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Izaak

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Sep 20, 2003, 7:41:24 AM9/20/03
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Can anyone tell me why people named Charles sometimes have the nickname
'Wag' or 'Wagger'? I've found definitions for 'Wag', some are flattering,
others less so, but none of them has any obvious association with the name
Charles.

Robert Lieblich

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Sep 20, 2003, 9:18:32 AM9/20/03
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I have never known a Charles who was called Wag or Wagger. Could
what you have observed have something to do with surnames?

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Mark Wallace

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Sep 20, 2003, 9:23:06 AM9/20/03
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It sounds either Ozzie or Dickensian, but I can't say I've noticed hearing
or reading that 'wag' is associated exclusively with the name "Charles",
before.

Prince Charles of England might well be called 'wagger' because of his
elephantine ears, but that's an individual thing.

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Izaak

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Sep 20, 2003, 10:30:05 AM9/20/03
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"Robert Lieblich" <Robert....@Verizon.net> wrote in message
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My father, Charles, was nicknamed Wagger, he used to sign his weekly
football pools with that name. I've also seen the nickname, very
occasionally I admit, used for other people called Charles, Charlie and
Charley.
Below are a few links after usng "Charles (Wag)" in a search engine 'Exact
phrase match' search. I doubt the nickname is linked to surnames since the
five below are all different (Church, Bicknell, Eagles, Abbey and Brimmer).
My father's surname was Bailey by the way. The only, tenuous, link seems to
be that they were all adults in the first half of the 20th century, so
perhaps the name came from the doings of a famous Charlie of that era.

... Frederick Charles (Wag) Church. Born: 1912, London, Eng; Married: 1939,
London, Eng; Died: 15 Dec 1970, Uxbridge, Middlesex, Eng. Events: ...
wainford.net/Pedigree/136.htm cached | more results from this site

Chesterfield Football Club
... Clubs: International Honours: BICKNELL, Charles "Wag"
www.chesterfield-fc.premiumtv.co.uk/club/view/past_players/0,,10435~15663,00
.html

Ancestry Message Boards [ Eagles ]
... Links & Announcements. Previous . Next. Charles "wag" EAGLES :
boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/board/an/surnames.Eagles/25/next/45

Musicians index A
... early 1920s. Wag Abbey. (UK). Charles "Wag" Abbey was a drummer and
xylophonist in the earlier years of dance bands. He was present ...
www.mgthomas.co.uk/Dancebands/IndexPages/Musicians-index-A.htm cached

For Contents of Obituaries email
BRIMMER, Charles "Wag",
www.geocities.com/adoption_reunion2001/lfp_obits_jun_1995.html cached

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