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==Origin of the name== In August 1933, the ''Courier'' published the account of George Spicer's alleged sighting. Public interest skyrocketed, and countless letters were sent detailing different sightings.<ref name="Binns33">R. Binns ''The Loch Ness Mystery Solved'' pp 19β27</ref> The letters described a "monster fish," "sea serpent," or "dragon."<ref name="DMAug33">''Daily Mirror'', 11 August 1933 "Loch Ness, which is becoming famous as the supposed abode of a dragon..."</ref> Ultimately, the final name settled on was the "Loch Ness monster."<ref name=":0">The [[Oxford English Dictionary]] gives 9 June 1933 as the first usage of the exact phrase ''Loch Ness monster''</ref> Since the 1940s, the creature has been affectionately called Nessie ({{langx|gd|Niseag}}).<ref name="Morag28">Campbell, Elizabeth Montgomery & David Solomon, ''The Search for Morag'' (Tom Stacey 1972) {{ISBN|0-85468-093-4}}, page 28 gives ''an-t-Seileag'', ''an-Niseag'', ''a-Mhorag'' for the monsters of Lochs Shiel, Ness and Morag, adding that they are feminine diminutives</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=14 May 1945 |title=Up Again |page=1 |work=Edinburgh Scotsman |quote=So "Nessie" is at her tricks again. After a long, she has by all accounts bobbed up in home waters...}}</ref>
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