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in reply to a message by lala
I can see Jimmy for James. Imagine a little boy named James and everyone calls him Jamie to be cute. Eventually, because of their accents, it sounds like Jimmy and that's what is written down.
Or, you could do the same thing but call him Jim first and Jimmy after that.
Chuck is strange. I'm sure it's another accent thing.
Michelle
Or, you could do the same thing but call him Jim first and Jimmy after that.
Chuck is strange. I'm sure it's another accent thing.
Michelle
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Actually...
I speculate that *Jem* came before Jim. Jem, for whatever reason, was coined as a nn for James in medieval times, and was eventually elongated to Jemmy, and eventually the E got turned into an I, hence Jim and Jimmy.
I like Jemma as a feminine form of James, btw.
I have no clue about Chuck. But I will say that I think it's an awful nn!
Miranda
I speculate that *Jem* came before Jim. Jem, for whatever reason, was coined as a nn for James in medieval times, and was eventually elongated to Jemmy, and eventually the E got turned into an I, hence Jim and Jimmy.
I like Jemma as a feminine form of James, btw.
I have no clue about Chuck. But I will say that I think it's an awful nn!
Miranda
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