What's with my name-Lickety-Split?

Sarah means "Princess" and I do think Sarah's parents missed on that one. No grace and polish here. So I was sitting here at the computer wondering what my name really means and I decided to google it. Look what I found:

Lickety-split

Meaning

Headlong; at full speed.

Origin

This is an American phrase in origin, possibly with Scottish influences, and isn't commonly used in other countries. Lickety may be taken from lick, meaning speed - as in 'going at quite a lick'. That usage is known by the early 19th century. For example, this piece from Thomas Donaldson's Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect, 1809:

"Ere I get a pick, In comes young Nannie wi' a lick."

It is variously spelled in early citations but, whatever the spelling, it is just as likely to be a nonsense word, not pertaining to anything in particular. The first record of it in print is in D. McKillop's Poems, 1817:

"I rattl'd owre the A, B, C, as fast as lickitie An' read like hickitie."

Sarah thinks it is right on about being a nonsense word. Humph. She says that the only thing that I go for headlong, at top speed is getting guests at Mountain Laurel Inn B&B to love on me by rubbing my belly or getting several naps in during the day. Little does she know how hard I work at making myself beautiful for all the bed and breakfast travelers and how I give them such delight. I believe I am the real princess in this family :)!