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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2013 18:33:59 GMT
Do you or have you ever had a "nickname"? I've had several over the years, some from childhood that have lingered with a few older friends and family, some others at various stages of my life and a couple of current ones Also, some mean spirited ones from adolescence that I can now chuckle over. I'll share mine if you share yours....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2013 19:56:15 GMT
Due to my sloth-like demeanor, I was nicknamed Flash by one person when I started my last job. However, I was still there 35 years later, when she had disappeared after just two years. So I guess I am slow.
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Post by htmb on Aug 2, 2013 20:29:23 GMT
My mother, grandmother and I all shared the same first name, so 80% of the people I know call me by another name.
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Post by mich64 on Aug 3, 2013 18:36:46 GMT
As a child/teenager, I was very athletic and enjoyed getting involved in any activity outdoors, including football with the boys. It was during this time that my then next door neighbour (now my brother-in-law) nicknamed me Moose. All these years later, now and then, he still calls me that although has changed it to Moosey.
At work my they called me Shelley, new staff had no idea it was not my real name.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2013 19:41:33 GMT
One of terms of endearment most used by the older French in regards to children is "mon petit coco." "Coco" can be either a boy or a girl and is apparently derived mysteriously from coconut (noix de coco). My grandmother always called me "mon petit coco" and just the thought of it makes me tingle with pleasure (like when you run your finger along a kitten's nose). My mother started me calling this when she entered the nursing home (in earlier times, we spoke mostly English, so it didn't come up), and I still found it pleasurable to hear. Now that she has stopped talking, I am the one to use it: "Your petit coco is here" "I bet you were wondering if your petit coco would arrive on time..." But even though she is pleased to see me, she just gives me a blank stare when I use those terms. I would really like to be her petit coco again.
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Post by rikita on Aug 4, 2013 20:26:34 GMT
just a shortened version of my name, that i was called by my family. later i varied that to riky when speaking to non-germans to make it more pronouncable...
ah and as a kid some of the kids in elementary school would call me something based on my last name, that was not very friendly.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2013 20:50:20 GMT
Last names are a constant source of school torment.
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Post by htmb on Aug 5, 2013 1:24:31 GMT
Maybe for some. ;D
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Post by mickthecactus on Jun 9, 2015 15:09:48 GMT
Grandsons surname is Duke.
He's called Grandold.......
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2015 16:06:37 GMT
Last names are a constant source of school torment. At the doctor's office the other day, a pretty young girl was asked her name. H-O-R she spelled out. I don't think she ever says her last name.
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