Very good friend of mine is originally from Eastern NC and I think every girl in the family was called Sissy at one time. Many still are. It took me a year to know that her niece's name was actually Cynthia.

>You forgot Bubba (Texas transplants) :0) Remember the census joke:
>
>First name: (Check appropriate box)
>(_) Billy-Bob
>(_) Billy-Joe
>(_) Billy-Ray
>(_) Billy-Sue
>(_) Billy-Mae
>(_) Billy-Jack
>
>What does everyone call you?
>(_) Booger
>(_) Bubba
>(_) Junior
>(_) Sissy
>(_) Other___________________
>
>
>
>>Oh, NC? That would be:
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>>Kiddidlehopper
>>Tarheel
>>Uncledaddy
>>Nascar
>>Barefoot
>>
>>
>>>I meant more for NC. Doesn't matter. The name frequency looks very much how I'd expect it to be in Blighty.
>>>
>>>>Not a Moose to be found in the top 1,000... But these are the top 15 for the US:
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>>>>
>>>>Surname Approx Number % Frequency Rank
>>>>
>>>>SMITH 2,501,922 1.006 1
>>>>JOHNSON 2,014,470 0.81 2
>>>>WILLIAMS 1,738,413 0.699 3
>>>>JONES 1,544,427 0.621 4
>>>>BROWN 1,544,427 0.621 5
>>>>DAVIS 1,193,760 0.48 6
>>>>MILLER 1,054,488 0.424 7
>>>>WILSON 843,093 0.339 8
>>>>MOORE 775,944 0.312 9
>>>>TAYLOR 773,457 0.311 10
>>>>ANDERSON 773,457 0.311 11
>>>>THOMAS 773,457 0.311 12
>>>>JACKSON 770,970 0.31 13
>>>>WHITE 693,873 0.279 14
>>>>HARRIS 683,925 0.275 15
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>>Hey, I used to know a Welsh/North Carolinian guy called Karl Moose. Is that a common name there? His dad (ex-GI) was from NC while his mum was from Llandudno in N. Wales. Visited his home once. In his back garden there was what we call a railway brake wagon but you guys call a caboose. So it was "Moose's Caboose".
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