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Originally posted by LennonCook:
span style="color: lightblue">It'd be similar with Dick and Bob:
Richard = shorten to Rich, pronounce with a hard 'ch', and voila - and I think that some older writing styles have 'D's and 'R's looking exactly the same.
Bob would be exactly the same story as Bill - shorten it, apply an accent which changes the initial sound, and voila. \
Jack from John - maybe they thought that "this is the house that John built" didn't have the same ring to it?
Peggy from Margarette - "well, everyone else is shortening their names, so I will to."
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But then again many things change with pronounciation differences and language variations etc.