On Sep 14, 2006, at 3:22 PM, Michael Madigan wrote:
Ken, in rare exceptions this doesn't work. My friend named his kid "Jack" and it isn't short for john. His birth certificate says "jack".
I am not using it for direct conversions -- I should have said that. I won't convert Jack Johnson to John Johnson.
I intend to use it for comparisons -- I have a bunch of names, some are self-entered from the Web, others by client staff. I am trying to de-dup them. IOW, I can use this comparison of names and nicknames to find a possible match: Mike Madigan and Michael Madigan. Then I'll use *other stuff* like phone numbers, addresses, etc. validate or debunk the suspicion that they are the same person.
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