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in reply to a message by thegriffon
Indeed! And a good poem to prove it ... here in South Africa I've only ever heard Theodore shortened to Theo, never Ted(dy).
My family tree contains an English working-class man in the mid-19th century who was named Edward Albert and always known as Ted. I have been told, how accurately I don't know, that in the UK nicknames like Ted for Edward, Dick for Richard, Bob for Robert etc were typically working class and Teddy, Dickie, Bobby etc were upper class. This doesn't work in South Africa either, for want of an upper class I suppose.
My family tree contains an English working-class man in the mid-19th century who was named Edward Albert and always known as Ted. I have been told, how accurately I don't know, that in the UK nicknames like Ted for Edward, Dick for Richard, Bob for Robert etc were typically working class and Teddy, Dickie, Bobby etc were upper class. This doesn't work in South Africa either, for want of an upper class I suppose.
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