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Dauphin

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Caught in a tuna net
Jan 1970
time: 05:21

17-08-2002 02:50

#61

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quote:
Originally posted by Col Bigspear

Elizabeth = Betty ?

Eizabeth => Beth => Betty.

quote:

Oh and as mentioned earlier, for the brits out there onlt you will get this
Kate is short for Bob.

~~Blackadder's~~ Flashheart's misses.

Col Bigspear

Warlord

Manchester, England. Im 1/2 Polish and proud of it!
Jul 2001
time: 05:21

17-08-2002 02:50

#62

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I never got the American ones until i watched Varsity Blues

Billy Bob = William Robert

Duh. ME slaps self.

Things like JR etc.

Dauphin

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Jan 1970
time: 05:21

17-08-2002 02:51

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quote:
Originally posted by Immortal Wombat
I can't hear the word "Bubba" without mentally suffixing "Fat-ass".
Maybe its just me...

Elizabeth = Eli, Eliza, Liza, Lisa, Beth, Betty

You missed Liz. The most common abbreviation I have come across for the name.

King

MACEDONIA - It's the name of the sovereign country to the north of Greece
Apr 2000
time: 07:21

17-08-2002 02:52

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quote:
Elizabeth = Eli

Immortal Wombat

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Dec 2000
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17-08-2002 02:57

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quote:

You missed Liz. The most common abbreviation I have come across for the name.

Oh yeah. My cousin's name

Dal:

Col Bigspear

Warlord

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Jul 2001
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17-08-2002 03:01

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quote:
Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin

Eizabeth => Beth => Betty.

~~Blackadder's~~ Flashheart's misses.

Aaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrr how could i miss that. You don't know how much swearing i have just done Me slaps self again (ouch starting to hurt now)

Blackadder: "Goerge, this is going to be months of very boring men looking at very boring machinery"

Flashheart: "Hey girls look at my machinery (women Scream)"

Provost Harrison

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Feb 2000
time: 05:21

17-08-2002 03:06

#67

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What about Bubba?

Saras

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Vilnius, Lithuania
Apr 1999
time: 06:21

17-08-2002 03:08

#68

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Yes, what about Bubba?

Provost Harrison

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Feb 2000
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17-08-2002 03:14

#69

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Won't someone please think about Bubba?

Immortal Wombat

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Dec 2000
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17-08-2002 03:14

#70

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I'm sorry to have to be the one to say it... Bubba's dead, Mr Harrison.

Col Bigspear

Warlord

Manchester, England. Im 1/2 Polish and proud of it!
Jul 2001
time: 05:21

17-08-2002 03:15

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I Don't know damn it, must you torment me

Ethelred

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Mar 2002
time: 21:21

17-08-2002 03:27

#72

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My sister had a friend when she was kid.

She was named Nancy.

Her nickname was Bee.

My sister was asked why. In fit of frustation that only a three year old can manage. My sister answered.

"Cause she Bees a Nancy!"

King

MACEDONIA - It's the name of the sovereign country to the north of Greece
Apr 2000
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17-08-2002 03:31

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Perhaps I am totally poking in the dark now, but I think Bubba isn't a short version of any name , it's just a nickname displaying affection?

Provost Harrison

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Feb 2000
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17-08-2002 03:31

#74

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You what?

King

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Apr 2000
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17-08-2002 03:57

#75

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errm , nevermnd, damn Hebrew Euphemisms.

basically, what I meant to say is 'guessing'.

Provost Harrison

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17-08-2002 04:18

#76

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Oh, that wasn't directed at use Azazel, it was at Ethelred. Just a bit of a cross post there...

King

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Apr 2000
time: 07:21

17-08-2002 04:24

#77

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okay...

btw, this is another question. What does O.K stand for?

Kramerman

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Jun 2002
time: 23:21

17-08-2002 04:24

#78

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quote:
Originally posted by Provost Harrison
What about Bubba?

BUBBA AIN'T GOT NO LEGS, SONNY

Dauphin

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Jan 1970
time: 05:21

17-08-2002 04:33

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quote:
Originally posted by Azazel
okay...

btw, this is another question. What does O.K stand for?

Orl Korrect

Ned

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of Aptos, CA
Oct 1999
time: 21:21

17-08-2002 04:36

#80

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Edward --> Ned

I don't have a clue why.

Ethelred

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Mar 2002
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17-08-2002 08:20

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quote:
Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Oh, that wasn't directed at use Azazel, it was at Ethelred.

Hey I am just quoting something my sister said. I never did get it straight why Nancy was called Bee. My sister's explanation was actually the best one I heard. The other was that Nancy's brother couldn't pronounce Nancy but where the Bee came from I never did find out.

Ethelred

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Mar 2002
time: 21:21

17-08-2002 08:32

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quote:
Originally posted by Azazel
okay...

btw, this is another question. What does O.K stand for?

OK I will give the answer I have heard. Its certainly a US origin term for one thing. I had heard it was a modified African term that came from the slaves. That may be part of it anyway according to this NPR page:

http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/ok/

Same thing on this one:

http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexpe...twordorigins/ok

I think the space program may have had a lot to do with its popularity outside the US.

Col Bigspear

Warlord

Manchester, England. Im 1/2 Polish and proud of it!
Jul 2001
time: 05:21

19-08-2002 17:49

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quote:
Originally posted by Ned
Edward --> Ned

I don't have a clue why.

Edward = Ed= Ned

Fiera

Emperor

Proud Member of the Spanish Gang
Mar 2000
time: 06:21

01-09-2002 01:06

#84

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quote:
Originally posted by Azazel

btw, this is another question. What does O.K stand for?

If I'm not wrong, it stands for "0 (Zero) kills", first used by army captains, during the American Civil War, as their companies came back from duty and they put down their losses on a blackboard.

CapitanGarlic

Prince

no longer.
Jul 2001
time: 22:21

01-09-2002 01:22

#85

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Alex = Lek, Lex

not terribly common, but I've seen it.

Anodyne

Prince

Being perverse is bad.
Jan 2001
time: 07:21

01-09-2002 01:59

#86

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Hmm, some diminutive forms in different languages are quite strange, like
Vladimir = Vova (in Russian) or
Remedios = Meme (in Spanish)

Bosh

Emperor

Taehan Mingook
Jan 1970
time: 00:21

01-09-2002 02:01

#87

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hmmm I always though it was Old Kinderhook...

Adalbertus

Prince

Cologne, Germany
Feb 2001
time: 06:21

01-09-2002 02:03

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Elizabeth->Betty is quite clear if for once you pronounce th as a usual t.
James(en)=Jaques(fr)=Jakob(ge)=Jacopo(it) seems to be the unshortened version (the original name is Hebrew, but I don't know the original spelling nor the transcription to latin letters )

quote:
btw, this is another question. What does O.K stand for?

When I asked this question years ago, I got the answer "origin unknown" (but it was my father, native German as I am, so there may be better answers). I translate it as a bad abbreviation of "all clear" .
(just to avoid you posting big red letters...)