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This in a question about names,my wifes name is Dorothy,but has always been called Dot.But why is it jack for john or bob for robert and so forth.Any ideas.Also any unusual nicknames you have heard of.??
 
I knew a guy in highschool called weinie. Don't know why but he's probably 50 now and still goes by Weinie.

Go figure.
 
Fellow in high school (late '50s/early '60s) was Dunghead (literally); better to have any knickname than to not have one at all (I was Country).
 
All the mexicans (i.e. "deep" south labor) at work call me chivo because I have a long goatee. It means sheep in english. Everybody else calls me amishman.
 
Mom brought me home from the hospital at 3 days old and our neighbor saw me and said "I looked like a pete. I"m 62 now and been a pete all my life. Went to school with a skinny boy called "peahead" and a goofy boy called "hog jaw". Guess all in all "pete" is pretty good.
 
My great-grandfather was Alva Centennial Warner (born in 1876, thus the middle name). He never got a nickname and hated the name Alva. The only unkind word he ever spoke about his parents had to do with his name.

So one of his daughters, my grandmother, names her second son (my uncle) Alva. Well, Poppy wasn't havin' anything to do with that, refused to ever call a child by that name, and allowed that his grandson looked like a Jake. And Jake he became. Everybody in town knew Jake, but not until he died did they ever know that his name was Alva. A few of them might have heard it when his name was called at their high school graduation, but had forgotten.
 
Worked with a guy called Dog. Don't know why, but that's what he answered to, even his wife called him Dog.
 
When I was going to a one-room school in the 50's, most of the boys had nicknames after their father's tractors. So we had Fordson, W-4, Farmall, Putt-Putt (JD), 8-N, W-6 and of course my father was the proud owner of a Cockshutt 30. Yeah, that's right, I got Cock until I got to High School where other nicknames were more COOL.
 
No but I once worked with a guy that his real name was Peter Haire. Had a little sis named Cathryn....of course they called her Cat for short.

Question....would murdering your own parents be acceptable in this situation???
 
Got the nickname Lefty my junior year in high school. 40 years later and there are still people who don't know my real name
 
My mothers sister is nmed Geraldine. her parents always called her Jim. Her husband called her George. Her son was named jeff but they called him Pill short for pilgrim from a John Wayne movie. Another cousin in another family is named Terry his mother calls him Pete. Go figure
 
i have a dutch name that everybody gets wrong Ron Van Schyndel. I owned a hydraulic shop and one of my customers could never say my last name , so he decided to call me ronnie van quick coupler. I sold the business but the name still comes up when I see one of my old customers.
 
Goose was my nickname in the Marine Corps. I still use it for various reasons, including a CB handle.
 
Worked several years with a guy from Arkansas called Cupcake. It was several years before I knew his real name was Steve.
 
The uncle of my best friend, (Friend that died last week) always called me "Barnyard", and would then tell how I must have been kicked in the head by a mule as a kid.. That entire side of the family always calls me Barnyard, even though the Uncle died in 1990.. At the visitation last week, it made me feel good that they all called me Barnyard..
 
Friend in high school called Twanger no idea why.
Cousin called him Sally{song long tall sally
]he was over 6 foot at age 14 old.
 
I dated a girl in high school who was named George Ann, and her nickname was Jo Ann. Then a couple of years later I dated a beautiful brunette whose name was Margaret, but her nickname was George. My friend Tater was called that because his last name was Taylor. Had a brother-in-law the family called Stinky...and his sisters were Burf, Gums, and Duck [the one I was married to.] And one of my old friends was known as Wino because he could do the George Carlin comedy bit about fictional DJ "Scott Lame".

But as a rule, I really don't know that many folks who go by nicknames.
 
Jerry for Jerome
Chuck for Charles
Dick for Richard
Bill for William
Dee for Dolores
Marty for Martha
Liz for Lisa
 
My last name is Poole, so in High School I had a friend that called me "Cess", to this day, I'm 50 some of my school friends still call me Cess. What friends right!?!?
 
At work I was called "Cat " . My son was called "Puss", Something to do with tweetie pie.
Another chap was called Pigpen, couldn't tell the difference. Another called Eno. E no everything.
 
Only nickname I ever had was Sport, Dad called me that after his favorite hunting dog. My youngest brother everybody called Catfish.My sister Cindy I still call Cigny.There was a guy in our community whose last name was Muckenfoose and when he went in the service his Sergeant called him well ahh never mind.

Ron
 
friend of mine at work had a large bald head small beady eyes for years he was called hog head.He became boss of the mechinal......now he became Boss Hog.....
 
Squirrel is one of the more unusual names I've heard. I don't know how the guy got it but I was told his parents called him that since he was a toddler. I know at least half a dozen people who don't even know his name...
Another fellow around here is called pumpkin... or pumpkin head, or mostly just 'punkin'. He has a rather large head.... He was never too fond of it either which seemed to help it continue.

Rod
 
The ironic thing about that is there are people named kip and that is their real name. My name is Kipp. Everybody always asks me if that's my real name.. My cousin's name is Jeff, but he is called Duck, cousin's son Kyle is called Elmer, my buddy Joe is called Bear, my wife's name is Wendy and everyone calls her Roo, my friend Jason, they call him Stick, my friend Jeff is called Gumby, and my friend Brutus gets called Boober. Gosh...that was fun!!
 
Had a friend named Socky, Never was called anything else. another named Duck, Snipe and my wife's Dad called her Dag, reason unknown. A nephew goes by Moose, his cousin is Chicken. Occasionly still call my Daughter Wormy.
 
I worked at a mill for 8 years - fantastic nicknames in there. There were the sort of ones you might have heard before: bandit, chico, tiny, junior, poncho, snake; but there were also names like press-monkey, zombie, bonehead, and potato head. It was sometimes difficult to have a conversation with someone you called bonehead.

Jay
 
Old riding buddies known mostly by knicknames- keeps cops from getting good traceback. Had a few I was trying to bail out of jail for various reasons and found out given names on forms. Some of the women AKAs showed up on warrants couple times, quick change to something else. the introductions rarely were 'whats your name' but more on lines of what do you call yourself today?' Couple cops at rally site asked for me by name and nobody knew who they were talking about, Cops finally said needed for accident victim ID at coroner so I had to get in touch with next of kin. Chicago people a shafty rallies still call me by club name. RN
 
Well back almost 3 decades ago when I was in the Navy I went by Monkey. Reason was I could/would climb almost any place with out ropes ladders etc. Even had an Admiral walk out of his state room with me hanging up side down from the over head by my knees. He asked what I was doing and I told him running cables sir. I stopped being called Monkey when people stated to tell woman that was my name
Hobby farm
 
i had a guy come to work for me -- everyone called "chop" when he filled out I-9 form-- he put his name down as "porkchop." i called him on it-- and that was his name-- his mother had named him porkchop because it was her favorite food. i was speechless. he was black-- his wife was mexican-- he called her panocha. that name i wont translate on this board-- but i could never call her by name or nickname- i sometimes thought about hiring her so i could get a legitimate name on her.
 
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