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mccubbin
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BUNTY
« on: Monday 28 April 08 21:14 BST (UK) »
Hello Every one,
could some one please tell me what Bunty is short for,it is a first name.
Thank you for any help.
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« Reply #1 on: Monday 28 April 08 21:52 BST (UK) »
Bunty is apparently a pet name for a lamb - so heaven knows what the girl's name might really be.  Roll Eyes

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Re: BUNTY
« Reply #2 on: Monday 28 April 08 22:44 BST (UK) »
Hello - from www.whatsinaname.net

"Bunty is of uncertain derivation, possibly from a pet-name for a lamb, from the old English "to bunt" = "to butt gently". In Scotland it seems more likely to be from "buntin" or "buntie", pet-names for a short, plump person. A personal communication [AW] suggest that this derivation is popular in the Scottish counties of Lanarkshire and Aberdeenshire.

Partridge's Dictionary of Slang suggests that Bunty was used around the early 20th century century in military slang as a nick-name for any short, stout serviceman. It was also used in the U.S. with the same meaning. So far we have been unable to establish the source of the nick-name.

A correspondent from Australia [DT] has searched for Bunty in Western Australia and NSW. The only one found had Bunty as a middle name and was believed to be of Scottish origins".

It's an excellent site - well worth a look - enter a name and it give all variants.

Steve  :O)
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