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in reply to a message by mirfak
Brownie - an elderly woman my mother knows. At least I hope it's a nn :P
My cousin calls his sister Booj. They heard it one day when their family was talking about someone and thought it was hilarious and her brother adopted it.
I used to know a Toastie - the story behind it was not that interesting. He had gotten the nn from his father - so my friend and I called him Son of Toastie.
Óg is the Irish for young and it is used for junior. As in Sean Óg. So you hear Ógi as a nn sometimes.
My brother went to college with a Jap (his friends reckoned he looked Japanese) and a Bubba(cried a lot as a child). He also had a friend called Chun.
My great-aunt had a distant cousin called Custard - because he had an unhealthy yellowish complexion. My mother has no clue what his name actually was. Also she knew a Pratie - because he liked potato cakes too much.(Prataí is the Irish for potato).
Nicknames are pretty common here, especially in communities where people don't move away and people tended/tend to to have the same first name. Nicknames can be passed down like Toastie.
My grandmother was always called Addie - it was only when she died I found out her name was Ita. She was called after a family friend who was emigrating and who herself went by Addie.
My cousin calls his sister Booj. They heard it one day when their family was talking about someone and thought it was hilarious and her brother adopted it.
I used to know a Toastie - the story behind it was not that interesting. He had gotten the nn from his father - so my friend and I called him Son of Toastie.
Óg is the Irish for young and it is used for junior. As in Sean Óg. So you hear Ógi as a nn sometimes.
My brother went to college with a Jap (his friends reckoned he looked Japanese) and a Bubba(cried a lot as a child). He also had a friend called Chun.
My great-aunt had a distant cousin called Custard - because he had an unhealthy yellowish complexion. My mother has no clue what his name actually was. Also she knew a Pratie - because he liked potato cakes too much.(Prataí is the Irish for potato).
Nicknames are pretty common here, especially in communities where people don't move away and people tended/tend to to have the same first name. Nicknames can be passed down like Toastie.
My grandmother was always called Addie - it was only when she died I found out her name was Ita. She was called after a family friend who was emigrating and who herself went by Addie.
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