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posted by: jennjr (reply) post date: 06.14.05 (4:53 pm) The weirdest nickname I've ever had is Sylvia...still not sure how you get drunk and introduce someone named "Jenn" as "Sylvia" but apparently, you can. posted by: Meta (reply) post date: 06.14.05 (5:34 pm) 'Meathead' posted by: Meta (reply) post date: 06.14.05 (5:35 pm) Hey Gary, I got to meet Thelma today. She is so cute! posted by: lynne (reply) post date: 06.14.05 (7:31 pm) hmmm. Terry used to call me 'stinky' so much and even when he was talking *about* me to others that his co-workers were relieved to find out that it was not a name based on any regular state of being for me. Aaron used to call me "sluffanynne" as a kind of bastardization of Stephanie Lynne and "slynne" combined. posted by: BerlinBear (reply) post date: 06.15.05 (2:01 am) The weirdest two names I've ever heard are actually versions of the same one: My brother used to go out with a girl called Yvonne, except she pronounced it Why-von. Whatever. And then I overheard this conversation on a bus in the UK: Young woman: "That a cute baby. What's her name?" Young mother: Wivney. YW: Wivney? Interesting name. I've never heard that one. How do you spell it? YM: Y-V-O-N-N-E Oops! Who's gonna be the one to tell her? posted by: chicalookate (reply) post date: 06.15.05 (3:14 am) I was called Buddha by a few friends when I asked if they had ever been taking a bath and realized they looked like Buddha and not the young skinny one. posted by: lindy (reply) post date: 06.15.05 (3:40 am) Perhaps 'Toasty' is short for a more formal name like 'Tostiana' or some variation... or maybe the little girl is partial to toast. I got called 'PBnJ' due to my fondness for that particular sandwich. I've recently earned the nick name 'SpleenGirl' because apparently my tongue is sharp enough to allow me to reach in and remove vital organs with a rusty spoon. I 'hand people their spleens'... That's not very pleasant. ehhhh. Schatziboppes (sp?) - supposedly means 'Treasure butt' auf Deutsch... I got called that for several years. Weird. I got the usual silly names, 'sweetpea' 'Lindo' 'Linder' and my personally least favorite 'Linderelly' - it's like people are quite insistent on twisting your name into some variation that has little to do with what your momma named you. 'Potty mouth' was my mom's personal favorite. It was how she expressed that my face was dirty. My father had a strange and misguided sense of humor. My official nickname with him was, 'Ugly' - I found out later it was because I was cute. huh? Exactly. I'd say by far, the oddest one comes, again, from my childhood... Whistle Britches. To this day, I don't know what it means. posted by: lindy (reply) post date: 06.15.05 (3:42 am) Reply to: jennjr Heh. Fancy meeting you here. I'd say you are following me, but you seem to be beating me to my favorite niches! haha. Great minds... posted by: jennjr (reply) post date: 06.15.05 (4:25 am) Reply to: lindy LOL! Dah-link, ve've got to shtop meeting like zhis... posted by: themarina (reply) post date: 06.15.05 (8:39 am) I never had any nicknames growing up. And even now, my nickname comes from me always explaining when asked to spell my name: "It's M-A-R-I-N-A. Like where the boats dock?" Works every time. posted by: newbie (reply) post date: 06.15.05 (11:56 am) Reply to: jennjr one time, a woman named 'Yvonne' introduced herself to me by sticking out her hand and saying, "Hi! I'm Yvonne." I answered her by saying, "Hi! I'm Yvonne" right back at her. She thinks I'm really weird. posted by: newbie (reply) post date: 06.15.05 (11:58 am) Reply to: Meta How did you get called Meathead? It must have had something to do with All in the Family... Ain't Thelma the cutest? She's so short and sleepy. posted by: newbie (reply) post date: 06.15.05 (12:02 pm) Reply to: BerlinBear I just snorted coffee especially because of what I just wrote to jennjr. My mother's next door neighbors called one of their girls 'Yvonne' but pronounced it YAvonne. Wivney.....*snort* posted by: Verliane (reply) post date: 06.15.05 (12:06 pm) Reply to: lindy Whistle Britches! wonderful.... posted by: Verlaine (reply) post date: 06.15.05 (12:08 pm) Ooopsy, I wasn't logged in. jennjr and meta and BerlinBear, the newbie comments are from me. posted by: Verlaine (reply) post date: 06.15.05 (12:10 pm) Reply to: lynne I remember Terry calling you stinky and I think I may even have heard Aaron call you sl....whatever that was. posted by: jennjr (reply) post date: 06.15.05 (12:13 pm) Reply to: newbie This is hysterical, considering Berlin Bear's remarks below. posted by: jennjr (reply) post date: 06.15.05 (12:15 pm) Reply to: BerlinBear Wivney. Beautiful. Absoultely Beautiful. I have a friend whose wife is a labor and delivery nurse. So she gets to hear a lot of unusual baby names...my personal favorite (and I have to spell phonetically first) is She(short e)-thay-ed. Spelled: S-h-i-t-h-e-a-d posted by: Meta (reply) post date: 06.15.05 (7:33 pm) Actually I was 'Meathead' long before Archie Bunker coined it! Thelma is really cute. She is also very well behaved. Don't ever plan on getting her back though, because I think you will have a tough time with your parents! posted by: anditos (reply) post date: 06.16.05 (2:52 am) Reply to: Verlaine My mom's side of the family has this strange tradition of giving people nicknames that have (IMHO) very little to do w/ their real names. Perhaps its some PWT attempt at being original. Here is a list. Nicknames first, followed by real names: Aimee..........Alice Casey..........Louise Bee.............Elizabeth Boo.............Billy Tess............Teresa I didn't know this but these nicknames have term limits. "Tess" was only known as "Tess" for like 15 years (when I was very young). By the time she had all of her kids, she went back to being "Teresa". If I call looking for "Aunt Tess", her kids have no idea who I'm asking for. posted by: lindy (reply) post date: 06.16.05 (3:52 am) Reply to: jennjr Nu uh!!!!! That's not true!!!!!!!! Is it? posted by: jennjr (reply) post date: 06.16.05 (5:26 am) Reply to: lindy I wish I were makin' it up. but I'm not. I could go on...my sister in law knows a woman who named her twins (pronunciation again) or-ahn-gelo and le-mahn-gelo. Spelled (you should know where this is going..) Orangejello and lemonjello. If you want to know the truth, I think she made this up to one up the little boy in my last comment. But it's still a funny thought anyway. :) posted by: lindy (reply) post date: 06.16.05 (6:15 am) Reply to: jennjr hahahaha. Yes, but orangejello would actually be pronouced or-ahnj-gelo - haha. Nice. It loses some creativity points when you add that extra sound in there. heh heh. I say give your sister props for coming up with it. ;) posted by: jennjr (reply) post date: 06.16.05 (7:22 am) Reply to: lindy ;) posted by: altricial (reply) post date: 06.16.05 (1:59 pm) Many times a nickname starts because a older sibling or cousin cannot pronounce the new child's name, and the mispronunciation and it's variants stick. My debate nickname (a variant of my last name) was baracuda. In enjoyed that and wish it would have stuck outside of debate... :oD posted by: altricial (reply) post date: 06.16.05 (2:01 pm) Reply to: lindy I like PB&J. Now I get the spleengirl reference, too. posted by: altricial (reply) post date: 06.16.05 (2:02 pm) Reply to: BerlinBear Have you ever heard the story of Orangelo and LaMongelo? - rhymes with Michaelangelo posted by: lindy (reply) post date: 06.16.05 (4:55 pm) Reply to: altricial Haha. Well done, Alt. You are officially in the know. ;) Those words SOOO don't rhyme! *snort! hahaha Orangelo and LaMongelo Michaelangelo Farfarello! hahaha! Do you know farf? She has a niche here in tblog. And apparently Farfarello rhymes with Jello... Baracuda?!?!?!! Hahahahaha! Classic! And a new name was born! ;) posted by: altricial (reply) post date: 06.16.05 (5:19 pm) Reply to: lindy But you've heard of the baby names. The mom saw the following words and thought they'd make great names.... spelled just as she saw them: orangejello and lemonjello. Joke, urban legend, true story? Who knows.... posted by: lindy (reply) post date: 06.16.05 (6:06 pm) Reply to: altricial True. There's always the ever popular... 'fe-mahl-lee' as in female... nice. ;) * Oh, pardon us, dear Verlaine. We were just using your blog as a forum, completely oblivious to it's rightful owner. heh. Sorry! posted by: altricial (reply) post date: 06.16.05 (6:37 pm) *Waves to Verlaine* posted by: The Nun (reply) post date: 06.17.05 (2:10 am) Let's see Toots - by my dad Buddha - by my softball team Mouth - by 5th grade campers Missy Beepers - by my mom Ferdnand - my friend Shelly Sista B - by Kevin Psycho - by Junior my neighbor Pollock - by the contractor I usually answer to anything. posted by: Anna (reply) post date: 06.17.05 (5:22 pm) My sister's nickname in the family was Roo-girl. Why "Roo-girl?" you ask. But of course, it's because her REAL family nickname was Rooster. My family is weird. posted by: Alicia (reply) post date: 06.18.05 (2:04 pm) In 7th grade the kids called me "Charlie Brown Head". This is painful at that age, but I think it's funny now because I do have a large round head!!! posted by: Verlaine (reply) post date: 06.19.05 (1:15 pm) Reply to: lindy I've heard all the jello flavors as names from a million people and I'm going on the record as saying I believe it's urban legend. Same for Femahlee (female). The jello's I first heard of were from Lansing, MI and was recently suprised to find they are also from Oakland, CA. I think there's some in Texas, too. What about pudding? Much better than jello, methinks. posted by: Verlaine (reply) post date: 06.19.05 (1:17 pm) Reply to: The Nun Hey, I was reading those nicknames and thinking, "I know someone who used to have those nicknames and her brother's name is Kevin, too!" I can be a little slow sometimes. LOL! posted by: newbie (reply) post date: 06.20.05 (12:44 pm) Oh you people sooooo have to read the name chapter in "Freakonomics" |
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