beatrice had difficulty with radio phone-ins: the people on her favourite station were unfamiliar with her name, so she took to calling herself Bessie. They all recognised it happily. What she didn't know was that my mother, also a Beatrice, was always called Bess by one of her friends.
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