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Re: How do you get the name Ned of the the names Edmund + Edward?
by Miranda (Randee15)
1/4/2005, 5:32 PM
in reply to a message by Laura
From the beginning, Ed. Ed gets turned into Ned, possibly by baby talk (younger sib couldn't pronounce Ed, so they said Ned, and it catches on), or possibly by regional dialect differences.Miranda
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- Array (WeloveyouJesseLacey)
1/4/2005, 6:19 PM
I thought that some guy (this is all fuzzy, but it was some guy, centuries ago) insisted that good nicknames could be created by adding an N to the first syllable to given names. Thus Ned, Nell, Nan, and other ones that fell by the wayside, like Noll (from Oliver).But since I can't remember it well, this isn't meant to be taken as fact, mind. :)Array
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- Ivayla (guest)   +7
1/4/2005, 6:10 PM
I believe...Ned, Nan and the like arouse as contractions of the medieval endearing phrases mine + name (like mine Anne or mine Ed).
If you search in the archives, you can find Merriment's take on the issue (of course, hers was a far more coherent explanation)
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- VeryMerryment (guest)
1/6/2005, 3:11 AM
Me, coherent?Seems unlikely..
hic!
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- Miranda (Randee15)   +5
1/4/2005, 7:03 PM
Ah, I (vaguely) remember that! *Tries to search* Wah, the search won't let me search for any words that are less than four letters!Well, I don't particularly feel like digging through the archives manually, so I'll take your and Merriment's word for it regarding Ned, Nan, etc. :-)Miranda
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- Siri (guest)   +4
1/5/2005, 6:02 AM
- Miranda (Randee15)   +2
1/5/2005, 12:59 PM
Thanks! :-Da
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- Siri (guest)   +1
1/6/2005, 10:28 AM
When searching for a name that is three letters long, put a space before the first letter.
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- Miranda (Randee15)
1/6/2005, 2:57 PM
Gotcha! Thanks. :-)a
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- Ivayla (guest)
1/5/2005, 9:39 AM
Yay! Thanks a lotn/t means no text. Why are you peeking in here :o)?
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- Laura (guest)
1/4/2005, 5:37 PM
Interesting.......
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