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Candy (name)
Candy is a surname, given name, nickname or stage name. It is often used as a hypocorism for the feminine given name Candace. Notable people with the name include: Surname: * Brooke Candy (born 1989), American rapper * Charles Candy (1832–1910), Union officer in the American Civil War * Christian and Nick Candy, property developers * Don Candy (1929–2020), Australian tennis player * Henry Candy (born 1944), British racehorse trainer * John Candy (1950–1994), Canadian comedic actor Given name, nickname or stage name: * Candy, a slave accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials * Candy Atherton (1955–2017), British journalist and former Member of Parliament * Candy Barr (1935–2005), American stripper, exotic dancer and model * Candy Broad (born 1956), Australian politician * Candy Candido (1913–1999), American radio performer, bass player and voice actor * Candy Clark (born 1947), American actress * Candy Crowley (born 1948), CNN television anchor and chief politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypocorism
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' for Robert, or it may be unrelated. In linguistics, the term can be used more specifically to refer to the morphological process by which the standard form of the word is transformed into a form denoting affection, or to words resulting from this process. In English, a word is often Clipping (morphology), clipped down to a closed monosyllable and then suffixed with ''-y/-ie'' (phonologically /i/). Sometimes the suffix ''-o'' is included as well as other forms or templates. Hypocoristics are often affective in meaning and are particularly common in Australian English, but can be used for various purposes in different semantic fields, including personal names, place names and nouns. Hypocorisms are usually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candy Devine
Candy Devine, MBE (born ca. 1939) is the stage name of Faye Ann McLeod (born Faye Ann Guivarra), an Australian-born broadcaster, singer, and actress. She was a radio broadcaster and singer in Northern Ireland for over 35 years. Early years Candy Devine (birth name Faye Ann Guivarra) was born in about 1939 in Cairns to a sugar-farming family. Note: Faye Ann Guivarra is 9 years old in May 1948. Devine has a multicultural heritage, with Sri Lankan, Filipino, Spanish, Danish and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds. Her parents were co-founders of the Cairns multicultural music group, the Tropical Troubadours, and later established the city's Coloured Social Club. Devine was educated at St Augustine's School, East Innisfail, a boarding school from 1948 – she provided "incidental music and accompaniments" at their 1952 break-up ceremony. For secondary education she attended Brisbane's Lourdes Hill College from the early 1950s. She furthered her interest in music while at colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candy Kong
is a series of video games published by Nintendo since 1981 and created by game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Donkey Kong and Mario have both had the roles of protagonist and antagonist in the series. Other characters have included other Kongs, the crocodilian villain King K. Rool, and supporting animal characters. This article only lists characters that have appeared in titles that include "Donkey Kong" or "DK." Kongs Kongs are a group of various primates that live on Donkey Kong Island. The Kong Family''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest'' Instruction Booklet Nintendo, 1995, p. 16 (PDF) (also known as the Kong Klan and the DK Crew) is a group led by Donkey Kong comprising his family and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |