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What would - Lassie? It's a long, clumsy name that would be very hard work to live with, so some kind of nickname would be used, not necessarily a form of the actual name. If short, or very tall, then Shorty, if a redhead, then Ginger, if good at sports then Ace ... lots of possibilities. I knew a Margaret Scott at school; she was known as Scottie because there were other Margaret people around. And at uni, a very good male friend was also universally known as Scottie; took me ages to discover that his name was Ian. So to me, Scottie is surname all the way.

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