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[cheeringcharm]

I had no idea that "Nancy" was a nickname for "Anne." The things you learn from Jane Austen.

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[austenrowling]

What? How did you come up with this? I dont remember reading that in her books.

[cheeringcharm]

In Sense and Sensibility, Mrs. Jennings is telling Elinor about the elder Miss Steele letting slip to Fanny Dashwood that Edward is engaged to Lucy. During Mrs. Jennings recitation, she starts talking about Nancy. I had no idea who Nancy was b/c I thought the elder Miss Steele was named Anne. So, I asked in the Sense and Sensibility forum over at www.pemberley.com. Someone there told me that Nancy was a nickname for Anne.

[austenrowling]

Ahh, I never caught that. But then S&S is not my favorite, so I may not have paid any attention to it. But thank you.

[annearchy]

Indeed it is. But unlike in Rocky Raccoon, nobody knows me as Nancy/

[penelope78]

I still don't see how Nancy is a nickname for Anne. That doesn't really make sense to me. *shrugs*

[cheeringcharm]

I agree it makes no sense, which is probably why, during that section of the book, I was thinking, "who the hell is nancy?" :)

[marie_j_granger]

My guess (and this comes from the Anne of Green Gables series as well as Jane Austen) is that Anne becomes Nan and then that morphs into Nancy as a sort of pet-name. I don't know why, really. The Anne to Nan thing comes to me from one of Anne Blythe's daughters. Her name is Anne, but to keep her from being confused with her mom, everyone refers to her as Nan.

Still, I'd never made the Nancy/Anne connection in S&S, so thanks for teaching me something today, CC.

[katiedid717]

it's like when people named Margaret call themselves Peggy...makes no sense whatsoever!

[connaka]

It is??

Well. I guess we really DO learn something new everyday, don't we? :)

Anne seems to know already. I wonder if logansrogue knows. Hmmm. Will have to ask her about that. *g*