Re: OT: Julius etc. (was Re: USAGE: syllables)
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, June 13, 2003, 19:23 |
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On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 08:03:12PM +0100, Joe wrote:
> > "Julie" in English is hypocoristic for both "Julius" and "Julia", as "Pat"
> > represents both "Patrick" (< "Patricius", but this is not used in English)
> > and "Patricia", and "Sandy" represents both "Alexander" and "Alexandra".
> > "Terry" is a little more peculiar: it can represent "Terence" or
> "T(h)eresa".
> >
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> I don't know about America, but in England, "Julie" is strictly short for
> "Julia".
How sure are you about that? :) It's certainly *usually* short for Julia,
so I might think the same thing about America if I didn't happen to know
some guys named Julie, and know *of* some famous others (like Julius
"Julie" Schwartz, a bigwig at DC Comics during the 1960s and 1970s).
-Mark
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