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What does Tammy stand for?

posted 11 years ago by juanmonge69
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Maybe I missed it somewhere, but, what is Tammy a nickname for?

MacRoberts is meant to be Scottish. "Tam" is frequently used by Scots instead of "Tom", so it's presumably "Tommy". Hope that helps

[–] Bilwick1 11 years ago

You can see more of MacRoberts' adventures in the seldom-seen sequel "Tammy Tell Me True."

[–] iPadCary 10 years ago

Scotland & Ireland are closely tied: "Scotch-Irish" and all that.
In Ireland, a very popular hat is called a "Tam O'Shanter": don't ask me why! lol
So, maybe, "Tammy" is a kinda/sorta roundabout nickname for a Scottish person, I don't know ....
Those Celtic folk & thier weird ways mix me up somethin' awful.

B .... I .... L-L-T .... E-T-L-E-YYYYYYY Bill Tetley!

[–] EddieB1971 9 years ago

Burton didn't try all that hard to do a Scottish accent

[–] DavidW1947 9 years ago

Trust Hollywood to have a Welshman playing a Scotsman!