During my 12 hr Forum holiday I got to thinking about shortened names.

I can understand how David gets shortened to Dave, and even the link between William, Willy => to Billy.

But how does a Margerate become a Peggy and what Has Richard done to become known as Dick?

:huh: Answers please :confused:

This used to happen a lot when I worked in a nursing home.I can remember there was one woman known as Sadie and her real name was something like Sarah! Dunno why people do it!

During my 12 hr Forum holiday I got to thinking about shortened names.

I can understand how David gets shortened to Dave, and even the link between William, Willy => to Billy.

But how does a Margerate become a Peggy and what Has Richard done to become known as Dick?

:huh: Answers please :confused:

I would have thought that Richard would have been shortened to Rich, not Di........oh same difference :hihi:

How does Maureen become Mo.....My son is called Mark....can't shorten that we said. No,.... he became Market.....and Spot.......:hihi:

someone just confirm this for me.

Robert becomes Bob?

Yup that's right. :thumbsup:

My name tends to get enlarged to Pauly by close friends.....or even 'Pauline' by those who think they're hilarious....Trotta! :P

Kathryn gets shortened to Kate alot, although my sister's name is actually Kate, not Kathryn. :)

I don't get why a "R" becomes an "L" when a terry or laurence, or derek becomes tel, lol, or del. (or hal from Harold??)

Shel, yeah, shortened from Michelle, or Caz from Caroline, Bri from Brian, and "Renie" from Irene.

My ex-hub even had his name shortened, to *I* (pronounced "ee") from Ian... his name was chosen by his father as a name that could not be shortened.. (*chuckles*)

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People try and lengthen my name to Katherine or Kathleen (might as well call me simon or bob!) and tend to get a bit upset when I insist on my real name being used. I get patronising looks and 'no dear, we need the name it says on your birth certificate' :rolleyes:

During my 12 hr Forum holiday I got to thinking about shortened names.

I can understand how David gets shortened to Dave, and even the link between William, Willy => to Billy.

But how does a Margerate become a Peggy and what Has Richard done to become known as Dick?

:huh: Answers please :confused:

Cant believe you beat me to this thread... only the other day i was having a conversation of how they shorten Richard to Dick... how stange... :loopy:

also Mo from Maureen as Joanl mentioned... :huh:

Its all very confusing :roll:

Just soooo glad mine makes sense... ;)

I know one or two Richard's who are Dicks :hihi:

My name tends to get enlarged to Pauly by close friends.....or even 'Pauline' by those who think they're hilarious....Trotta! :P



Dont they always say a name suits... :huh: :hihi: :P

two of my friends are called laura, yet shorten their names to lulu.....!? its not even shorter tho - its still two syllables! :loopy:

Majority of my mates and people who know me well call me Ry.. If i cant abbrieviate someones name, ill use their surname.

Majority of my mates and people who know me well call me Ry.. If i cant abbrieviate someones name, ill use their surname.

I've known people in the past that have specifically chosen their Children's names so they cant be abbreviated... :?

I on the other hand prefer names that can be abbreviated... i feel its more friendly...

I'd rather my closest friends shorten my name... rather than use my real name... like i mentioned before its more friendly... :D *soppy*

I prefer my name to be shortened. Only my mum calls me by my full name.

Majority of my mates and people who know me well call me Ry.. If i cant abbrieviate someones name, ill use their surname.
Hey if you had been Christened Ry, it would get shortened to R :hihi: and anyone repeadtedly shouting you would sound like they were faking an orgasm :blush:

my names Bobby-joe and loadsa of times people have told me my real name must be Roberta Josaphine :hihi:
i get BJ or Bobs alot and even Billy i dont mind i answer to pretty much owt :thumbsup:

Only my mum calls me by my full name.

And is that saved for occasions when you've been a very naughty girl? :hihi:

And is that saved for occasions when you've been a very naughty girl? :hihi:
I'm never naughty...

My name's Samantha most people call me Sam (hate Sammy tho!) but Mum and bruv call me Mamfa as he couldn't say my name when he was little and it stuck!!
My Grandma's sister was called Ellen but was known as Nell????

I know one or two Richard's who are Dicks :hihi:
just as long as you never tread on/in a richard :P

good post donk :hihi:

someone just confirm this for me.

Robert becomes Bob?

Robert is a good name for shortening!

Rob, Bob, Bert, Bertie, Trebor, Boring, Bertrude.... I could come up with these all night!:hihi:

My Mum chose my name because it can't be shortened, but people have still managed over the years to call me by a strange selection of names. Most people assume my name is already abbreviated and call me a rather old fashioned lengthy version which REALLY aggravates me.
Our girls have got names which could be mucked about with, one has ended up with a pet name BooBoo and the other Two Shoes, poor things. Thankfully just we call them that.

Robert is a good name for shortening!

Rob, Bob, Bert, Bertie, Trebor, Boring, Bertrude.... I could come up with these all night!:hihi:
I have a Robert in my family, he's strangely inherrited his Dad's nickname which was Pom :huh: His Dad's called Goeff...

Strange but true :hihi:

I'm Joanne and for 18 years of my life I fought my parents to be Jo - they finally started calling me Jo then I decided I hated it and wanted to be called Joey. My dad still calls me Jo - JoWanne when I'm in trouble.

If I introduce myself as Joanne (in formal situations and such like) I automatically get shortened to Jo which does my nut in. If I introduce myself as Joey people presume I can't pronounce my own name and call me Jody.

My biggest bugbear is being called Jo with an e. Joe. Its a boys name for goodness sake!:rant:

My other big issue is folk that have normal(ish) names but spell 'em wierd...:suspect:

During my 12 hr Forum holiday I got to thinking about shortened names.

I can understand how David gets shortened to Dave, and even the link between William, Willy => to Billy.

But how does a Margerate become a Peggy and what Has Richard done to become known as Dick?

:huh: Answers please :confused:

Peggy was a shortened version of Elizabeth in the 18th century. Margaret is a version of Margueritte. Luckily I’m a man. Had I been a woman I’d have hated being called ‘Marge’!

I have a Robert in my family, he's strangely inherrited his Dad's nickname which was Pom :huh: His Dad's called Goeff...

Strange but true :hihi:

Footballers named Robert were many years ago all called Bobby. Somehow, in today’s game they’re all called Robbie. When did the transition take place?

Went with a female friend’s daughter to see my friend in hospital. There was a difference of opinion as to her real first name with her insisting it was Margueritte and the hospital insisting it was Margaret. So, the ward sister asked my friend’s daughter, saying “what do you call her”. My friend’s daughter said, “I call her Mum”!

Mum and bruv call me Mamfa

My sisters friend is called samantha and we used to call her mamfa :hihi: Infact I still call it her now!

someone just confirm this for me.

Robert becomes Bob?

Indeed, my Dad's called Robert, but almost everybody calls him Bob.

I get called Kirst, Krusty (by my grandad!!) and when i was at school i used to get called Kes!

Peggy was a shortened version of Elizabeth in the 18th century. Margaret is a version of Margueritte. Luckily I’m a man. Had I been a woman I’d have hated being called ‘Marge’!
That reminds me of an old joke Pete:

A cowboy walks into a saloon, orders a drink & says to the bartender "You can call me Tex"

The bartender enquires "Are you from Texas?"

To which the stranger replies "Nope, I'm from Maryland - but I don't like being called Mary" :hihi:

That reminds me of an old joke Pete:

A cowboy walks into a saloon, orders a drink & says to the bartender "You can call me Tex"

The bartender enquires "Are you from Texas?"

To which the stranger replies "Nope, I'm from Maryland - but I don't like being called Mary" :hihi:

PMSL! You're a nutter mate, a funny one though... :P

Footballers named Robert were many years ago all called Bobby. Somehow, in today’s game they’re all called Robbie. When did the transition take place?

its better for songs to call them Robbie

and also its a better name than "bobby"

My sisters friend is called samantha and we used to call her mamfa :hihi: Infact I still call it her now!
My sister is Samantha, and cos I couldn't pronounce it when we were kids she was known as "Manty" or "Mants". This has, in later years, been corrupted somewhat, meaning that a 31 year old woman now answers (en famille, at least) to the name "Pants".

She does reciprocate with something equally unsophisticated for me

its better for songs to call them Robbie

and also its a better name than "bobby"

Is it? How many singing footballers are there then?

Is it? How many singing fartbalers are there then?
I dunno - I'm gonna google it :hihi:

I had a boy in my class called richard... that got called dick, but then people started callin him pilchard?
when i asked why this was, people just said .... well cos his name is richard and me not wanting to look dim just said oh yeah.
I still dont get why richard got called pilchard :huh:

:suspect: sounds fishy to me too, BnB

Is it? How many singing footballers are there then?

who said anything about singing footballers? i said its better for songs about them

ie, super, super rob, super, super rob, super, super rob, its super Robbie Pires :D

Only on person ever shortened my name Mary to Mare he was a Londoner and maybe he thought the name apt?:hihi:

its better for songs to call them Robbie

and also its a better name than "bobby"
oi oi mister... my names Bobby
i think ide look rather daft been called Robbie instead :P :hihi:

My full name is Alexandra but i have never ever been called that. I've always been called Alex and my close friends and family call me Al.

xxx

I had a boy in my class called richard... that got called dick, but then people started callin him pilchard?
when i asked why this was, people just said .... well cos his name is richard and me not wanting to look dim just said oh yeah.
I still dont get why richard got called pilchard :huh:

an explanation that might be relevant:-

richard to pilchard...

Cliff Richard gets the mick taken out of him by being called "Riff Pilchard" (like Dusty Springfield was dubbed "Rusty Springboard", and Gene Pitney was "Gene Pitstop" or Celine Dion was "that talentless prat from canada... "sorry, I mean "Sea-lion Dion")

that might be the reason why. (well it's as plausible as any)

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My mom chose our names so they couldn't be shortened.
Im Sarah but i do get called Sar's a lot, pronounced Sair's not sar's as in the disease lol
My brother is called Lee, and this man who worked at Pinegrove used to call him Leepy. When he gets on my nerves i just call him Leek. Our surname begins with K ya see.

My old best mate from school is called caroline, we all call her Cal now. I also call my other mate Catherine, Cat.

I have a lot of laughs with *Ryan*, i call him allsorts, which annoys the living daylights outta him :hihi:

an explanation that might be relevant:-

richard to pilchard...

Cliff Richard gets the mick taken out of him by being called "Riff Pilchard" (like Dusty Springfield was dubbed "Rusty Springboard", and Gene Pitney was "Gene Pitstop" or Celine Dion was "that talentless prat from canada... "sorry, I mean "Sea-lion Dion")

that might be the reason why. (well it's as plausible as any)

PT


Ill go with that PT, thanks now my head can rest again.
its bugged me for years :hihi:

Apparently Richard got abbreviated to Dick because "Dick is the Medieval short form of RICHARD. The change in the initial consonant is said to have been caused by the way the trilled Norman R was pronounced by the English."

No, I don't understand it either!

We my niece is called Angel so just to wind up my sister I call her Angle. :hihi:

sazk, your brother's nicknmae of "leapy" is probably from the 1960's singer leapy lee, who had a minor hit with "little arrows"
(see here www.geocities.com/leapyleeshrine/sixties.html)

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oi oi mister... my names Bobby
i think ide look rather daft been called Robbie instead :P :hihi:

is that the only reason you would look daft :hihi:

Robbie, do you like being called Rob?

is that the only reason you would look daft :hihi:

:huh: ermmm ermmmm being only 4ft 10 dunt help much either :hihi:

Robbie, do you like being called Rob?

i dont mind chicken, and yes i know what it rhymes with

:huh: ermmm ermmmm being only 4ft 10 dunt help much either :hihi:

nah, that just makes you cute :D

Why does John get changed to Jack?

My grandad is called John, but some people call him Jack.

Its not any shorter or easier to say!

My nannan is called Kathleen but everybody knows her as Kitty or just Kit.

My name gets shortened from Adele to Del or Delly an my sister is Tatty or Tats cos I couldn't say Natalie wen I was younger.

i dont mind chicken, and yes i know what it rhymes with


So it makes you feel more loved more? Or do you prefer it more? Or do you like people to use your full name?

This question is directed at everyone.. Not just Rodney.

sazk, your brother's nicknmae of "leapy" is probably from the 1960's singer leapy lee, who had a minor hit with "little arrows"
(see here www.geocities.com/leapyleeshrine/sixties.html)

PT

Just seen this PT, Thanks hun, it actually makes sense now :thumbsup:

Only my mum calls me by my full name.

I get this also. Though usually when in the "Dog House":D.

I get called Kirst, Krusty (by my grandad!!) and when i was at school i used to get called Kes!

I call my niece (also named Kirsty) "Stirks".

who said anything about singing footballers? i said its better for songs about them

ie, super, super rob, super, super rob, super, super rob, its super Robbie Pires :D

Replacing "Rob" with "Dick" in the above is funnier though:hihi:

So it makes you feel more loved more? Or do you prefer it more? Or do you like people to use your full name?

This question is directed at everyone.. Not just Rodney.

i dont care