I am scratching my head at the nicknames PG is giving characters in The White Princess. Wondering if there's any basis in reality.
Elizabeth = Lizzie to her sisters.
Clarence's two children:
Edward = Teddy
Margaret = Maggie
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Nicknames?
Nicknames?
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I thought the same, isn't Ned the usual for Edward back then? This book is just dire.I don't know why I picked it up again, but I'm skimming like mad.
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Ned could maybe be an accent/ dialect pronunciation for 'Ed', which is already a nickname for Edward. No idea when it came into usage. Isn't Edward the most common name for English kings?
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Into battle we ride with Gods by our side
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
Ted is also an old nickname for Edward. My grandfather was an Edward and he was always known as Ted. I think both the Ned and Ted variants date from the Middle Ages.
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Just found this handy list some Christian names commonly used in the Middle Ages with their medieval diminutives alongside modern variants.
http://www.namenerds.com/uucn/advice/nickhistory.html
http://www.namenerds.com/uucn/advice/nickhistory.html
[quote=""annis""]Just found this handy list some Christian names commonly used in the Middle Ages with their medieval diminutives alongside modern variants.
http://www.namenerds.com/uucn/advice/nickhistory.html[/quote]
Awesome find! It seems Lizzie is a possibility,although I thought her' s was Bess.
http://www.namenerds.com/uucn/advice/nickhistory.html[/quote]
Awesome find! It seems Lizzie is a possibility,although I thought her' s was Bess.
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At least no-one has tried yet to morph two siblings' (or a couple's) names together, like with Jedward.
Sorry for the deviation, but all the mentions of Edward/Ned/Ted/Nedward/Tedward just had me thinking of Jedward. If you're in a country that hasn't come across these guys yet, you are fortunate indeed.
Sorry for the deviation, but all the mentions of Edward/Ned/Ted/Nedward/Tedward just had me thinking of Jedward. If you're in a country that hasn't come across these guys yet, you are fortunate indeed.