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Do/did you or any of your kids, family or friends have a catchy nickname?
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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 664976" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>Well Ache is most often still called by a name that comes from literary character at home. When he was young his real name seemed rather big for him, or he seemed rather small for the name, and most common nickname of that name didn't quite look like him either (though later he has been mostly called by that nickname especially outside of the family.) Ache started to protest this nickname when he got to upper grades of elementary school and we too started to use that other nickname for him, if public. Last couple years we have not gotten stinky eye any more even if we use the first nickname and someone hears it. Nowadays he also has other used nicknames, some have something to do with the name (for example he is often called with common girl's name that has same first three letters as our surname, it is so 'official' that his team PR uses it in their more relaxed outlets) and I have also heard him being called by team mates and coaches with other literary character from popular children books that I assume is reference to his behaviour.</p><p></p><p>Joy also had a babyhood nickname that wasn't related to his name, but that didn't quite stick. Most people call him now with a nickname related to his name, same girl's name they call Ache with or an old nickname that has evolved from the other nickname that he got after certain characteristic of his, but that in current version does not mean anything.</p><p></p><p>In our culture it is not uncommon to have a nickname that is not related to your name, though many are. Oddest ones I think are those, who have a nickname that is totally common name but have absolutely nothing to do with one's given name. For example if someone is Mary Elizabeth Jones but for some unknown reason they are always called Kate to the degree that when they die the nickname ends up being carved to their tombstone like this:</p><p>Jones</p><p>Mary Elizabeth (Kate)</p><p>Those tombstones are not even that uncommon and even more often one sees it in obituaries. And I know that I know at least three living people with that kind of nickname.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 664976, member: 14557"] Well Ache is most often still called by a name that comes from literary character at home. When he was young his real name seemed rather big for him, or he seemed rather small for the name, and most common nickname of that name didn't quite look like him either (though later he has been mostly called by that nickname especially outside of the family.) Ache started to protest this nickname when he got to upper grades of elementary school and we too started to use that other nickname for him, if public. Last couple years we have not gotten stinky eye any more even if we use the first nickname and someone hears it. Nowadays he also has other used nicknames, some have something to do with the name (for example he is often called with common girl's name that has same first three letters as our surname, it is so 'official' that his team PR uses it in their more relaxed outlets) and I have also heard him being called by team mates and coaches with other literary character from popular children books that I assume is reference to his behaviour. Joy also had a babyhood nickname that wasn't related to his name, but that didn't quite stick. Most people call him now with a nickname related to his name, same girl's name they call Ache with or an old nickname that has evolved from the other nickname that he got after certain characteristic of his, but that in current version does not mean anything. In our culture it is not uncommon to have a nickname that is not related to your name, though many are. Oddest ones I think are those, who have a nickname that is totally common name but have absolutely nothing to do with one's given name. For example if someone is Mary Elizabeth Jones but for some unknown reason they are always called Kate to the degree that when they die the nickname ends up being carved to their tombstone like this: Jones Mary Elizabeth (Kate) Those tombstones are not even that uncommon and even more often one sees it in obituaries. And I know that I know at least three living people with that kind of nickname. [/QUOTE]
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