"Chick" = nickname for "Charles"

[Sam Clements]

"Chick" Stahl had that name by 1894, as per hits in NewspaperArchive.  He
was a pitcher for Ft. Wayne at that time.

Sam Clements

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Parish" <jparish at SIUE.EDU>
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Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 9:18 PM
Subject: Re: "Chick" = nickname for "Charles"


> Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>> An "early" printed ex. of this (obs.?) U.S. alternative to "Chuck":
>>
>>   1913 Charles E. Van Loan _The Lucky Seventh_ (Boston: Small, Maynard)
>> 238:
>>   "Hello, Chick ole boy!"..."Charles!" she said. "Who are these men?"
>
> There's Chick Stahl, an outfielder for the Boston Braves and Red Sox,
> 1897-
> 1906; I'm not sure when he picked up the name, but it certainly predates
> this
> example (and probably the 1904 example Jonathan mentioned).
>
> Jim Parish
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