• VelvetStorm@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Ya that one has always bothered me. It makes zero sense. That’s like having Mark be short for Brennan.

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      5 months ago

      Some nicknames do a consonant shift for the first letter, like William > Will > Willy > Billy

      Margaret > Meg > Meggy > Peggy