Do you have an interesting nickname? Or someone you know? And how did it come about?
My girlfriends hubby calls me Beff, because he can't say 'th'. So she will often call me Beff when stirring.
Next thing I know, my old schoolfriend Carol (a GN member) starts calling me Beff too.
So the next time I answered a message from her calling me Beff, I called her Cazzawazza. She said she hadn't been called that since primary school! As we were at primary school together, I said it must have been way back in the dim dark recesses of my memory banks.
Taking up this topic with another couple of friends, we started discussing the names hubbys or partners call each other. My ex always called me Hon, never Beth. We've been divorced for 20+ years and he now calls me chooky! Awww!
-- Edited by Beth54 on Friday 19th of April 2013 06:21:32 PM
GaryKelly said
01:49 AM Apr 20, 2013
I got Grace for years because of my last name, Kelly. Never bothered me at all. But the boss's daughter renamed me Disgrace hehe. One of the girls I worked with was as vague as all getout, so I nicknamed her Vera and it stuck. I don't move in those circles any more but I still get Gazza. One friend was happy just to call me G.
kandagal said
02:17 AM Apr 20, 2013
I was very thin when young and my nickname was straw. Wish I was as thin now.
Mike C said
02:18 AM Apr 20, 2013
A mate of mine had one of those double surnames.
Velcro_cox we simply referred to him as Sticky Dicky
its a worry
cheers
Mike
pauline said
02:26 AM Apr 20, 2013
I was skinny finny, my last name was Finlayson and I was skinny, still am when I come to think about it...............Hubby is Neville so he just gets nifty.
ibbo said
02:49 AM Apr 20, 2013
I am Marty...........yes Always called marty farty.Oh the shame of it all.Lol.
pauline said
03:02 AM Apr 20, 2013
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vk6tnc said
03:14 AM Apr 20, 2013
My nickname is Bear too...When the Casino first opened in Perth, I went with a few mates, looked around, and said "If all these girls are over 18 then I am a koala bear". It just stuck from then on !!!
BohemianGypsy said
03:56 AM Apr 20, 2013
When I was young Mum started calling me Puss in Boots but then later on shortened it to just Puss and that is usually what she called me either that or Shell/Shelley. But by crikey when she was ticked off at me she would say the whole damn thing. . . . Michelle Fay Nolan get here now!!!! Those were the times I wanted to become invisable hehehehe. I have called my sister Debbie Daks for years. Her name is Debra but she has always been called Deb even on her business cards it is Deb. Ray my hubby was always called Raymo by his sisters and Menser by me.
When I had my first baby Courtney I chose a name that you could not shorten without it sounding ridiculous but her cousins always called her Tennis as in Tennis Court lol. . .I just can't win!
Plendo said
04:13 AM Apr 20, 2013
No secret in how I got mine, Plenderleith is just too long.
A friend of mine is called Splinter, his real name is Garry Wood****.
The third in the group was Dick, real name Chris Tacy, close enough to Dick Tracey for us.
milo said
05:25 AM Apr 20, 2013
when I was a kid growing up on the farm at Wattamolla near Berry nsw I was always called the Wattamolla wild cat... then eventually I started getting called Milo (wonder why??)not for the Milo and Otis movie !!
vk6tnc said
06:13 AM Apr 20, 2013
milo wrote:
then eventually I started getting called Milo (wonder why??)
Yes. We do ???
vk6tnc said
06:18 AM Apr 20, 2013
When I lived in the tiny town of Cadoux, central wheatbelt WA, everybody had a nick name. A new reporter for the local paper had to write up the cricket results.....It read like this: Phantom bowled Steiger, caught by Clown.
Very few people knew their real names !!!
sandsmere said
12:33 PM Apr 20, 2013
Sometimes surnames have certain nicknames that just seem to happen .
eg. Rusty Carr , Lefty Malone , Bakka Bourke .
GaryKelly said
02:46 PM Apr 20, 2013
And all that reminds me of when I first started work at 14 in a government office. There was a midget bloke there, Jim McGuinness, and he nicknamed me Gary Patrick Thomas Francis O'Dooley Kelly, something I've never forgotten. That was 55 years ago.
BohemianGypsy said
03:09 PM Apr 20, 2013
Beth54 wrote:
Michelle, my sister is also Debra and has always been called Deb by those close to her.
I've never been one to give nicknames to people. Or to call friends or family love, dear or anything similar.
Beth I always call younger girls hun or gorgeous or beautiful just to lift their spirit because a lot of young women need that today. I call my 4 yr old grandaughter Bloss (for blossom), my sweet girl, nannies girl and plenty others lol.
Michelle
Rip and Rosie said
03:37 PM Apr 20, 2013
I worked once with a bloke we named "Lightening" - never found him in the same place twice I also worked with an old nursing sister we called "Seagull"- all in white, and flapped, squawked and s**t on everyone- and I remember the doctor we called "Circ" - tall, thin, bald and wore polo-necked shirts (in the '70's).
Gerty Dancer said
03:41 PM Apr 20, 2013
Rip and Rosie wrote:
I worked once with a bloke we named "Lightening" - never found him in the same place twice I also worked with an old nursing sister we called "Seagull"- all in white, and flapped, squawked and s**t on everyone- and I remember the doctor we called "Circ" - tall, thin, bald and wore polo-necked shirts (in the '70's).
jules47 said
03:48 PM Apr 20, 2013
My sons name is Christopher - when he was little, the kid next door couldn't say that so called him "Topha" - he still uses that that even now!
the ginger nomad said
03:54 PM Apr 20, 2013
Growing up I was called all sorts of names! Ginge, Freckles, Foureyes, etc never called a ranga though.the names that stuck were Blue and Blue Dog. John
kandagal said
09:04 PM Apr 20, 2013
When my youngest daughter daughter (Noela) was born elder daughter couldn't say Noela & called her NoNo & she still asnwers to that after nearly 50 years.
jan-ed said
09:25 PM Apr 20, 2013
My mum and dad always called me Fanny!
Its an English thing...a term of endearment. Fanny Fanackerpan.
My husband kept the name going....but as the years have passed, its meaning has changed a bit!! My grandkids have their little giggles as they think its funny. Sometimes we get a few weird looks when hubby calls out to me in the supermarket !!!
Beth54 said
11:04 PM Apr 20, 2013
jan-ed wrote:
My mum and dad always called me Fanny!
Its an English thing...a term of endearment. Fanny Fanackerpan.
My husband kept the name going....but as the years have passed, its meaning has changed a bit!! My grandkids have their little giggles as they think its funny. Sometimes we get a few weird looks when hubby calls out to me in the supermarket !!!
Sorry jan-ed but that IS funny! It's a pity for you that it's meaning has changed.
I know an elderly English lady with the nickname of Bunty..that's the spelling, but she pronounces it Boonty. An English person may know the history of that nickname.
jan-ed said
11:34 PM Apr 20, 2013
Beth54 wrote:
jan-ed wrote:
My mum and dad always called me Fanny!
Its an English thing...a term of endearment. Fanny Fanackerpan.
My husband kept the name going....but as the years have passed, its meaning has changed a bit!! My grandkids have their little giggles as they think its funny. Sometimes we get a few weird looks when hubby calls out to me in the supermarket !!!
Sorry jan-ed but that IS funny! It's a pity for you that it's meaning has changed.
I know an elderly English lady with the nickname of Bunty..that's the spelling, but she pronounces it Boonty. An English person may know the history of that nickname.
It is funny Beth!!! It was always the norm for me...but i do get very strange looks at times. When i was naughty..i would get "Lizzy Jane" as well.
No doubt another very English thing!! Trouble is...i think Mum and Dad forget i was born in Oz...and our language has different meanings here!!!
Scarred for life i am
Beth54 said
11:38 PM Apr 20, 2013
jan-ed wrote:
Scarred for life i am
Birdy1710 said
12:53 AM Apr 21, 2013
When i was a kid, i got Shank, as i used to ride a horse. (Shankses Pony)
now i get the obvious: Birdy (names Bird)
worked with a bloke they called Aspro (slow working dope)
littledick said
04:53 PM Apr 21, 2013
I worked with a manager we called vomit.
Mention a subject, he would bring it up at the next meeting.
Me, too many.
Dick.
herbie said
10:23 PM Apr 21, 2013
Was in the army with a guy we nic named Mirror , as he would always say .. i will bring that idea up at the next meeting.
Also worked with a male nurse over in a mine in WA we used to call Morphine....slow working dope.
-- Edited by herbie on Monday 22nd of April 2013 12:13:43 AM
gold dandelion said
11:10 PM Apr 21, 2013
are you full of energy? Milo that is..
-- Edited by gold dandelion on Sunday 21st of April 2013 11:11:29 PM
03_troopy said
03:17 AM Apr 22, 2013
LOL Birdy, we had one of those but we called him opium, another one was hydraulic ( short for hydraulic jack) cos he'd lift anything.. and another one called ankles, but i can't tell you why he was called that on this forum.. LOL
Do you have an interesting nickname? Or someone you know? And how did it come about?
My girlfriends hubby calls me Beff, because he can't say 'th'. So she will often call me Beff when stirring.
Next thing I know, my old schoolfriend Carol (a GN member) starts calling me Beff too.
So the next time I answered a message from her calling me Beff, I called her Cazzawazza. She said she hadn't been called that since primary school! As we were at primary school together, I said it must have been way back in the dim dark recesses of my memory banks.
Taking up this topic with another couple of friends, we started discussing the names hubbys or partners call each other. My ex always called me Hon, never Beth. We've been divorced for 20+ years and he now calls me chooky! Awww!
-- Edited by Beth54 on Friday 19th of April 2013 06:21:32 PM
Velcro_cox we simply referred to him as Sticky Dicky
its a worry
cheers
Mike
I am Marty...........yes Always called marty farty.Oh the shame of it all.Lol.
When I was young Mum started calling me Puss in Boots but then later on shortened it to just Puss and that is usually what she called me either that or Shell/Shelley. But by crikey when she was ticked off at me she would say the whole damn thing. . . . Michelle Fay Nolan get here now!!!! Those were the times I wanted to become invisable hehehehe. I have called my sister Debbie Daks for years. Her name is Debra but she has always been called Deb even on her business cards it is Deb. Ray my hubby was always called Raymo by his sisters and Menser by me.
When I had my first baby Courtney I chose a name that you could not shorten without it sounding ridiculous but her cousins always called her Tennis as in Tennis Court lol. . .I just can't win!
No secret in how I got mine, Plenderleith is just too long.
A friend of mine is called Splinter, his real name is Garry Wood****.
The third in the group was Dick, real name Chris Tacy, close enough to Dick Tracey for us.
then eventually I started getting called Milo (wonder why??)not for the Milo and Otis movie !!
Yes. We do ???
Very few people knew their real names !!!
Sometimes surnames have certain nicknames that just seem to happen .
eg. Rusty Carr , Lefty Malone , Bakka Bourke .
Beth I always call younger girls hun or gorgeous or beautiful just to lift their spirit because a lot of young women need that today. I call my 4 yr old grandaughter Bloss (for blossom), my sweet girl, nannies girl and plenty others lol.
Michelle
I also worked with an old nursing sister we called "Seagull"- all in white, and flapped, squawked and s**t on everyone- and I remember the doctor we called "Circ" - tall, thin, bald and wore polo-necked shirts (in the '70's).
John
Its an English thing...a term of endearment. Fanny Fanackerpan.
My husband kept the name going....but as the years have passed, its meaning has changed a bit!!
My grandkids have their little giggles as they think its funny. Sometimes we get a few weird looks when hubby
calls out to me in the supermarket !!!
Sorry jan-ed but that IS funny!
It's a pity for you that it's meaning has changed.
I know an elderly English lady with the nickname of Bunty..that's the spelling, but she pronounces it Boonty. An English person may know the history of that nickname.
It is funny Beth!!! It was always the norm for me...but i do get very strange looks at times. When i was naughty..i would get "Lizzy Jane" as well.
No doubt another very English thing!! Trouble is...i think Mum and Dad forget i was born in Oz...and our language has different meanings here!!!
Scarred for life i am
When i was a kid, i got Shank, as i used to ride a horse. (Shankses Pony)
now i get the obvious: Birdy (names Bird)
worked with a bloke they called Aspro (slow working dope)
I worked with a manager we called vomit.
Mention a subject, he would bring it up at the next meeting.
Me, too many.
Dick.
Was in the army with a guy we nic named Mirror , as he would always say .. i will bring that idea up at the next meeting.
Also worked with a male nurse over in a mine in WA we used to call Morphine....slow working dope.
-- Edited by herbie on Monday 22nd of April 2013 12:13:43 AM
are you full of energy? Milo that is..
-- Edited by gold dandelion on Sunday 21st of April 2013 11:11:29 PM