-=> Quoting Danny Ceppa to Nancy Backus on 01-23-07  00:30 <=-

 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.

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

I think it may have been.  It's also often shortened to "Dof".  As I
recall, the families were neighbors, so the kids grew up together.  I
have never heard Daddy call her anything but Dofie or Dof...  His next-
younger brother married her the same year my parents got married.

ttyl        neb

... This statement fully describes the situation partially.

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