Original sentence: Gopher became "Gar", Gar became Garfield, which became Fieldy.The name "Fieldy" is said to have come about as an abbreviation for "Garfield", based on the comic strip character of the same name
Edited sentence: Gopher quickly became "Gar", Gar became "Garfield" (based on the comic strip character of the same name), and eventually "Gar" was dropped and a "y" was added to "Field", which became Fieldy.The name "Fieldy" is said to have come about as an inside joke