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"The Norman Invasion of England in 1066 changed the language as well as the naming pool. The Normans introduced many new sounds into the language that the native populations had difficulty with. The "r" sound was one of these, which led to it being dropped or changed in many diminutive forms of names... -Ch and -th sounds were pronounced like "k" and "t" in these days as well." - Name Nerds http://www.namenerds.com/uucn/advice/nickhistory.html

Hence, Dorothy = Dot, Dottie, Dodie

Famous real-life people named Dot

Dot Allison (born 1969), Scottish singer and songwriter
Dot Bailey (1916–2009), New Zealand cricketer
Dot Farley (1881–1971), American film actress
Dot Germain (born 1947), American retired LPGA golfer
Dot Laughton (1913–1982), Australian cricketer
Dot Lemon (1907–1986), early American aviator and barnstormer
Dot Moore (1914–2007), American television personality
Dot Richardson (born 1961), American physician, softball coach and former player
Dot Wilkinson (born 1921), American former softball player and bowler, member of the Halls of Fame of both sports

Dot in song, story & screen

Dot, a character from the animated television show Animaniacs
Dot Branning, character on the television show EastEnders
Dot Matrix, character on the television series ReBoot
Dot and Dash, an animated girl and animated boy appearing in the PBS Kids station identification
Dot and the Kangaroo, a children's book by Ethel C. Pedley, written in 1899
Dot, A Drama in Three Acts, an 1859 stage adaption of the book The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens
Little Dot, a comic book character
A League of Their Own character Dot (Dorothy)