[Albion Wilde]

I wonder where/how “monkey “ became a nickname for “Montgomery?”

It's because of the old-time Maryland accent, which has to be heard to be believed. It's almost impossible to write in our alphabet; but here are some approximations:

Maryland = Merlin
County = Cowny (sometimes written Canny)
House = Hayuce
Files = falls
Out = ayoud
Moon = mewn
Ground = graynd
Down = dayn
Store = stewr
Bel Air = Blair
Montgomery = Mgummy (which has become tricked up to become Monkey)

[Albion Wilde]

PS

ironing = arnin (You can hear an example of this in John Travolta’s performance of Edna Turnblad in the 2007 movie Hairspray)

[gusopol3]

Thanks, that’s great.