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Re: Bosie? Alfred?
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Here is the explanation given in Douglas Murray's biography of Alfred Douglas. As you can see, the nickname has nothing to do with "Alfred".
It was in these early years that Alfred acquired the nickname by which his family and friends always called him. His mother liked to call him by the West Country diminutive `Boysie', meaning simply `little boy', which gradually shortened to `Bosie'. It was used all his life, and is curiously apt for, in so many ways, he remained at heart a little boy until his death.http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/m/murray-bosie.html
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Thank you!That...yeah, that seems incredibly apt. Hah.
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