Posted by Duncan on February 12, 2013 at 10:03:16 user Duncan.
In Reply to: Re: Peggy sometimes Margaret (was "Nancy based on Lenin?") posted by Magnus Smith on February 11, 2013 at 09:41:35:
My Granny - christened Mary Noreen - was known as John to everybody. Apparently her mum and dad wanted a boy! Having said that, her sister was Birdie (real name Thursa) and there were Buddies and Bullies and all sorts of things. I had always supposed it an Anglo-Indian thing, but perhaps it was more widespread than that!