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Why do people from Liverpool call someone with name Derek, 'Degsy' and is this the correct spelling
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It's just the same as using other friendly name-versions such as Jimmer (for Jim/James), Shazza (for Sharon) or Gazza (for Gascoyne). I don't think any of these is specifically Liverpudlian...in north-east Scotland, for example, Gordon is often called Gogsy, which shows a virtually identical process to the formation of Degsy..