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Help[Opinions] Baby Nicknames By State
I thought this was interesting:
http://www.people.com/article/most-unique-baby-nicknames-by-state
"An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way." -Charles Bukowski
http://www.people.com/article/most-unique-baby-nicknames-by-state
"An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way." -Charles Bukowski
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Those are things people typed in when prompted to nickname their fetus for pregnancy tracking. I would have put FC (meaning future child). People are like, "I have to call it something?" and so they just put something goofy.
The interesting thing IMO is the regional tendencies ... sweets in the south, bugs in the Northwest. hehe. I sometimes called my daughter Beetle when she was a baby, but more often Bean, and I lived in Texas... the boy was Tater. The kitten, though, was called Sugarpop.
The interesting thing IMO is the regional tendencies ... sweets in the south, bugs in the Northwest. hehe. I sometimes called my daughter Beetle when she was a baby, but more often Bean, and I lived in Texas... the boy was Tater. The kitten, though, was called Sugarpop.
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Fun fact
I know a guy nicknamed Tug, because they "tugged" him out of the womb.
A very awkward story when you first meet someone (23yrs old). My cousin is dating him and I asked her if everyone calls him that all the time.
Apparently yes, he even writes that on the top of his assignments and teachers called him Tug in school. He has no problem explaining the nickname... eek.
I know a guy nicknamed Tug, because they "tugged" him out of the womb.
A very awkward story when you first meet someone (23yrs old). My cousin is dating him and I asked her if everyone calls him that all the time.
Apparently yes, he even writes that on the top of his assignments and teachers called him Tug in school. He has no problem explaining the nickname... eek.
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I once met a guy (huge, relaxed, cheerful, muscular, happily married) who was introduced as Dosie. This is the Afrikaans diminutive of 'doos', which means 'box'. He was so small as a new baby that he was kept in a shoe-box instead of a cot. Cute, right? Except that as well as meaning a box, a doos is also an insult along the lines of 'dick-head' and for much the same reason. I've been told that 'box' in American English can be used to refer to very private female parts ...
Yeah, poor guy. But I also know a Tug who pronounces it 'Toog' with the same vowel as in 'book'. In his case it was a childhood version of his actual name, Hugh.
Yeah, poor guy. But I also know a Tug who pronounces it 'Toog' with the same vowel as in 'book'. In his case it was a childhood version of his actual name, Hugh.
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With all that potential data at their fingertips, I would have rather see the least/most common first name, the least/most common middle name, the most common birthdate, name with the most variations listed, etc...
Though - here are some thoughts on a few:
Darling and Hooligan are pretty fun.
Lone Ranger, John Wayne, Sugalump? Stereotypical much?
I am embarrassed that Troublemaker and Companion represent NY. Companion is just weird and Troublemaker is incredibly common here, but why would you make it an official nickname??
Honeysuckle, Starburst and Flutters are kinda cute.
The rest seem silly and probably represent one parent being weird (Happy Meal? Cow Kid?).
Though - here are some thoughts on a few:
Darling and Hooligan are pretty fun.
Lone Ranger, John Wayne, Sugalump? Stereotypical much?
I am embarrassed that Troublemaker and Companion represent NY. Companion is just weird and Troublemaker is incredibly common here, but why would you make it an official nickname??
Honeysuckle, Starburst and Flutters are kinda cute.
The rest seem silly and probably represent one parent being weird (Happy Meal? Cow Kid?).
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Honeysuckle is so sweet, it's a little sickening, but it is pretty cute.
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Barf. Mostly my reaction to these kind of nicknames. :) Of course we referred to pre-born Ben as "Turnip." I have no problem with these nicknames in general, it's just these sickly cutesy silly ones. Definitely interesting that some of these are "most common." I'd be surprised to hear ANY of them spoken in real life.
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I have never known anyone here to call their unborn baby "Starburst" or "Tiniest Bear". "Bear" is cute, but "Tiniest Bear" reeks of pretentiousness (so does "Starburst", for that matter.)
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We call Clarisse Twinkle Star or Star sometimes... but her name literally means "star".
We would never list that as her nickname though. Her nickname is Clary or Clarybee.
We also (to the annoyance of others) rewrote the song to "Twinkle, Twinkle, Clary Star, Do you know how loved you are?". My brother sayd "barf" to that one... but Clarisse dances when we sing it, so I mentally gave myself a point.
Tiniest Bear is just awkward though.
We would never list that as her nickname though. Her nickname is Clary or Clarybee.
We also (to the annoyance of others) rewrote the song to "Twinkle, Twinkle, Clary Star, Do you know how loved you are?". My brother sayd "barf" to that one... but Clarisse dances when we sing it, so I mentally gave myself a point.
Tiniest Bear is just awkward though.
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