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To: Dilbert San Diego

Did you know that the name “Wendy” didn’t exist before it was used in Peter Pan?


21 posted on 07/17/2015 8:02:53 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: tanknetter

No I didn’t know that about Wendy. Interesting to learn.


25 posted on 07/17/2015 8:06:39 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: tanknetter
I found this when I searched for the name Wendy

Notes: Made popular by J M Barrie in the novel Peter Pan, from a small girl who referred to him as her 'friendy' - fwendy or fwendy wendy. Also found earlier in the US and the UK, possibly as a diminutive for Gwendolen or other names beginning with gwen.

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36 posted on 07/17/2015 8:22:24 AM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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