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Topics of the day:



 1. Meg/Peg



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Date:  Sun, 16 Apr 1995 09:13:11 -0400

From:  Heilan Yvette Grimes <HEP2[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM>

Subject: Re: Meg/Peg



>Margaret--[trunc.]-->Meg-->Peg--[dimin.]-->Peggy

>

>As in

>

>Mary-->Molly-->Polly

>

>There seems to be a tendency for stops to replace nasals (as above) or

liquids

>(as in Richard-->Dick, Robert-->Bob) or of course fricatives

(Theodore-->Ted)

>in this process of hypocoristicism...

>

>Best, Laurence-->Larry



I can see the sense of the above, but I don't believe it is correct. I

remember reading years ago about either a Princess Margaret or Queen Margaret

whose name was eventually transformed to the shortened Peg. It had nothing to

do with vocal shifts. There was another reason, but I don't remember what it

was. It was a logical reason concerning word derivation rather than vocal

derivation. I know this doesn't give a whole lot of information. But I

remember at the time saying to myself, "Aha, that makes sense." Maybe this

will help jog someone else's memory.



--Yvette