LL-L: "Nicknames" LOWLANDS-L, 06.JUN.2001 (02) [E]

[Sandy Fleming]

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From: Mike Oettle [oettlepe at iafrica.com]
Subject: "Nicknames"

Hi, Elsie -
    it seems as if we're confusing two different kinds of nicknames here.
Nobby Clarke is a nickname that has no apparent link to the surname, and
seems to have begun as the nickame of a single individual.
    Pine Pienaar, on the other hand, belongs to a class of nickname found
among Afrikaers that originate from English-speakers mispronouncing them.
Pienaar (_pi-naar_) is derived from the French Pegnard, and has had its
present form since the early Dutch days at the Cape. But to an
English-speaker unfamiliar with Afrikaans, it looks as though the first
syllable should rhyme with custard pie. From Pine-aar, it's an easy step to
Pine Pienaar.
    Incidentally, I know a Pienaar whose nickname is Pie.
    The same goes for "Fires" van Vuuren and, in a slightly different way,
Van van der Merwe.
    I'd be interested to see what other LOWLANDS-L folk have to say.
    Mike

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From: David Strommen [si00924 at navix.net]
Subject: Re: LL-L: "Nicknames"

Ron wrote: there doesn't seem to be a common acceptable short form for
Reinhard...

In my wife's family and in my mother's family the short form for Reinhard
was
Reinie, just as Heinrich was Heinie. Is this not considered short forms?
Thanks
David Strommen

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