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My mother used to hate it when my brother shortened me to "Di." This was
before Princess Di, of course. My mother heard "Die."

When I named my kids I tried to choose names with acceptable nicknames: Brian
and Katherine.

:-) Diane

> I have never liked nicknames, and have never shortened my kids names to
> anything. Probably stems from being called "Dia Pia Diahrreah" throughout
> elementary school!

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Kids can be cruel. Sometimes, I call Briana "Bri" for short...and I call my
husband "Shel" (short for Shelton) and I go by "Jo" (obviously short for
JoAnna). We just do it because it's fun. My grandmother told me that her
parents called her "dump" - short for dumpling (she was born weighing 4
pounds). They never called her anything but "dump" unless she was in
trouble...then they called her Janice. I call Briana "piglet" or "my little
breastfed baby". I think names have a place...but sweet nothing names are so
much fun...within the family, of course...She's Briana to everyone but Shel
and I.

JoAnna

D Klement

JustMOMThanks@... wrote:
>
> Kids can be cruel. Sometimes, I call Briana "Bri" for short...and I call my
> husband "Shel" (short for Shelton) and I go by "Jo" (obviously short for
> JoAnna). We just do it because it's fun. My grandmother told me that her
> parents called her "dump" - short for dumpling (she was born weighing 4
> pounds). They never called her anything but "dump" unless she was in
> trouble...then they called her Janice. I call Briana "piglet" or "my little
> breastfed baby". I think names have a place...but sweet nothing names are so
> much fun...within the family, of course...She's Briana to everyone but Shel
> and I.
>
> JoAnna

We used to call the oldest our little * puke * . When she was born the
Doc said one more push, I said * basin!!! * and promptly threw up while
pushing the last push. When she was a little older we started
affectionately calling her our little toad ... picked that one up from a
British comedy ( Good Neighbours ).

Nathan has always been * Monkey boy * because he was always undressing
himself as fast as we dressed him on the change table ... undressing
himself with his feet that is.

Samantha has the nick name of * Spam * simply because it rhymes with
Sam. For her birthday last year her dad wrapped up a can of Spam for her
... you'd've thought she'd died and gone to heaven she loved the gift
sooooo much!!!

Buzz
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In a message dated 6/18/00 11:43:48 PM Central Daylight Time,
JustMOMThanks@... writes:

<< but sweet nothing names are so
much fun...within the family, of course...She's Briana to everyone but Shel
>>
I think so, too. I often call my daughter, McKenna, "Muffin". I don't know
where it came from, it just sort of happened. :) My oldest son calls her
"Sweet little punkin pie" all the time. I think it's cute, but I can
certainly understand Dia's feelings since had some bad experiences
personally. I was never "Katrina" to anyone but my mom, who still calls me
that occasionally. ~Karen

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In a message dated 6/19/00 8:05:23 AM Central Daylight Time,
klement@... writes:

<< Samantha has the nick name of * Spam * simply because it rhymes with
Sam. For her birthday last year her dad wrapped up a can of Spam for her
... you'd've thought she'd died and gone to heaven she loved the gift
sooooo much!!!

>>
How cute! :) ~Karen

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in my house, the oldest is timosity(tim),christian is the bunny boy-jeremiah
is bingoand emma is bearcub or emmabean!
bridget

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Hmmm....I'm seeing a pattern here. Nicknames assigned by family and others
who loves us are fun, and nicknames assigned by school peers tend not to be
fun.

:-) Diane

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Bridget, I think Emmabear is such a cute name! ~Karen

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karen,
we called her emmabear because she was so fierce right from the get-go when
she wanted or didn't want something-hated clothes-changing and loved
nursing-usual stuff but she would roar and stiffen up her whole body-so funny
to see her with her tiny fists clenched in rage. the homebirth midwife we had
said she had a temper the second after she was born and she was right. to top
it off, emma refused to wear anything but the gap *bear *booties my mom got
her for her first birthday till we couldn't squeeze them on anymore. now she
insists on wearing her "pitty" (pretty) shoes-white t-strap sandals. she is a
character.
bridget

Michael A Stefanic

My son Alex is Ackie, because that is how he said his name when he was 2.
Once he looked at his name that I had written and said "A-L-E-X spells
Ackie!"
~Shelley

Tracy Oldfield

Heather used to be 'sweet-pea,' haven't used that for a while, and
Abigail's 'Abi' anyway, but they're collectively known as the
sprouts. I used to call abi 'sprout' and she'd say 'I'm not a sprout,
I'm an Abi!'

Tracy

On 19 Jun 2000, at 12:45, bctswim@... wrote:

in my house, the oldest is timosity(tim),christian is
the bunny boy-jeremiah 
is bingoand emma is bearcub or emmabean!
bridget

Tracy Oldfield

it depends, I guess. My nickname (which is my ICQ screen
name) is Troggers, cos a friend at school had had a friend at the
previous school called Tracy Hoggers, so she got called troggers,
and so did I. Considering the stereotypes connected with 'Tracy'
(or Tracey) and awful way it sounds out loud (especially with an
accent) I had NO problem with this!

Tracy
PS, It always depends on the intent, I guess.

On 19 Jun 2000, at 13:20, cen46624@... wrote:

Hmmm....I'm seeing a pattern here. Nicknames assigned
by family and others 
who loves us are fun, and nicknames assigned by school
peers tend not to be 
fun.

:-) Diane



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Bridget, She sounds so precious! I thought of those cute Boyd's Bears when I
read her nickname! :) ~Karen

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Tracy, my jeremiah-aka bingo-is called peanut by his daddy. when he was 2 and
3 he would say "i am not a food!"
bridget

Pris

*AARRGGHHH*, when I was little my nickname was *Missy Prissy* and *Prissy
Pants* ... *ACK*, I LOATHED BOTH names but too bad for me b/c both fit me
*PERFECTLY*!!! nowdays, I just go by Pris, Priscilla is just TOO LONG to
say and type; bascially lazy, don't you know ... my fm gets a big kick out
of it when they hear my mother or sisters use those names;
***UHHHhhhhhhHOOOOOOoooooo MISSSYYYYYYY PRISSYYYYYYYYYY*** ... ***hey ya
PRISSY PANTS*** ... of course then they'd BETTER START RUNNING!!! haha

Pris




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From: <bctswim@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] nicknames


> Tracy, my jeremiah-aka bingo-is called peanut by his daddy. when he was 2
and
> 3 he would say "i am not a food!"
> bridget

Debra Caruso

My youngest brother called me Flebby Debby,he still does,and I still
hate it!!!!AAAAArrrggggg....deb











Pris wrote:
>
> *AARRGGHHH*, when I was little my nickname was *Missy Prissy* and *Prissy
> Pants* ... *ACK*, I LOATHED BOTH names but too bad for me b/c both fit me
> *PERFECTLY*!!! nowdays, I just go by Pris, Priscilla is just TOO LONG to
> say and type; bascially lazy, don't you know ... my fm gets a big kick out
> of it when they hear my mother or sisters use those names;
> ***UHHHhhhhhhHOOOOOOoooooo MISSSYYYYYYY PRISSYYYYYYYYYY*** ... ***hey ya
> PRISSY PANTS*** ... of course then they'd BETTER START RUNNING!!! haha
>
> Pris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <bctswim@...>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 3:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] nicknames
>
> > Tracy, my jeremiah-aka bingo-is called peanut by his daddy. when he was 2
> and
> > 3 he would say "i am not a food!"
> > bridget
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I was always "Bridget the midget the queen of the hop" Try saying that one
fast! LOL


>From: Debra Caruso <mama@...>
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] nicknames
>Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 20:15:26 -0400
>
>
>My youngest brother called me Flebby Debby,he still does,and I still
>hate it!!!!AAAAArrrggggg....deb
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Pris wrote:
> >
> > *AARRGGHHH*, when I was little my nickname was *Missy Prissy* and
>*Prissy
> > Pants* ... *ACK*, I LOATHED BOTH names but too bad for me b/c both fit
>me
> > *PERFECTLY*!!! nowdays, I just go by Pris, Priscilla is just TOO LONG
>to
> > say and type; bascially lazy, don't you know ... my fm gets a big kick
>out
> > of it when they hear my mother or sisters use those names;
> > ***UHHHhhhhhhHOOOOOOoooooo MISSSYYYYYYY PRISSYYYYYYYYYY*** ... ***hey ya
> > PRISSY PANTS*** ... of course then they'd BETTER START RUNNING!!! haha
> >
> > Pris
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <bctswim@...>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 3:30 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] nicknames
> >
> > > Tracy, my jeremiah-aka bingo-is called peanut by his daddy. when he
>was 2
> > and
> > > 3 he would say "i am not a food!"
> > > bridget
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ROFL!My brother shortens Flebby Debby to Flebster,which I hate even
more....hehehehe deb

Holly Atchison wrote:
>
> I was always "Bridget the midget the queen of the hop" Try saying that one
> fast! LOL
>
> >From: Debra Caruso <mama@...>
> >Reply-To: [email protected]
> >To: [email protected]
> >Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] nicknames
> >Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 20:15:26 -0400
> >
> >
> >My youngest brother called me Flebby Debby,he still does,and I still
> >hate it!!!!AAAAArrrggggg....deb
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Pris wrote:
> > >
> > > *AARRGGHHH*, when I was little my nickname was *Missy Prissy* and
> >*Prissy
> > > Pants* ... *ACK*, I LOATHED BOTH names but too bad for me b/c both fit
> >me
> > > *PERFECTLY*!!! nowdays, I just go by Pris, Priscilla is just TOO LONG
> >to
> > > say and type; bascially lazy, don't you know ... my fm gets a big kick
> >out
> > > of it when they hear my mother or sisters use those names;
> > > ***UHHHhhhhhhHOOOOOOoooooo MISSSYYYYYYY PRISSYYYYYYYYYY*** ... ***hey ya
> > > PRISSY PANTS*** ... of course then they'd BETTER START RUNNING!!! haha
> > >
> > > Pris
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <bctswim@...>
> > > To: <[email protected]>
> > > Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 3:30 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] nicknames
> > >
> > > > Tracy, my jeremiah-aka bingo-is called peanut by his daddy. when he
> >was 2
> > > and
> > > > 3 he would say "i am not a food!"
> > > > bridget
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Pris

hehe, well, @ least he doesn't call you *FLABBY DEBBY* or you'd have to
KISS~em for that!!! haha ...

Pris

----- Original Message -----
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To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] nicknames


>
> My youngest brother called me Flebby Debby,he still does,and I still
> hate it!!!!AAAAArrrggggg....deb
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Pris wrote:
> >
> > *AARRGGHHH*, when I was little my nickname was *Missy Prissy* and
*Prissy
> > Pants* ... *ACK*, I LOATHED BOTH names but too bad for me b/c both fit
me
> > *PERFECTLY*!!! nowdays, I just go by Pris, Priscilla is just TOO LONG
to
> > say and type; bascially lazy, don't you know ... my fm gets a big kick
out
> > of it when they hear my mother or sisters use those names;
> > ***UHHHhhhhhhHOOOOOOoooooo MISSSYYYYYYY PRISSYYYYYYYYYY*** ... ***hey ya
> > PRISSY PANTS*** ... of course then they'd BETTER START RUNNING!!! haha
> >
> > Pris
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <bctswim@...>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 3:30 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] nicknames
> >
> > > Tracy, my jeremiah-aka bingo-is called peanut by his daddy. when he
was 2
> > and
> > > 3 he would say "i am not a food!"
> > > bridget
> >
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LOL Thats true!deb

Pris wrote:
>
> hehe, well, @ least he doesn't call you *FLABBY DEBBY* or you'd have to
> KISS~em for that!!! haha ...
>
> Pris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Debra Caruso <mama@...>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 7:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] nicknames
>
> >
> > My youngest brother called me Flebby Debby,he still does,and I still
> > hate it!!!!AAAAArrrggggg....deb
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Pris wrote:
> > >
> > > *AARRGGHHH*, when I was little my nickname was *Missy Prissy* and
> *Prissy
> > > Pants* ... *ACK*, I LOATHED BOTH names but too bad for me b/c both fit
> me
> > > *PERFECTLY*!!! nowdays, I just go by Pris, Priscilla is just TOO LONG
> to
> > > say and type; bascially lazy, don't you know ... my fm gets a big kick
> out
> > > of it when they hear my mother or sisters use those names;
> > > ***UHHHhhhhhhHOOOOOOoooooo MISSSYYYYYYY PRISSYYYYYYYYYY*** ... ***hey ya
> > > PRISSY PANTS*** ... of course then they'd BETTER START RUNNING!!! haha
> > >
> > > Pris
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <bctswim@...>
> > > To: <[email protected]>
> > > Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 3:30 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] nicknames
> > >
> > > > Tracy, my jeremiah-aka bingo-is called peanut by his daddy. when he
> was 2
> > > and
> > > > 3 he would say "i am not a food!"
> > > > bridget
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