The Art of Literary Nomenclature

ORIGIN:
Shortened version of “Norman“.

VARIATIONS and NICKNAMES:
Normand, Normand, Normant, Normie

REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Uncle Norm, youngest brother of Rosie, Len, and Gabe Shaine, whose choice of wife distances him from his family, in Sleeping Arrangements, by Laura Cunningham (published 1989, set in the 1950s).

WRITERS:
– Norm Foster (b. 1949), Canadian playwright.
– Norm Ledgin (b. 1928), American author and journalist.

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