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Mel
 Post subject: Peggy
PostPosted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 5:15 pm 
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Does anyone know why the name Margaret is shortened to Peggy?
I have googled it and read some of the theories but wondered if anyone on here has an explanation?

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 Post subject: Re: Peggy
PostPosted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:16 pm 
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Good question! My middle name is Margaret and that was after my great-aunt Peggy.
My best guess is that the Margaret was shortened to Meg...and then, as children are wont to do, it became a rhyming nickname..Meggy-Peggy. Who knows for sure....?
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 Post subject: Re: Peggy
PostPosted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 1:17 am 
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while we're on teh subject, how does Mary become Polly?

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 Post subject: Re: Peggy
PostPosted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:39 am 
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I looked on google but all I could find suggested the Meggy becoming Peggy theory. Same for Mary - became Molly and then Polly. I'm not sure how an 'M' becomes a 'P'.

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 Post subject: Re: Peggy
PostPosted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 9:24 am 
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There's a helpful rule of etymology: Any vowel can become any other, and consonants don't count. At least, I think that's how it goes. :lol:

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