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submitted 4 months ago by spujb@lemmy.cafe to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Also, Peggy is short for Margaret 🤯

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 10 points 4 months ago

this one makes me violent

[–] lessthanluigi@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

The best married couple, Henry and Margaret Hill.

[–] VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

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

Margaret > Meg > Meggy > Peggy

[–] nieceandtows@programming.dev 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Wait, really?

[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

[–] konalt@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Chuck is short for Charles