My Scottish Grand-Aunt was Ellen Florence, but called Nellie, and her mother Emma, known in the family as Pemmy. Emma's mother Mary was called Polly, and her brothers Edward and Horatio were Ted and Tate, respectively Tracy McCallum New Mexico On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 1:00 AM, <midlothian-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. nicknames (Lynn Bell) > 2. Re: nicknames (Moira Meek) > 3. Re: Scottish Nicknames (MMayn93990@aol.com) > 4. Re: nicknames (Liz Dempster) > 5. Nicknames (Mary McLaren) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 11:54:23 -0000 > From: "Lynn Bell" <lynnbell@supanet.com> > Subject: [MIDLOTHIAN] nicknames > To: <MIDLOTHIAN@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <87FC819775804CDFBBBF6675B0236974@OwnerPC> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I have been watching this post with interest for some time, my favourite > bugbear is Elisabeth. > E**** gets Ella, Eliza, Elspit, Elspeth, Elly, but fails to pick up Beth, > Betty, Bessy, Betsy, Biff, Lisa, Liza, Lis, Liz, Lissy, Lilabet or Lisbet. > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 13:14:43 -0000 > From: "Moira Meek" <mbmeek@btinternet.com> > Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] nicknames > To: <midlothian@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <C9F7543C4AF041108A89C0EEAA37CBE8@MoiraPC> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > When I was a child my mother whose name was Eliza used to tease me with the > rhyme: > > Elizabeth, Eliza, Betsy and Bess > went down to the river to herry a nest > The nest had four eggs > they each took one > How many eggs were left? > > She said their were three eggs left because it was the same girl using > variations of her name > > Moira > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lynn Bell" <lynnbell@supanet.com> > To: <MIDLOTHIAN@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 11:54 AM > Subject: [MIDLOTHIAN] nicknames > > > >I have been watching this post with interest for some time, my favourite > >bugbear is Elisabeth. > > E**** gets Ella, Eliza, Elspit, Elspeth, Elly, but fails to pick up Beth, > > Betty, Bessy, Betsy, Biff, Lisa, Liza, Lis, Liz, Lissy, Lilabet or > Lisbet. > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 16:18:50 EST > From: MMayn93990@aol.com > Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Scottish Nicknames > To: midlothian@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <cf3.63fc96f8.3829e13a@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Nancy was a nickname for Ann/Anne > > Mary Slack Maynard > North Georgia Mountains > > > In a message dated 11/6/2009 3:34:28 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > cfitchett@paradise.net.nz writes: > > In Scotland I have also come across Sadie for Sarah, Agnes was often > Nan or Nancy, Margaret may become Peggy. I too, have come across Polly > for Mary. > Minnie can be either Marion or Jemima (possibly also Wilhelmina). > Jemima can also be "Mima". > One of the stranger (to me) name variants was Grizel/Grace. I'm not > sure this is so much a nickname as a change of fashion - Grizel being > the older form, and Grace more modern. One of my greatgrandmother's > sisters was baptised in the 1820s as Grizel but at her marriage and in > all census records was known as Grace. > > > On 5/11/2009, at 9:00 PM, midlothian-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 21:31:35 EST > > From: MMayn93990@aol.com > > Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Scottish nick names > > To: midlothian@rootsweb.com > > Message-ID: <bbb.5d3b89c8.38239307@aol.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > > Also, a woman named Ellen was called Helen. > > > > I don't know if this was true in Scotland, but in the US Sally was a > > nickname for Sarah > > > > Mary Slack Maynard > > North Georgia Mountains > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject > and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:44:54 -0500 > From: "Liz Dempster" <germic90@sympatico.ca> > Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] nicknames > To: <midlothian@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP551B71CE4B4EEBAC2FF79AAFAC0@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > My grandmother was Elizebeth, her first daughter was Elizebeth and they > were > both called Lil....I always thought they were both Lillians didn't know my > aunt was Elizebeth until she was about 80 yrs old! > > Liz Dempster > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lynn Bell" <lynnbell@supanet.com> > To: <MIDLOTHIAN@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 6:54 AM > Subject: [MIDLOTHIAN] nicknames > > > >I have been watching this post with interest for some time, my favourite > >bugbear is Elisabeth. > > E**** gets Ella, Eliza, Elspit, Elspeth, Elly, but fails to pick up Beth, > > Betty, Bessy, Betsy, Biff, Lisa, Liza, Lis, Liz, Lissy, Lilabet or > Lisbet. > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 19:19:55 -0800 > From: "Mary McLaren" <r.mclaren@telus.net> > Subject: [MIDLOTHIAN] Nicknames > To: <midlothian@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <88BB4B2119794C02983B12E299889DA8@home5ea1c5e90a> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Is the name Senga still used in place of Agnes ? I've been away from > Scotland for forty years but remember it was common when I was going to > school . Surely it must be one of the few places to spell a name backwards > ! > > Mary McLaren > BC Canada > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the MIDLOTHIAN list administrator, send an email to > MIDLOTHIAN-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the MIDLOTHIAN mailing list, send an email to > MIDLOTHIAN@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of MIDLOTHIAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 192 > ****************************************** >