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Edie Fraser
Edie (pronounced ''EE-dee'') a feminine given name, often a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Edith, as well as a surname. It may refer to: People Given name * Edie Adams (1927–2008), American businesswoman, singer, actress and comedian * Edie Boyer (born 1966), American retired discus thrower * Edie Brickell (born 1966), American singer/songwriter and guitarist. * Edie Campbell (born 1990), English model *Edie Fake (born 1980), American artist and author * Edie Falco (born 1963), American actress * Edie Huggins (1935–2008), American television reporter, journalist and broadcaster * Edie McClurg (born 1951), American stand-up comedian, actress, singer and voice actress * Edie Meidav, 21st century Canadian-born American novelist * Edie Parker (1922–1993), American memoirist, first wife of Jack Kerouac * Edie Sedgwick (1943–1971), American heiress, socialite, actress and fashion model * Edith Vonnegut (born 1949), American painter, daughter of author Kurt Vonnegut and for ... [...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] |
John Edie (New Zealand Politician)
John Edie (1856 – 7 June 1928) was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in the Otago region of New Zealand. He was a surveyor and an engineer, and also spent time as a farmer. He was Mayor of Lawrence. Early life Edie was born in Newcastle, New South Wales in 1856. He came to New Zealand as a child and attended school in Waitahuna near Lawrence. He joined the survey department in 1873 and surveyed the Catlins River Branch railway line, but construction did not start until 1879. In 1876, at age 20, he became assistant surveyor to the Government. He joined the Tuapeka County Council in 1885 as an engineer and remained in that position until 1919, when he resigned to stand in the . Political career In the , Edie contested the electorate. Before the election, he was criticised for standing for the Liberal Party, thus claiming to represent the working man, yet underpaying staff at his mine. He was soundly beaten by the conservative incumbent, James Thomson. Edie contested ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edith Bouvier Beale
Edith Bouvier Beale (November 7, 1917 – January 14, 2002), nicknamed Little Edie, was an American socialite, fashion model, and cabaret performer. She was a first cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Jacqueline Onassis and Lee Radziwill, Lee Bouvier Radziwill. She is best known for her participation (along with Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale, her mother, with whom she lived) in the 1975 documentary film ''Grey Gardens'' by Albert and David Maysles. Early life Beale was born in New York City, the only daughter of Phelan Beale, a lawyer, and Edith Ewing Bouvier (known as "Big Edie"), the daughter of Phelan’s law partner, John Vernou Bouvier Jr. She was born at 1917 Madison Avenue (now the site of the Carlyle Hotel). She had two brothers, Phelan Beale Jr. and Bouvier Beale, and had a lavish upbringing as part of America's "Catholic aristocracy". Beale attended The Spence School and graduated from Miss Porter's School in 1935. Known as "Little Edie," Beale was a member of the Maids ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |