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Thread #141301   Message #3253028
Posted By: MGM·Lion
08-Nov-11 - 03:54 PM
Thread Name: BS: Unwelcome diminutives/nicknames
Subject: RE: BS: Unwelcome diminutives/nicknames
Jimmer [or Jimma] would be a Norfolk pronunciation of Jimmy. You will find it thus spelt on Peter Bellamy's sleevenote to his Mainly Norfolk vinyl album, where he suggests that the sleeve pic shows "Jimma with his dog and his gun", from The Shooting Of His Dear.

~M~