August 16, 2002, 17:50
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Originally posted by Col Bigspear
Elizabeth = Betty ?
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Eizabeth => Beth => Betty.
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Oh and as mentioned earlier, for the brits out there onlt you will get this
Kate is short for Bob. 
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Blackadder's Flashheart's misses.
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August 16, 2002, 17:50
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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.
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August 16, 2002, 17:51
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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
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You missed Liz. The most common abbreviation I have come across for the name.
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August 16, 2002, 17:52
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August 16, 2002, 17:57
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You missed Liz. The most common abbreviation I have come across for the name.
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Oh yeah. My cousin's name 
Dal:   
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August 16, 2002, 18:01
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Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin
Eizabeth => Beth => Betty.
Blackadder's Flashheart's misses.
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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)"
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August 16, 2002, 18:06
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What about Bubba?
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August 16, 2002, 18:08
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Yes, what about Bubba?
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August 16, 2002, 18:14
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Won't someone please think about Bubba?
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August 16, 2002, 18:14
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I'm sorry to have to be the one to say it... Bubba's dead, Mr Harrison. 
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August 16, 2002, 18:15
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I Don't know damn it, must you torment me
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August 16, 2002, 18:27
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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!"
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August 16, 2002, 18:31
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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?
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August 16, 2002, 18:31
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You what? 
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August 16, 2002, 18:57
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errm , nevermnd, damn Hebrew Euphemisms.
basically, what I meant to say is 'guessing'.
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August 16, 2002, 19:18
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Oh, that wasn't directed at use Azazel, it was at Ethelred. Just a bit of a cross post there...
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August 16, 2002, 19:24
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okay...
btw, this is another question. What does O.K stand for?
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August 16, 2002, 19:24
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Originally posted by Provost Harrison
What about Bubba?
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BUBBA AIN'T GOT NO LEGS, SONNY
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August 16, 2002, 19:33
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Originally posted by Azazel
okay...
btw, this is another question. What does O.K stand for?
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Orl Korrect
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August 16, 2002, 19:36
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Edward --> Ned
I don't have a clue why.
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August 16, 2002, 23:20
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Oh, that wasn't directed at use Azazel, it was at Ethelred.
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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.
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August 16, 2002, 23:32
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Originally posted by Azazel
okay...
btw, this is another question. What does O.K stand for?
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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/asktheexper...wordorigins/ok
I think the space program may have had a lot to do with its popularity outside the US.
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August 19, 2002, 08:49
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Originally posted by Ned
Edward --> Ned
I don't have a clue why.
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Edward = Ed= Ned
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August 31, 2002, 16:06
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btw, this is another question. What does O.K stand for?
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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.
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August 31, 2002, 16:22
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Alex = Lek, Lex
not terribly common, but I've seen it.
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August 31, 2002, 16:59
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Hmm, some diminutive forms in different languages are quite strange, like
Vladimir = Vova (in Russian) or
Remedios = Meme (in Spanish)
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August 31, 2002, 17:01
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hmmm I always though it was Old Kinderhook...
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August 31, 2002, 17:03
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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 )
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btw, this is another question. What does O.K stand for?
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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...)
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August 31, 2002, 17:14
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You know, I'm American and I don't understand why.....
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August 31, 2002, 17:36
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The origin of OK is really quite simple.
Kentucky Burboun.
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