is "Peggy" short for something?

Kyrandian · 05-29-2005, 04:21 PM

I was just discussing that with my girlfriend (no idea how it came up) is the name "peggy" short for something? pegatha? Peganda? Peggsie Weggsie?

im glad there's a chit chat forum :-)

EasilyConfused · 05-29-2005, 04:27 PM

Is this a trick question, or worse, an old joke I am falling right into?

Peggy is short for Margaret. Along with Peg, Meg, Maggie, and so on.

Top Secret Hint: Google is even *better* than ChitChat sometimes. I found the reason why Peg is a nickname for Margaret here. The same person explained why Polly is a nickname for Mary and gave the root of the name Jack, and all I had to do was type "Margaret nicknames Peg".

Kyrandian · 05-29-2005, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by EasilyConfused

Is this a trick question, or worse, an old joke I am falling right into?

Peggy is short for Margaret. Along with Peg, Meg, Maggie, and so on.

I never heard that before. but lacking a better explanation i'll buy it.

Ps- what is your avatar from?

EasilyConfused · 05-29-2005, 04:36 PM

It's true. The link explains why--lots of names follow the pattern because apparently the English and Irish used to mix up their Ms and Ps.

My avatar's from the designs for Zoe--Marek did a preview of the new Dreamfall designs awhile back.

Zygomaticus · 05-29-2005, 05:21 PM

Pegasus.

mag · 05-29-2005, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by EasilyConfused

I found the reason why Peg is a nickname for Margaret here.

Awesome. I've been trying to figure that one out for years. And to think, all I had to do was type it into Google...

Oh well. Clusty's better anyway.

mag

*Jake* · 05-29-2005, 06:34 PM

Nicknames like that are weird... Getting "Jake" from "Jacob" is easy, but "Bill" from "William," "Jim" from "Jack," "Dick" from "Richard," "Peggy" from "Margaret"... whaaa

EasilyConfused · 05-29-2005, 06:51 PM

Jim from Jack???????

I've never heard of that one, just Jim from James, which is . . . okay, that's not all that weird, actually.

The weirdest thing are the new made-up names, where you just make up a whole new name from something that either wasn't a word, or wasn't a name before. Like naming your baby "Apple."

Terabin · 05-29-2005, 09:16 PM

Well, if you make up a name, you just have to make sure that a decent nickname can easily be derived from it. For example, if you name your kid Pumpernickel, you can get Nick out of that.

Hammerite · 05-29-2005, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by EasilyConfused

Jim from Jack???????

I've never heard of that one, just Jim from James, which is . . . okay, that's not all that weird, actually.

The weirdest thing are the new made-up names, where you just make up a whole new name from something that either wasn't a word, or wasn't a name before. Like naming your baby "Apple."

My name is James but my dad calls me Charlie.

Jazhara7 · 05-29-2005, 11:40 PM

I made up the name "Igrette". It was actually a misunderstanding of a french pronounciation of the french letter "Y". I thought it was pronounced "I gret", and I thought it funny, because I knew the meaning of it was something like "'I' strange".

But in reality the name of "Y" in french is "I grec", which still means something like "'I' strange", I think.

But I liked "Igrette" better. And her nickname is "Iggy", but one person (at least) always calls her "Iggster".

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RLacey · 05-30-2005, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Hammerite

My name is James but my dad calls me Charlie.

My great aunt is called Cynthia but my family calls her Bob. Don't ask.

mag · 05-30-2005, 04:02 AM

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Originally Posted by EasilyConfused

Jim from Jack???????

I've never heard of that one, just Jim from James, which is . . . okay, that's not all that weird, actually.

Well, it makes about as much sense as using Jack for John. I mean, how can Jack be short for John? It's the same number of letters!

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Originally Posted by EasilyConfused

The weirdest thing are the new made-up names, where you just make up a whole new name from something that either wasn't a word, or wasn't a name before. Like naming your baby "Apple."

But without people with names like that, who would we have to get beat up in school?

mag

Ninth · 05-30-2005, 04:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Jazhara7

I made up the name "Igrette". It was actually a misunderstanding of a french pronounciation of the french letter "Y". I thought it was pronounced "I gret", and I thought it funny, because I knew the meaning of it was something like "'I' strange".

But in reality the name of "Y" in french is "I grec", which still means something like "'I' strange", I think.

I'm trying to sort this out...
I strange? Y is prononced "e grec", and it means "greek I".

Jazhara7 · 05-30-2005, 04:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Ninth

I'm trying to sort this out...
I strange? Y is prononced "e grec", and it means "greek I".

I know that "grec" means "greek".

For some reason our french teacher told us it meant something like "I strange".

I guess I accepted it, because I maybe thought that it is something like with greeks (in the past - the Ancient Greece) calling foreigners "Barbarians", because it sounded like "Bar-Bar" (or soemething like that) to them, if foreigners spoke. And maybe also because the believe that people with blue eyes (which are not so common in Greece, I guess) being evil - that's where the term "the Evil Eye" comes from. So why shouldn't maybe other cultures use the term "greek" (or any other land foreign to them) as meaning "strange".

In german you sometimes say "Das kommt mir Spanisch vor." ("That seems spanish to me"), if something doesn't seem right, or supspicous/strange. (don't ask me the origins of that. I don't really know them)

Also, I wrote "I grec", because "I" is pronouced "e" in german, and "E" is pronounced something like "eh".

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Ninth · 05-30-2005, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Jazhara7

I know that "grec" means "greek".

For some reason our french teacher told us it meant something like "I strange".

I guess I accepted it, because I maybe thought that it is something like with greeks (in the past - the Ancient Greece) calling foreigners "Barbarians", because it sounded like "Bar-Bar" (or soemething like that) to them, if foreigners spoke. And maybe also because the believe that people with blue eyes (which are not so common in Greece, I guess) being evil - that's where the term "the Evil Eye" comes from. So why shouldn't maybe other cultures use the term "greek" (or any other land foreign to them) as meaning "strange".

In german you sometimes say "Das kommt mir Spanisch vor." ("That seems spanish to me"), if something doesn't seem right, or supspicous/strange. (don't ask me the origins of that. I don't really know them)

Also, I wrote "I grec", because "I" is pronouced "e" in german, and "E" is pronounced something like "eh".

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Ok, now I see what you meant.
"It's greek for me" does mean the same as "Das kommt mir Spanisch vor."
But in this case (Y) it seems weird to link it to the above expression, mostly because for a french person, "I grec" is just a letter, something you say all the time without really thinking about what it means. And even if you do, you'll think about the greek letter upsilon, not really about the expression. (at least I never did

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***fov*** · 05-30-2005, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by mag

Well, it makes about as much sense as using Jack for John. I mean, how can Jack be short for John? It's the same number of letters!

I agree. People nicknamed Jack need to get their priorities straight.

*runs away*

05-29-2005, 04:21 PM	#1
Kyrandian Mystic Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NJ, USA Posts: 194	is "Peggy" short for something? I was just discussing that with my girlfriend (no idea how it came up) is the name "peggy" short for something? pegatha? Peganda? Peggsie Weggsie? im glad there's a chit chat forum :-) Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ "Inside the old barrel, Graham sees an old fish"

05-29-2005, 04:27 PM	#2
EasilyConfused Curiouser and curiouser Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Cambridge, MA Posts: 803	Is this a trick question, or worse, an old joke I am falling right into? Peggy is short for Margaret. Along with Peg, Meg, Maggie, and so on. Top Secret Hint: Google is even better than ChitChat sometimes. I found the reason why Peg is a nickname for Margaret here. The same person explained why Polly is a nickname for Mary and gave the root of the name Jack, and all I had to do was type "Margaret nicknames Peg". Share Share this post on Twitter Last edited by EasilyConfused; 05-29-2005 at 04:33 PM.

05-29-2005, 04:36 PM	#4
EasilyConfused Curiouser and curiouser Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Cambridge, MA Posts: 803	It's true. The link explains why--lots of names follow the pattern because apparently the English and Irish used to mix up their Ms and Ps. My avatar's from the designs for Zoe--Marek did a preview of the new Dreamfall designs awhile back. Share Share this post on Twitter

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Jake The Dartmaster Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Rafael, California Posts: 3,084	Nicknames like that are weird... Getting "Jake" from "Jacob" is easy, but "Bill" from "William," "Jim" from "Jack," "Dick" from "Richard," "Peggy" from "Margaret"... whaaa Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ When on the Internet, visit Idle Thumbs \| Mixnmojo \| Sam & Max.net \| Telltale Games "I was one of the original lovers." - Evan Dickens

05-29-2005, 06:51 PM	#8
EasilyConfused Curiouser and curiouser Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Cambridge, MA Posts: 803	Jim from Jack??????? I've never heard of that one, just Jim from James, which is . . . okay, that's not all that weird, actually. The weirdest thing are the new made-up names, where you just make up a whole new name from something that either wasn't a word, or wasn't a name before. Like naming your baby "Apple." Share Share this post on Twitter

05-29-2005, 09:16 PM	#9
Terabin Tell me This is It Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Twin Cities, MN Posts: 538	Well, if you make up a name, you just have to make sure that a decent nickname can easily be derived from it. For example, if you name your kid Pumpernickel, you can get Nick out of that. Share Share this post on Twitter

05-29-2005, 11:40 PM	#11
Jazhara7 Ale! And keep 'em coming! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Beyond the Pattern of Reality...or Germany Posts: 8,527	I made up the name "Igrette". It was actually a misunderstanding of a french pronounciation of the french letter "Y". I thought it was pronounced "I gret", and I thought it funny, because I knew the meaning of it was something like "'I' strange". But in reality the name of "Y" in french is "I grec", which still means something like "'I' strange", I think. But I liked "Igrette" better. And her nickname is "Iggy", but one person (at least) always calls her "Iggster". - Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ - "esc(x) cot(x) dx = -csc(x)!" Dennis added, and the wizard's robe caught on fire. "Gosh," Dennis said, "and some people say higher math isn't relevant." >>>Inventor of the Mail order-Assassin<<< And This...is a Black Hole - BYE!

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