Re: Elizabeth "Effy"
in reply to a message by Helena
Really? I've never heard of the show but I'll tell her about it. I thought it was unknown of. Hmm so does that mean it really is a short form of Elizabeth?
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I guess it does. My theory on its origin is that someone took Ethy/Ethie and replaced the -th with -ff for easier pronunciation, but this is really only a very wild guess.