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Chuck is a nicknames for Charles, but I am wondering, how did they get Chuck out of Charles. Same for Jimmy and James. Any one care to enlighten me?
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Im doing a research paper on nicknames and I would also like to know where nicknames are derived and a little about the history. I haven't found anything, but if I do, I'll enlighten you and can you do the same for me?
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Once I knew a Charles who was Charles Someone III; his grandfather had been charles, known as Charlie. Then came dad, known as Chuck to distinguish him from his father, and then when my acquaintance was born and there were three of them in the family, he became known as Chip. In that family, it was just a matter of finding a cute-sounding nickname that started with the same sound.
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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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