>and give
> > them nicknames that *become* their names... My wife's family is full
>of "Big
>
>
>>Sandy" and "Red Sandy" and "Small Alex", etc (Alexander was a popular
>>
>>
>name
>
>
>>in that branch of the munros...).
>>
Well, heck, the Iliad has a pair of characters named Ajax (or Aias), and
the Argonautica had both Greater Ancaeus and Little Ancaeus IIRC. If the
Greeks can do it, we can too.
Guy (Hoyle)
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