31-08-2008, 05:09 AM
In your family, isn't there a aunt, uncle, cousin, etc. that you or anyone else call something besides their real name? You do it so much that people forget their real name? And some of the nicks or new pernament names do not even sound like their real names?
In my family, it is a huge problem....
I have a aunt who we call "Aunt Diane"...when my aunts talk to her anywhere and anytime, they say "Diane", but her real name is "Cherie" I didn't know her real name till I went to work with her and people called her by her real name.
Then I have another aunt who we all call Aunt Niecy and the whole family always refer to her as Niecy, and her real name is Clara. I didn't learn her real name till I was 12.
I also have a cousin nicked "Mickey", because she loved Mickey Mouse so much. Her real name is Michelle. I didn't know her real name till I was seven.
Then my great grandma, we call her Big Mama. That is normal for a lot of families, but we are into the habit of it. One day, my uncle had to pick up medicine for her. He said to the pharmacist, "I need to pick up a perscription for Big Mama." He didn't even know her real name, and he had to run to her house to get her real name. That's his grandma too.
Then my grandpa's nick was Leodis, but his real name is Cleveland. Everyone referred to him as Leodis, even at his funeral, everything said Leodis, but on his grave, his name was Cleveland. He had ten kids, and all of them practically forgot his real name.
In my family, it is a huge problem....
I have a aunt who we call "Aunt Diane"...when my aunts talk to her anywhere and anytime, they say "Diane", but her real name is "Cherie" I didn't know her real name till I went to work with her and people called her by her real name.
Then I have another aunt who we all call Aunt Niecy and the whole family always refer to her as Niecy, and her real name is Clara. I didn't learn her real name till I was 12.
I also have a cousin nicked "Mickey", because she loved Mickey Mouse so much. Her real name is Michelle. I didn't know her real name till I was seven.
Then my great grandma, we call her Big Mama. That is normal for a lot of families, but we are into the habit of it. One day, my uncle had to pick up medicine for her. He said to the pharmacist, "I need to pick up a perscription for Big Mama." He didn't even know her real name, and he had to run to her house to get her real name. That's his grandma too.
Then my grandpa's nick was Leodis, but his real name is Cleveland. Everyone referred to him as Leodis, even at his funeral, everything said Leodis, but on his grave, his name was Cleveland. He had ten kids, and all of them practically forgot his real name.