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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Also, Peggy is short for Margaret ๐Ÿคฏ

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

this one makes me violent

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

The best married couple, Henry and Margaret Hill.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

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

Margaret > Meg > Meggy > Peggy