I've always found it rather odd to consider
Gail as a nickname for
Abigail. I mean, it's logical, and
Abigail is certainly an old enough name for it to make sense, but every
Gail I've known has been named simply
Gail (or
Gayle - don't know that I've met a
Gale).
I love the name
Abigail, truly, but I also find it boring. So if a kid goes by a different nickname other than
Abby, that's fine with me.
Andrew
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