How does margaret become peg

Its origins sound too good to be true , but are in fact simply both good and true. Now that is interesting! Thanks for taking me on such a great journey, Peggy Day! And slightly confusing. Is there more names out there that have more than two variations? Like Liked by 1 person. Like Like. So what you have written is very poignant with her in mind.

It all just seemed to fit. Lots of names like this — Cathy, Katy, Kate for example. British modesty perhaps? I think so: we seem to resist obviously literal surnames in English compared to other languages. I had no idea that these names were related.

Interesting too how they go in and out of fashion. Some names seem only suited to older people, but then you remember that they were all young with that name! Exactly, I was actually inspired to write about that one before! I was totally mystified as a child, on receiving a birthday card signed Tante Marguerite.

Took me some years to realise it was my spinster Great Aunt Daisy being intellectual. Reblogged this on lampmagician. In fact, the four dogs we had over the years were called Benji, Jake, Gypsy, and Daisy. It more than […]. Peggy, my Mother who died a year ago, named her last dog after her favorite flower — Daisy. Edward, Margaret, Robert. Share this: Twitter Facebook. Like this: Like Loading January 26, at am. Sara L. January 26, at pm.

January 27, at am. July 14, at pm. July 28, at am. I would not be surprised at all if Peggy was turned into Peighi in modern Gaelic. Peggy Yakimov. May 30, at pm. June 14, at pm. July 1, at pm. December 28, at pm. Patricia F Youngdale. August 17, at pm. August 20, at am. November 17, at pm. Am looking for an appropriate nickname for my wife who is called Margaret. November 19, at pm. November 23, at pm. I had an aunt whose brothers liked calling her Maggot. Nice boys.

They have the same number of letters! How does that save any time? There are multiple theories about this nickname, but here's the most likely one: Back in the 11th and 12th centuries, the Normans would have pronounced "John" as "Jen. So, Jen turned into Jenkin, which eventually turned into Jakin, and finally into Jack. Yes, really. There aren't even any F's in "Elizabeth"! Come on! But in this case, it's a nickname based on how a child might pronounce the final syllable — Elizabeth becomes Beth, which becomes Buff, and then becomes Buffy.

So, yes, the full title of the show should have been Elizabeth the Vampire Slayer. Yep, you've got it: "Mine Ed" turned into "my Ned. Teilen Facebook.