Okay letterville friends, Whats your nickname? What moniker did some friend or foe or family member stick you with for eternity. Mine is "Tater" Had it since I was about 12. More people here local call me that than they do John. (in case someone has already done a post like this, thats alright, lets do it again.)
Posted by Kimberly Zanetti (Member # 2546) on :
Clay started calling me Raven when we met - of course I had black hair then! LOL
Then for work stuff, I started using ChefRaven as the name I wrote my culinary stuff under.
Samantha calls me Magic Mommy because she thinks I can do EVERYTHING...wonder how long that's gonna last????????
Posted by Jill Marie Welsh (Member # 1912) on :
1963: Jillbeans 1964: Jill Pickles 1966: Pixie Galore (all given by my dad) 1980: Silly Jilly (coined by a co-worker) 1990: The Sign Lady 2003: The Coro Queen 2004: The Panel Diva Love....Jill
Posted by Sheila Ferrell (Member # 3741) on :
I used to get called a LOT of stuff a long time ago . . . . . .( )
I never had a real nickname 'til I went in sign biz....a lotta the guys who's race cars I used to do called me "oneshot" a lot, when they saw the paint I was using . . .I have a coupl'a cabbies who just call me 'signs' all the time... Posted by Ray Rheaume (Member # 3794) on :
"Rapid" since '91. Posted by Kissymatina (Member # 2028) on :
Isn't it obvious?
And Ray, you spelt that wrong.... it's a B not a P. Posted by rene st-pierre (Member # 4116) on :
little angels granite an the boss
its a good question ....i know a lot of people whit nick an never know the real name c-ya
Posted by captain ken (Member # 742) on :
ummm.....uh....Captain....since 1989... C'apt Ken Shelton was a popular local radio DJ..
Most of my friends call me Captain Ken now Most of my enemies still call me f^*kin azhole,
either one, I will probably answer to both
Hey Jill, I saw your movie I think! pornography has come along way since the 60's, but you still look great! damn, can I say pornography here? oh sheit can I say damn? I better shut the hell up....
[ March 13, 2005, 08:35 PM: Message edited by: captain ken ]
Posted by coop (Member # 504) on :
"Coop" Posted by Michael Berry (Member # 2604) on :
Mikey. Then again I have been called lots of other names too......
Posted by jack wills (Member # 521) on :
Some may call me Joe, some may call me Moe, they often call me Speedoo but my real name is Mister Earl......
CrazyJack
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
When I was REALLY young..."Solomon" as in the nursery rhyme.
Later..."4 eyes" cuz of the glasses.
In mid life.."The Grinch"
By a really close friend..always have been "Cecil" (my middle name is Cyril)
Lately.."the Sticker Guy"
Most recently.."Ya lucky son of a Bitch" (dunno why..maybe because I have found a way to make myself "lucky"?)
Posted by Catharine C. Kennedy (Member # 4459) on :
My middle name is Cloud (family surname) so I've been Cloud or Cloudy since pretty near the beginning. Magoo gave me Cat on chat (less letters!)
Posted by KARYN BUSH (Member # 1948) on :
sign chick k-ryn
Posted by Robert Davis (Member # 1641) on :
I work part time for the Sheriff and even he calls me sticky..Stickysam's Signs.
Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
Sultan.....and here's a bunch more from a previous thread:
My Wife's family and a lot of people I knew way back call me Rover but most call me Rove.
Posted by Linda Schmidt (Member # 2337) on :
Since the day I opened my doors I've been called "SignLady". No one knew my name but it travelled fast that there was a new sign shop in town and a "lady" owned it. After 5 years, most people still don't know my name- just "SignLady". Posted by Neil D. Butler (Member # 661) on :
Is'nt it obvious... "Brad"...... Brad Pit! The resemblance is uncanny. lol
Posted by Greg McRoberts (Member # 3501) on :
Mac
Posted by Stevo Chartrand (Member # 2094) on :
"Stevo" Got tagged with this one in the first Sign Shop I worked for. This was way before Steve-O from Jackass.
Others are "Sven" "Marcel Dionne" "Sign Chimp"
Stevo
Posted by Jill Marie Welsh (Member # 1912) on :
...and "Loverboy"........ Posted by Sheila Ferrell (Member # 3741) on :
Just a twist on the same idea ....but are you a person who GIVES nicknames??
I don't really know why I give certain people nicks but . . .sometimes it's just 'cause I like to play and be silly. . .
My oldest daughter, Erica I always called "Hannah" and usually used it when directing her into the truck, or a chair: 'Hop in Hannah!' She is also still known by everyone as 'Rica' or 'Rica Gia' (her middle name is Gia) which I always called her anytime I was'nt calling her Hannah.
Emily is always 'Amah-layiah' which is just a fun way to stretch out her name and I was actually using it years before I found out that this was partly the Greek pronunciation. And she also goes by 'Em'.
~Lot'sa cute nicks for neices & nephews and kids at church who are now teens and I STILL call them by my-given nick:
Charity became 'Cheech'..less syllables I guess and not many girls with a 'ch' sound in their name...
Mara, my niece - I always call 'Too-mara'(take off on tommorrow)
Nephew Jessie is 'Jittybayree' or 'Jitty' because of a mentally retarded guy I know named Jessie Berry who pronounces his own name this way . . .
My niece, Loren was and is always Keesh because of 'quiche lorraine'(even though she's now grown and married)
Stephanie is 'Stefawn'
Brandon is 'Branded'
Austin is 'AustinTexas'
Wayne is 'WayneBrain' (because he's kind'a goofy and it's better than 'lamebrain' and still rhymes...
Wayne's mom always wears her hair in a braid that's way past her butt so I call her 'Hop-sing' (like the cook-guy on Bonanza)
Dozens more . . .(if someone does'nt like the nick I give them I don't use it though....but I probably still THINK it, lol
I think I primarily do this in order to simply REMEMBER names which I am bad about forgetting... Posted by Kelly Thorson (Member # 2958) on :
Brad Pitt - Neil you are hilarious!!!!!!
Oh you were serious.... sorry Hon Posted by Mike Kelly (Member # 2037) on :
My real name is Potato Man Kelly, but my friends call me Spud.
Posted by Dave Sherby (Member # 698) on :
Sherbinator
Posted by Bobbie Rochow (Member # 3341) on :
Blab (from talking a lot in grade school) 10-R-10 (grade school, again, because my last name was Iorio) Iorio cookie Barb Barbie-(yuck!) Babsie-(yuck, even MORE!!!!) Jagoff (my husband's pet name for me) Weezie (my middle name is Louise) Boobie Bubsie Signlady, Paint lady, Gimme-some-kind-of-sign-girl(by a fav. customer) Bobbie-yep, that is my nick name since I was little.
Posted by Bobbie Rochow (Member # 3341) on :
Sherbinator sounds cool, Dave! Posted by Santo (Member # 411) on :
Toe
Posted by Joe Rees (Member # 211) on :
Believe it or not - Joe.
Nobody knows my real name is Wayne Joseph Rees. Feels real weird to even type it, and I always know I'm in trouble if someone calls me by it. I don't use my first name because Wayne is my Dad. Thank God we had different middle names or I would surely have grown up being called Junior, or worse, Wayn-ey. <shudder>
Just don't call me Joey please, only my Mom can get away with that. Joseph doesn't sit well with me either - ruined in the 2nd grade by a particularly gangly pigtailed cootie machine who relished in calling me "Jofus". <sudders again>
Posted by Del Badry (Member # 114) on :
Badge is a short version of badger, which is a name my grade 10 football coach gave me when he saw me tackle a guy in my first practice.....
Posted by DianeBalch (Member # 1301) on :
My kids call me Muzz or Muzzy. My side of the family calls me "Dee". As a kid, my older brother called me Toadsey Odor (I liked frogs).(My younger brothers still say ribit-ribit when they see me).
Diane
Posted by Artisan Signs (Member # 3146) on :
Buya
Posted by Bruce Bowers (Member # 892) on :
DrCAS.
Posted by Ed Williams (Member # 846) on :
Captain Jim started on the CB radio 1971 shorten to CJ around 1985
my gran-kids ( 2 ) call me Rascal Posted by Terry Baird (Member # 3495) on :
Bubba...really. T-Bird T-Bone My close friends call me T.
Posted by Karen Wunch (Member # 3577) on :
My nick? "MoonLite"
Funny, I picked that one myself, the first time I chatted ANYwhere. 'Moon' coz I was born under a full one and love da LUNAcy of it ever since, & 'Lite' because LIFE is should be less filling and humor should be lite-hearted. I'm ALL about FUN!
It's true. I've met people here in chat and Letterville I'd NEVER know by their 'real' names...and to me? They'll always be.... Bushie, OneShot, Peaches, Kai, DrCas, or...whatever. It does NOT mean disrespect. It's a good thing.
Nicks are GREAT. They're the name WE conceive of Ourselves, NOT the one our parents gave us before they knew us.
There's a good thing in that: naming ourselves, WHEN we finally KNOW ourselves...or admit to knowing how much we don't know, but are willing to accept, about ourselves. ;o) ... OR how the local 'hood or businesses conceives us. That's kewl, too.
Frankly? Call me anything. Just Call ME if you need a good sign. *S*
XXX000
Posted by John Deaton III (Member # 925) on :
Some of my friends here have some good ones too. Scrap Iron, Ricko, Roscoe, Boman,Zeke, Jethro, Moe, The Gift, Dr Squat, Bigman,Goose,Hoot, I could go on. I think most of them dont know their real names anymore. I know when I played softball, if you called me john everybody would look around like, Who the hell is john? Thats Tater!
Posted by Kissymatina (Member # 2028) on :
Same thing here John. My pap always called me Scooter or Scoot. We have what we call "the extended family" which is a friend of mine's parents and everyone who call them mom & dad (in all, over 50 "kids"). There is a "core" group of the extended family, mostly the "kids" they are closest to.... besides me, there is Fudd (their real kid) Bubba, Dream, Uncle Chick, Yogi...you get the idea.
Some strange things I've been called... besides Kissymatina (my uncle gave that to me years ago), my cousin's son called me Bup which he later changed to Tia. Aunt Kiss has always been a popular one too, guess Rs are hard for kids to say.
Posted by Denis Tardif (Member # 3237) on :
Mister
Posted by Denis Tardif (Member # 3237) on :
hey f**king h**s hole
Posted by Peter Schuttinga (Member # 2821) on :
In elementary school it was duckie, still not sure why. Later on it became YMIER, pronounced yaymer, it came from an acronym I wrote on my hardhat YMIER, which stood for 'whY aM I hERe'. Now you can me anything you like, just don't call me late for dinner.
Posted by Carl Wood (Member # 1223) on :
teenage - professor 20's the Hook also - smooth lately - Mr. Beautiful
Posted by Doug Allan (Member # 2247) on :
"drugless" (in high school... never could figure that one out... furthest thing from the truth )
"Sabu" was my rainbow hippie name during a few traveling summers of dead shows & communal camping extravaganzas!
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