davy@ee.UUCP (02/19/85)
Does anyone out there have a list of "translations" from "formal names" to "nicknames"? What I'm looking for is something that will tell me: David <-> Dave John <-> Jack Elizabeth <-> Beth <-> Liz Robert <-> Rob <-> Bob <-> Bobby <-> .... and so on. It doesn't have to be real complete, even the hundred or so (?) most common names would do. Mostly, I need to write a program which has the user type in his first name and then checks it, and I want to permit Elizabeths to use "Beth" if that's what they like to be called. Either a list of these relationships or a program to generate them would be most welcome. Thanks in advance, --Dave Curry {decvax, ihnp4, ucbvax}!pur-ee!davy davy@purdue-ecn.arpa