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Here's my column on Sonny. Couldn't figure out a reason for the recent upswing and ended up not mentioning it because there were so many other things to say. :)
https://omaha.com/lifestyles/cleveland-evans-sonny-a-famous-nickname-with-a-long-lineage/article_d08ee30a-89b8-11ec-b317-436116c986ec.html
https://omaha.com/lifestyles/cleveland-evans-sonny-a-famous-nickname-with-a-long-lineage/article_d08ee30a-89b8-11ec-b317-436116c986ec.html
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Very interesting, as usual! I wonder if the British usage of Sunshine, and sometimes Sunny, is in any way connected - the sound is the same, and sunshine is warm and cheerful and would make a good nn; Sunshine can be used as a filler when talking to someone whose name one doesn't know, but then it's usually a bit condescending or disapproving, in the same way as Pal or Buddy can be.
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