-> On 20 Jan 07  08:48:00, Nancy Backus got back to DANNY CEPPA 
-> Re: "baba"s

 DC> It's hard to get rid of pet names.  I've got a cousin Wadju.  One of 
 DC> my Mom's cousins is still known as 'Cupcake'.  

 NB> At least in this case, my son was the only that actually used the pet
 NB> name for his grandmother.  His two cousins called her Gramma.  They
 NB> had fewer grands and great-grands to keep track of.  

That's a major reason for it, I'm sure.  


 NB> Pet names aren't necessarily a bad thing, either...  :)  My grampa's
 NB> sister Martha was always known as Brownie, so my mom's generation and
 NB> following always called her Aunt Brownie.  And I have an Aunt Dofie,
 NB> whose real name is Dorothy.

Is 'Dofie' because of a very bad kid pronunciation of 'Dorothy'?  


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