I've always had identity problems of my own with the Margaret - Peggy confusion. I still do. Someone even called me Marge one time. All of my legal documents bear a first name I have never been called. Why did Stan and Ro give me one name and call me by another?
The only advantage is if I am arrested and my name appears in the paper or on CNN. No one would know it was me! I just realized that I have an alias and it's perfectly legal.
I ran across this link on the Social Security website and thought it was interesing. The popularity of some names has certainly changed over the generations. Others have remained consistantly popular.
My name in Spanish is the drink below. I like that - especially on the rocks.
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Missy & I were discussing the names Margaret/Peggy awhile back and couldn't figure out how the nickname came about. Maybe someone had too many margaritas and started talking about Peggy instead of Maggie and it stuck??
If the trend holds according to the link, our next grandchild should be Emily or Ethan.
A note to my children...Missy, Michael, and Jill. If you want to break the cycle of popular names, I still think Plax Patton is a great one.
Peggy, I've always understood that "PEGGY" is a proper nickname for Margaret. Just like Jerry is a valid nickname for Gerald. A lot of people spell my nickname with a "G" instead of "J". The "G" version is for a girl's nickname for Geraldine. Just something we gotta live with.
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