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ArchivesWelcome to BtN, Cheryl!
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And thanks for the props. I'm blushing. :)
According to my reference sources, the name Cheryl came into popular usage in the 1920s and was a development from "Cherry" -- an old pet name for "Charity". Charity, of course, was a Puritan virtue name, derived from the New Testament word for love. Tracing this word back to its New Testament Greek roots, the original form would be "Charis".
How'd I do? ;)
-- Nanaea
According to my reference sources, the name Cheryl came into popular usage in the 1920s and was a development from "Cherry" -- an old pet name for "Charity". Charity, of course, was a Puritan virtue name, derived from the New Testament word for love. Tracing this word back to its New Testament Greek roots, the original form would be "Charis".
How'd I do? ;)
-- Nanaea
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Thanks Nanaea for the warm welcome. I think I'm going to like it here; you're my kind of folks. About my name, according to my research, Cheryl is a Welsh form of the French Cherie. I even talked to someone from Wales who verified its Welsh origins. She said in Wales the CH sound is pronounced like cherry and not like sherry. In other words, the Welsh pronounce Cheryl as chair' uhl instead of share' uhl
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Cool! :) I hadn't heard that before. Thanks for the Welsh background on "Cheryl" -- I'm making a note of it!
I see you've been busy on the board tonight, too. You're going to be an asset to the joint, I'm sure. :)
-- Nanaea
I see you've been busy on the board tonight, too. You're going to be an asset to the joint, I'm sure. :)
-- Nanaea
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