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Help[Opinions] Re: Patty
in reply to a message by Caroline
Though I have never heard Patty being used as a nickname for Martha, I can understand how it could be. In England there were so few names being used that some of the nicknames were often given other letters so as to give them some differentiation. There would be too many Margarets shortened to Meg (or Meggy, I guess), that they just changed the M to a P, and it became Peggy. There were too many Richards who went by Rick that they'd change the first letter of Rick and get Dick (or Hick).
With Martha, you could get the nickname Matty, which, à la Peggy, could be changed to Patty given those principles.
With Martha, you could get the nickname Matty, which, à la Peggy, could be changed to Patty given those principles.
This message was edited 12/1/2015, 7:38 PM
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