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Is Polly *only* short for Mary?

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ArsenicSoup · 29/11/2014 15:47

Or for other names too?

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DanyStormborn · 29/11/2014 20:57

I've only ever thought it was a nickname for Mary.

ThursdayLast · 29/11/2014 20:12

Edu that's BRILLIANT news

ThursdayLast · 29/11/2014 20:11

My niece is Polly. It's a beautiful name all on its own Smile

EduCated · 29/11/2014 20:10

So we've established Polly comes from Mary. Mary means 'beloved'.

You know what else means beloved? That's right people, it's David.

Therefore Polly can totally be a diminutive for Crazy Dave.

ClashCityRocker · 29/11/2014 20:10

arse are you expecting? If so congratulations!

And I didn't realise Polly was short for Mary. I know a few Polly's and am now going to ask them if they're really Mary's.

MovingOnUpMovingOnOut · 29/11/2014 20:06

But now you've said Crazy Dave... I dunno. I am tempted...

LoveWillTearUsApart · 29/11/2014 20:06

I know a Polly, and a Pollyanna who goes by Polly.

I haven't met a Crazy Dave yet though - so that might be a good option if you want your child to be the only one with a particular name in her class? Grin

MovingOnUpMovingOnOut · 29/11/2014 20:06

Polly is what we would call a catastrophic contraceptive failure dd2.

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ArsenicSoup · 29/11/2014 20:05

Crazy Dave it is then.

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Pipbin · 29/11/2014 20:04

Crazy Dave it is then.

Jack is a diminutive of John but people use it as a own right.
I think the same is true for Polly.

DH is thinking of Polly. I think I might mention Crazy Dave to him now.

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ArsenicSoup · 29/11/2014 20:02

Yes, I'm coming down in favour, Ithink Armani

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NoArmaniNoPunani · 29/11/2014 20:00

I think Polly is a lovely name in it's own right

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ArsenicSoup · 29/11/2014 20:00

If I just say 'one' will it abbreviate this heckling? Smile

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ThursdayLast · 29/11/2014 19:59

How many weeks do we have to convince you crazy Dave is the way Arsenic? Wink

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ArsenicSoup · 29/11/2014 19:58
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ArsenicSoup · 29/11/2014 19:44

I like Crazy Dave. Has a certain crazy daveness to it.

Hmm Grin

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EduCated · 29/11/2014 19:32

I like Crazy Dave. Has a certain crazy daveness to it.

ThursdayLast · 29/11/2014 19:28

Sorry - couldn't resist Blush

ThursdayLast · 29/11/2014 19:28

Crazy Dave!

squoosh · 29/11/2014 19:09

The French word for daisy is marguerite. That's how Daisy came to be short for Margaret.

jaynebxl · 29/11/2014 19:07

Has anyone else heard of Daisy as a nickname for Margaret? I've always believed it but was the only one who had heard of it in a group recently.

Eminybob · 29/11/2014 19:04

I only know one Polly and its short for Pauline.

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ArsenicSoup · 29/11/2014 18:34

I can't hear any of you, my fingers are in my ears.

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squoosh · 29/11/2014 18:33

Crazy Dave is starting to sound quite good.

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ArsenicSoup · 29/11/2014 18:31

Well yes, but it's a more officially sanctioned misnomer Smile. All the russian names seem to have longer diminutives listed in the baby name dictionary, for example.

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