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I don't think I've ever known someone who went by an unusual nickname on a regular basis, but I've seen them, I suppose. My mother calls my father Bubba, for example, which is only considered unusual as a nickname to some people, of course. This derives from when they lived in Texas together, where they found that nickname to be used by some other people, too.

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My mother also often calls my oldest sister George. To this day I have no idea why. I'm pretty sure I asked her once and she said that she herself didn't remember.

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Also, when my cousin Gina was around probably three-ish, she insisted on being called Little Foot (or so I've been told), after the character in The Land Before Time.

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ETA: Of course, right after I post this, I remember more:
When I was very young I became infatuated with the characters from the Disney movie A Bug's Life. I think for a while there I wanted to be called Dot, like the one character, and since I used to want an older brother, I called my sister (not the one mentioned above) the name of the prominent male character in the movie, Flik).

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ETA again: I know someone who calls her little sister Leech. Her sister has a nickname for her too, but seeing as I am today, I probably won't remember that for several hours...

This message was edited 8/20/2010, 8:28 PM