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Originally Posted by Trurolexer
Why Pannie & Rollie?
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This is the diminutive of the proper nouns Panerai and Rolex. People often change the name of many physical objects of desire and it stems from Scottish-Dutch diminutive, like mommy, doggy, kitty etc. People apply the diminutive to the words to express affection, which I find slightly annoying.
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However, I think many times it is a mutated effort at the diminutive where the actual intent is to be esoteric (like PAM for Panerai), or perhaps that it is much easier to pronounce or sounds more enthusiastic?
For example, in the world of audio, Magnepan loudspeakers are often referred to as Maggies. Or Yamaha becomes Yammie.
For the record, I don't condone this sort of thing.
