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is it
Tancy-like Nancy with a T
or Tansy?
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Jan 24, 2009 9:03 AM
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> Wayne and Lester strike me as more old fashioned
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> Tancy could have been for Nancy change the N
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> as for teenie-maybe she was a small baby and they
> called her Teenie-like aww shes to teenie and it just
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Very likely coOrrect IM. I havea certain young lady in our family that will probably always be known to the family as "Bity"for the same reason. Her older sisters are known as "Princess" and "Doodle". Nicknames are fun and are often a complete mystery to people outside of the family or group of friends that bestowed it.
I will say that we don't call the middle one "Doodle" for nothing. She can doodle around (dawdle) with the best of 'em.
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Jan 23, 2009 11:21 PM
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> Tancy is a nice name and may be some kind of honor to
> Barb's mother, but who knows for sure.I don't knoiw
> where they got "Teeny " from.It's very different
> since the other 2 kids, Ben and Sarah both have
> biblical names.Come to think of it where did they get
> Wayne and Lester both sound like older guys.
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I suspect that most of the kids were named after relatives. Teeny sounds like a nickname that was given when she was a teeny, tiny baby. Nicknames don't always have to do with your given name; I have a friend called "Chuck" who is not a "Charles". When he was little he had a big belly laugh so his mom called him "Chuckles" which got shortened to Chuck.
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Jan 23, 2009 11:21 PM
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Wayne and Lester strike me as more old fashioned names
Tancy could have been for Nancy change the N
as for teenie-maybe she was a small baby and they called her Teenie-like aww shes to teenie and it just stuck
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Jan 23, 2009 10:54 PM
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Tancy is a nice name and may be some kind of honor to Barb's mother, but who knows for sure.I don't knoiw where they got "Teeny " from.It's very different since the other 2 kids, Ben and Sarah both have biblical names.Come to think of it where did they get Wayne and Lester both sound like older guys.
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Jan 23, 2009 6:18 PM
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> i wish we could know middle names of the kids
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> so many times people use name sakes for a middle
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> im always wondered if Ben was Willam for Bill and
> after learning about bills late sister maggie I
> wonder if sarah or tancy has her first bname as a
> middle
Sarah Margaret does have a nice ring to it...
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Jan 23, 2009 5:05 PM
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i wish we could know middle names of the kids
so many times people use name sakes for a middle
im always wondered if Ben was Willam for Bill and after learning about bills late sister maggie I wonder if sarah or tancy has her first bname as a middle
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Jan 23, 2009 4:49 PM
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That was a good pick-up on Tancy.
She is probably named after Nancy....just changed a letter.
If that is so, kinda revealing about how much Barb cares/cared for her mother.
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Jan 22, 2009 9:07 AM
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> My middle name is spelled unusually for a similar
> reason. My mother was naming me after my grandmother
> (sort of) . She gave me a different name but spelled
> it like my grandmother's name except for one letter.
My middle name is also my grandmother's name, but in my case, it's her nickname. Just as well - her real name was Florence. 
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Jan 22, 2009 12:53 AM
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> > is it
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> > Tancy-like Nancy with a T
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> > or Tansy?
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> HBO spells it Tancy. People make up names all the
> time. It could be they wanted to name her after a
> relative named Nancy but changed to the T so the
> family wouldn't get mixed up who they were referring
> to.
Barb's mother is named "Nancy" so I bet that is why Tancy's name is spelled that way.
My middle name is spelled unusually for a similar reason. My mother was naming me after my grandmother (sort of) . She gave me a different name but spelled it like my grandmother's name except for one letter.
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I mentioned on another post. I played that part over twice more, using on demand. We went to an Obama party, so we had to watch it on demand. I thought the woman was saying another girl's name. I thought that she was saying that Teenie was in a club with that other girl. My husband was watching with me and he didn't catch on either. Then we both got it at the same moment. That dittohead thing again. That is when you both say the same thing at the same time.
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Jan 21, 2009 12:17 PM
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However it's spelled, I love that name. My kids better be glad I had not heard it before they were born. Then again, their names are not totally the "norm" either...
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Jan 21, 2009 9:08 AM
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A lot of the names are unusual, especially on the compound. Adaleen, Jodean...
Are they old, traditional names, or made-up names?
I Googled Tancy as a name and only came up with a Scottish (male) boxer! But "Tancy" is an alternative spelling for the Tansy plant.
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Jan 21, 2009 8:42 AM
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> is it
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> Tancy-like Nancy with a T
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> or Tansy?
HBO spells it Tancy. People make up names all the time. It could be they wanted to name her after a relative named Nancy but changed to the T so the family wouldn't get mixed up who they were referring to.
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Jan 20, 2009 9:32 PM
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that is true-I didnt think of that
theres many differant ways to spell amy-amy, aimee, amye for example
so her name could be Tansy spelled-T-A-N-C-Y
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Jan 20, 2009 9:28 PM
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> I went to babyname.com
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> and Tancy was not seen as a real name
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> but
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> Tansy was-its of native american origin that means
> flower
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> I know it says Tancy for the official profile at
> hbo.com
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> but -when they say her real name which isn't often
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> does it come off sounding like Tancy aka Nancy with a
> T
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> or Tansy?
Even if it is spelled "wrong", it certainly would not be the first time someone has changed the spelling of a name...
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