-> On 20 Jan 07  08:48:00, Nancy Backus got back to DANNY CEPPA    
   -> Re: "baba"s   
      
    DC> It's hard to get rid of pet names.  I've got a cousin Wadju.  One of    
    DC> my Mom's cousins is still known as 'Cupcake'.     
      
    NB> At least in this case, my son was the only that actually used the pet   
    NB> name for his grandmother.  His two cousins called her Gramma.  They   
    NB> had fewer grands and great-grands to keep track of.     
      
   That's a major reason for it, I'm sure.     
      
      
    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.   
      
   Is 'Dofie' because of a very bad kid pronunciation of 'Dorothy'?     
      
      
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