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[quote=Anonymous]I too hate forced nicknames (we're naming her this but we will call her this), but I do love the old fashioned nicknames. They are fascinating. So I can't get too upset over it. At least the old ones make sense. Thanks to the poster who explained some of them, like John, Jack, Jenkins...cool! As for the N ones "Nan Bullen" was what the commoners called Anne Boleyn. Nan, Nell, Nellie (for Eleanor or Helen ("Elen-pronounced, no "H"--same with Hannah, Anna...)), Ned, etc. ... It is possibly from combining "Mine Edward" or "Mine Anne", etc. According to Wikipedia, it's called rebracketing. Makes tons more sense than naming your kid Elizabeth but just deciding to call her Timmy! :-)[/quote]
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