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Link between Tom (Tommy) and Athanasios (Thanasi)
Does anyone out there know why Greeks use the short name Tom or Tommy for Athanasios? The only link I can see is the theta sound of the TH (as in thing, think, thorough)of *TH*omas and A*TH*anasios in Greek.
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Hi Tom,
greeks do not use Tom or Tommy for Athanasios.
They use "Thanasis" or "Thanos" or "Nasos", but after all anybody can use any nickname he wants.Regards,
Nikos.
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Greeks use the name Tommy for Athanasios all over the United states
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