-> On 23 Jan 07  14:37:00, Nancy Backus got back to DANNY CEPPA    
   -> Re: "baba"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.   
       
    DC> Is 'Dofie' because of a very bad kid pronunciation of 'Dorothy'?     
      
    NB> I think it may have been.  It's also often shortened to "Dof".  As I   
    NB> recall, the families were neighbors, so the kids grew up together.  I   
    NB> have never heard Daddy call her anything but Dofie or Dof...  His   
    NB> next- younger brother married her the same year my parents got married.   
      
   My Mom's cousin is called 'Cupcake' because of his penchant for,    
   what else, cupcakes.  Definitely a strange name for someone who    
   is about 90.  :)     
      
      
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