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Heh. And Pop once more demonstrates why I'm attracted to him.
Edward to Ed to Ted to Teddy. It's not as much of a stretch as it seems -- not that much unlike calling William Clinton "Bill." William to Will to Bill.
Though, personally, I think Spanish familiars are much better...
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No, the real confusion is when you can't understand why they keep calling Teddy "Laurie" in Little Women. Until you figure out what his last name is. And then you just feel silly.
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Actually, my grasp on Spanish isn't quite tenacious enough to make any immediate connection between Eduardo and Lalo. By contrast, my brother, named Fernando, has the relatively easy nickname Nando -- or Nandito as the familar familiar. (Lalo's familiar familiar would be Lalito.)
I'd imagine it's just one of those things, similar to Rivka's comparison of Richard-to-Dick.
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Spanish nicknames make no sense. My friend Anselmo goes by Chemito, or Cheeto, for short. In fact, I think my dad used his name for SOMEthing, forget what ...
Either way, in the olden days in England, it was really common to give people rhyming nicknames — Bill for William, Ted for Edward, Dick for Richard, Bob for Robert, etc ... it was just how you did it back then. A few of the ones attached to our most common names from that era survive today.
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that happened to me too Leonide.
