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Name abbreviations
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Carol West-Roediger
(guest)
1/28/2003, 5:16 PM
Can
you tell me what the abbreviations are for most comman first names? for example: Jno., Wm., Thos.,
Chas
. Jos. etc.
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Anneza
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1/31/2003, 3:08 AM
And there's Geo. for
George
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Phyllis
(guest)
1/30/2003, 4:00 PM
I'm going to take a stab at this (open invite for corrections if I'm wrong on any of them)
Jno. =
John
Wm. =
William
Thos. =
Thomas
Jos. =
Joseph
Phyllis
(aka Sidhe Uaine or
Gaia
Euphoria)
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Kyt
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1/30/2003, 4:35 AM
Chas
is a nickname for
Charles
.
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