Re: childish pronunciation of "Christophe"

On Fri, 12 Mar 1999, Nik Taylor wrote:

> Speaking of names, I wonder how many people here had nicknames based on
> distortions of their names as children, or still retain them?
Only my middle daughter, Rebecca, nicknamed Ebba because her twin
sister called her that when they were about fifteen months old. I was
surprised to find that 'Ebba' is a real Swedish name. The youngest
(the twin in question) is called Menna (very easy; for a nickname I
say 'Menna-Menna') and the eldest is Naomi nicknamed Muis "Mouse";
her own pronunciation as a toddler /momi/ never made it.

   Irina

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