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Re:Surnames from nicknames nobody has any more by Terr_ on Monday February 10, 2025 @02:08PM (#43003960)
Tangentially, the way the leading "a" seems to fall off makes me think of Rebracketing [0].

Ex: "I found an ewt in the pocket a napron" --> "I found a newt in the pocket of an apron."

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebracketing

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Re:Surnames from nicknames nobody has any more by mananaysiempre on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @08:26AM (#43012473)
Zye! (Haitian Creole, [zjø], from French yeux [jø] “eyes”, which in French almost always occurs in liaison with a preceding [z], as in des yeux [dezjø], les yeux [lezjø], beaux yeux [bozjø], etc.)
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