On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:55:51 -0800, "D. Stussy" <spam@bde-arc.ampr.org> wrote: >"Charles Ellson" <charles@ellson.demon.co.uk> wrote in message >news:dcjsq390asqvs4dhk3hcc2ia611on7jhao@4ax.com... >> On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:10:27 +0000, Brad Rogers >> <news@yoss1960.ukfsn.org> wrote: >> >> >On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:47:58 +0000, Temprance wrote: >> > >> >> Nellie and i'm wondering What the name Nellie could also be? Lizabeth? >> > >> >Eleanor, Ellen or Helen rather than (E)Lizabeth. >> . >> or Penelope. > >Note: Penelope usually -> Penny. > Yes, but not always. Abbreviation of names by family and friends, (especially by other children who can't get their tongues round a whole name) is far from uniform WRT to the number or position of syllables selected or the final sequence of the syllables in the result.

"Charles Ellson" <charles@ellson.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:fo01r3dpt46lfsoeasd3slsj47bkv3squ0@4ax.com... > On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:55:51 -0800, "D. Stussy" > <spam@bde-arc.ampr.org> wrote: > > >"Charles Ellson" <charles@ellson.demon.co.uk> wrote in message > >news:dcjsq390asqvs4dhk3hcc2ia611on7jhao@4ax.com... > >> On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:10:27 +0000, Brad Rogers > >> <news@yoss1960.ukfsn.org> wrote: > >> > >> >On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:47:58 +0000, Temprance wrote: > >> > > >> >> Nellie and i'm wondering What the name Nellie could also be? Lizabeth? > >> > > >> >Eleanor, Ellen or Helen rather than (E)Lizabeth. > >> . > >> or Penelope. > > > >Note: Penelope usually -> Penny. > > > Yes, but not always. Abbreviation of names by family and friends, > (especially by other children who can't get their tongues round a > whole name) is far from uniform WRT to the number or position of > syllables selected or the final sequence of the syllables in the > result. What art of "usually" didn't you understand?

On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:41:55 +0000, Charles Ellson wrote: > (especially by other children who can't get their tongues round a > whole name) is far from uniform WRT to the number or position of A good example of this sort of thing is (Edwin) "Buzz" Aldrin. He got the nickname Buzz because his sister couldn't say "brother", but pronounced it "buzzer". In fact, in the end, he went through the legal process of getting his name changed to Buzz, so now he's not Edwin at all. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" If a thought came in your head it would die of loneliness I Don't Like You - Stiff Little Fingers