Well, I am so glad I wrote that post because I received a response from a relative who remembered hearing an anecdote about the nickname's origin:
"The story...was that there was an older man in her life when she was a toddler (around 3 or 4 years old) who was named Phil. Apparently she could not pronounce 'Phil,' instead repeatedly and frantically saying 'PidPhiddyPiddyPid!' or something to that effect, and thus, the nickname was born."This is a fantastic story and I was thrilled to hear it! My heartfelt thanks go out to the wonderful family member who shared this with me.
Don't you just love learning anecdotal information like this?! What a wonderfully fun story. Thanks for sharing it with the rest of us!
ReplyDeleteI was absolutely overjoyed to finally hear this story and was more than happy to share it. :-)
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