Why is Peggy short for Margaret?

[mercanucaribe]

I don't get it.

 

[dds14u]

Is it really?...

 

[cKGunslinger]

The same reason Dick is short for Richard and Bill is short for William - because it just fvcking is.

 

[HN]

i thought it was marge?

 

[Slacker]

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger
The same reason Dick is short for Richard and Bill is short for William - because it just fvcking is.

Richards dick is short? how do you know and why should we care?

 

[Mrvile]

Yeah I know a girl named Margaret but everyone calls her Peggy...which is teh weird.

 

[Bootprint]

Then you have ted/edward or jack/john.


'Are you there God? It's me Peggy' doesn't sound as nice.

 

[Childs]

Google says....

I always like the name Peggy. Girls with that name are usually cute.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Mrvile
Yeah I know a girl named Margaret but everyone calls her Peggy...which is teh weird.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Slacker
My dick is short.

Fixed.

 

[spaceman]

Margie
Peggy is short for Pegaret

 

[MisterCornell]

I thought Peg was short for Peggy, which was a name in its own right.

 

[Childs]

Originally posted by: ncircle
Margie
Peggy is short for Pegaret

Which I'm sure is related to Margaret. All these variations basically mean pearl in Greek. One interesting possible origin on Peggy:

'Peggy' was a vernacular term for a naval dockyard mess attendant and messenger who waited on the workers. I can't speak for the Royal Navy but for some reason it became translated to merchant ships.

In its primary derivation it alluded to female crew members who passed shot and gunpowder and tended wounded sailors. The word derives from 'Peg', a diminutive of 'Margaret' which was the most popular female name at the time.

The term later connoted effeminacy. There was also inherent in the term an innuendo of disability, the job usually falling to a person otherwise unable to pursue his trade because of injury, i.e. 'peg-leg' (OED).

I know of no local accent in the British Isles which could possibly render 'pug' as 'peggy'. Try Baltimore.

Source

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: HN
i thought it was marge?

I thought it was Maggie.

 

[rahvin]

Originally posted by: jadinolf

Originally posted by: HN
i thought it was marge?

I thought it was Maggie.

Well you all need to stop thinking because you are obviosly going to hurt yourself.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: rahvin

Originally posted by: jadinolf

Originally posted by: HN
i thought it was marge?

I thought it was Maggie.

Well you all need to stop thinking because you are obviosly going to hurt yourself.

I forgot I was on ATOT.

I'll just touch myself tonite.

Oh yes, and I'll spell check my post.

 

[Mrvile]

Why is Chazz short for Charlie?

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger
The same reason Dick is short for Richard and Bill is short for William - because it just fvcking is.

LOL..

 

[Slacker]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: Slacker
My dick is short.

Fixed.

:| Look, I just went swimming and the water was cold o.k. :|

 

[monzi]

Most Margaret's are piggies......

 

[Rookie]

Jack/John always boggled my mind... which one is short for which?

 

[sixone]

Don't forget Harry/Henry and Hank/Henry. Of course, Bubba is short for them all.

 

[randal]

Jack = short for Johnathan.

edit - John F. Kennedy was known as Mattress Jack - and went by Jack in general - in Florida because of his philanderous ways.