Somebody tell me where the hell they got Sally from Sara. That one never made any sense to me.
Dawn ,'Sleeper'
Natter 42, the Universe, and Everything
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I also wondered where Polly came from Mary (in Louisa May Alcott's The Old-Fashioned Girl they seem to think this is the correct nickname)
L and R are pretty close, pronunciation-wise, no?
I'm pretty sure the real background is that (English-speaking) people used to use very few first names, so you needed lots of nicknames for Mary, Sarah, Ann, Elizabeth, Margaret.
JUST GIVE THEM DIFFERENT NAMES THEN.
I never liked Sally. And the one time someone suggested it, they got the hairy eyeball.
Jack Bauer in a series of Japanese commercials. (Yes, Jack Bauer. Not Kiefer Sutherland.)
JUST GIVE THEM DIFFERENT NAMES THEN.
They didn't have them back then!!!!!!
Sure they did. Choose a virtue.
new names hadn't been invented yet?
That sony bean thing is the cute.
Is it just me, or was last night's GA not quite as good as normal?