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Do you think it is possible to have a character named Bram without using it as a nn for Abram or Abraham? Is it possibly that people used the nn on its own just as Elise is used as a name on its own free of Elisabeth?

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"'Chevrolet,' answered Ramona. 'I named her after my aunt's car.'
The class began to laugh, especially the boys. Ramona felt confused, standing there in front of twenty-eight boys and girls who were all laughing at her."