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Originally posted by sailorangel59:
According to page 5 in Samantha Saves the Day, the admiral refers to her as Mary. Assumption is that Mary is her first name.
I realize that this isn't the original question, but it seemed to come up later in the conversation. AS for Grandmary, maybe it is shortening the way we say Grandma (insert name of grandmother). Or maybe it is a name started when Samantha was younger and couldn't pronouce Grandmother Mary. Example: When I was younger I could say Borchard (my mothers, mom last name). So we called her Grandma B to keep it easier for me when I was younger.
<font color="#33CCCC"><font size="1">[ July 22, 2006 03:40 AM: Message edited by: sailorangel59 ]</font></font>
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Exactly. Such as my ma's dad is called Grandpa Jack, never just Grandpa. Jack of course is his first name and it was done to differentiate between him and my other grandpa (although my other grandfather passed away over 15yrs ago, the nickname stuck).