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I can call you Betty, and Betty when you call me, you
can call me AI. |
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" But isn't Betty a woman's name ? " |
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If you respond to and perk up the tired mimes they might escape their invisible boxes. And what then, I ask you? WHAT THEN?? |
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//But isn't Betty a woman's name ?// |
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Oddly enough, no. "Betty" was once a male name
in England (for instance, Betty Frothe the
conspirator; or Bettie Oakes the alchemist). It
comes from the old English "Bette", meaning thin
or lithe. |
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It was only during the reign if Elizabeth I that
"Beth" and its even more diminutive "Betty"
became common contractions of "Elizabeth" (a
name which, itself, was quite uncommon before
that time). It's a bit like the way "Hilary" was a
male name until Hillary Brooke became famous. |
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