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13611. Jenerator - 2/2/2005 5:49:47 PM My grandma's name was Martha and she hated it, so she went by Jane. 13612. Ms. No - 2/2/2005 6:53:04 PM My brother was the fourth generation to carry his name. Technically he should have only carried the III since our great grandfather was dead by the time bro was born, but Big Daddy's presence lingered for years after he was gone so I think people were afraid to offend him.
So, bro got Alonzo Dean Namenhammer and we had to actually move away from the family in order to preserve his dignity. His grandfather was "A.D." and his father was "Dean" and everyone wanted to call him something frightening -- "Little A.D." and "Little Dean" being the two front runners.
My mother absolutely refused. My father took no sides and we actually called my brother "Boy" until he was a year old. When he was about 6 mos old we left the family hometown and went on the road so there were only the three of us calling him anything at all. He answered to Boy.
We were on some kind of family outing when he was about a year old and my mother got chastized by this older black man that heard us talking to Boy. He said it was shameful and she should give the child a name and my mom says, well, he does have a name and the man said well use it and from that day on he was Alonzo although when we were kids it was often shortened to 'Lonzo.
When he got into his 20's particularly after he was out in California rather than North Carolina a lot of his friends called him "Alan" mainly because they were too lazy to learn to pronounce his real name. It's not hard but I think they all expected him to be Mexican or something so they'd look at this blonde green-eyed guy and stutter over it.
Now he's Alonzo again but he does have friends who call him 'Zo. Even I do it sometimes, but it's an occasional nickname not like a replacement for his name. 13613. alistairconnor - 2/2/2005 7:02:07 PM He should come to France.
Everyone will say to him, "Allons-y, Alonzo"
and smirk. 13614. PelleNilsson - 2/2/2005 7:11:51 PM We all remember Major Major Major, don't we? Him you could only see when he was out. 13615. Ms. No - 2/2/2005 7:28:06 PM I don't know that he'll ever get to France. Maybe French Canada, though. 13616. wonkers2 - 2/2/2005 7:30:03 PM One of my generation's all time favorite books. Too bad Heller never scored another equally big hit. I've visted the site where the movie, "Catch 22" was filmed near San Carlos, Mexico which is near Guaymas on the Sea of Cortez. 13617. Magoseph - 2/2/2005 8:23:05 PM I was called la pimbêche (affected; stuck-up) and my sister la bigote (devout; churchy), both nicknames wholly undeserved as it turned out. I'm not stuck up (at least I think so) and Maryse is not a nun anymore. My brothers had nicknames also, but they were derivatives of their given names--Jeannot (Jean-Paul) and Pierrot (Jean-Pierre). 13618. thoughtful - 2/2/2005 8:26:56 PM my girlfriend's family was big into nick names....
called her dad 'head' a pun on the head of the family as well as the naval term. Naturally they called their place Head Acres. She was called Rolfe after some german general and her brother was called Ben after benedict arnold...some unfortunate event in his youth when he tattled. 13619. Ms. No - 2/2/2005 9:04:59 PM My dad was the great giver of nicknames in our family. The year we entered the Tar River Raft Race we all got semi-pirate names. Bombs Alonzo, Frisket (me) and my grandmother was Boots although she refused to set foot on the raft even when it was still on dry land. 13620. thoughtful - 2/2/2005 9:20:26 PM Frisket is cute.
13621. Ms. No - 2/2/2005 9:57:04 PM Yeah, it's kind of a handed down nick-name. I was named for my Dad's middle brother, Chris, after my grandmother's maiden name, Kristofiak. The youngest brother couldn't say Chris at first and called him Fris so I ended up as Frisket. 13622. judithathome - 2/2/2005 11:45:33 PM Aside from your parents occasionally opening your mail and confusion over bank accounts, etc., a problem with being tagged with your father's first name is the inevitable diminutive "ie" or "y" being added to your name in order to distinguish between child and father.
Keoni is a junior and in Hawaii, the oldest son named after the father is called "that name" Boy. So Keoni is Johnny Boy. He has a cousin named Butchie Boy and another called Whitie Boy. "Keoni" is Hawaiian for John and no one in his family calls him that...he is Johnny Boy.
My given name is Judith and I was called Judy all my life. After a certain age, I changed that to Judith. I feel much more comfortable being called Judith now. Somehow, Judy seems rather child-like, like Patty and Betsy. 13623. wabbit - 2/2/2005 11:48:47 PM My paternal grandmother's name was Hortense. Mostly people called her 'that spiteful bitch'. 13624. Magoseph - 2/3/2005 12:22:43 AM My first name is Christiane, but I took my second name when I became naturalized--I was tired of being called Chris, Chrissie, or Christy. Christiane Amanpour had not appeared yet.
'that spiteful bitch'
I had one like her-- we called her 'la méchante' (the mean one).
13625. wonkers2 - 2/3/2005 12:59:53 AM Bigote means beard in Spanish. 13626. judithathome - 2/3/2005 12:59:57 AM Every day at about this time, the tallest trees around my house play host to hundreds of grackles. The swoop in, set up on the highest limbs and start squawking at the top of their...lungs? It's like an amplified smack down...just going at it for about half an hour. Then, they all take off and head for the next stop. 13627. Ms. No - 2/3/2005 1:00:49 AM My paternal grandmother's name was Hortense. Mostly people called her 'that spiteful bitch'
Best laugh I've had all day! 13628. Ms. No - 2/3/2005 1:02:35 AM Jude,
The shopping center over by my parents' house has hundreds of thousands of Grackels in it. They never seem to leave and the ground under the trees in the parking lot there is always just covered in bird droppings. Even on a sunny day you shouldn't walk through that parking lot without an umbrella. 13629. wonkers2 - 2/3/2005 1:04:13 AM My paternal grandmother was also a bit of a spiteful bitch. When she came to visit she would start in telling my mother how to cook, clean and discipline me and my sibilings. My maternal grandmother was a wonderful person. I can't recall her speaking a cross word to anyone. 13630. wonkers2 - 2/3/2005 1:15:59 AM For those who were kind enough to express interest, my decision came in the mail this afternoon. Here's the conclusion:
"Without any hard evidence that the expense report in question was fraudulently prepared, the only evidence appears to be violations of form and violations of general company policy. It would seem that after 27 years of apparently good and conscientous employment with the employer, that the violations complained of do not rise to the level such that benefits should be denied under the Employment Security Act.
"The claimant is not disqualified for benefits under Section --- of the Employment Security Act."
That makes 3 wins out of 4 cases thusfar!!!
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