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Pzazz 02-25-2011 05:09 PM

My older brother didn't want a sister, so he called me Charlie until I was about 3. The only way to get him to stop, my mom "charged" him every time he called me Charlie. He was a real miser...even at 6 years of age, and he hated not getting his full 10 cent allowance. So...he finally stopped. Then when I was in grade 2, a favourite game was "Pitter Patter"....so he started calling me Pitter. And almost 6 decades later, still does. ;)

Patti

squilter 02-25-2011 06:39 PM

My brother couldn't say Julia, so he called me Sissy and EVERYONE still calls me that.

We had a friend who used to call my mom, Flossie Mae Sweatbelly, and my dad, Freddy Jo, and my niece didn't know til a couple of years ago that Mae and Jo wasn't their middle names...lol

GrammaO 02-25-2011 08:30 PM

My dad called me Suzie Q also, don't know why, but when my DD was born her middle name is Suzanne so that Daddy finally had a Sue. My mom and almost all my relatives called me Terri Lee, in school it was just Terri but nowadays it's either Mom, Gramma, or T.

M.I.Late 04-12-2011 10:33 AM

Oh... and when I was little (and sometimes still) my mother called me Grace because I was anything but graceful. (She also use to tell me that if I didn't stop what I was doing, I was going to skin my ignorance. LOL!)[/quote]

I love that! You're gonna skin your ignorance... That is funny!
The things they used to come up with crack me up... Thanks for sharing that one.

Aylahopper 04-12-2011 10:38 AM

Been called Andie since I was small.
My son gets Chicken Wing and Puppy

M.I.Late 04-12-2011 10:42 AM


Originally Posted by Julianna
Forgot to say my mother called me a "big calf" whenever I cried. This was ridicule so I learned not to cry. (hard to do as a child, and sometimes hard to do as an adult)

Juliana, I apologize for what your mother called you when you cried when you were small. (So not fair). Crying is a huge part of living! It means you're not just going through this life - but you're living it - you're feeling it. Hope you're still "Living it". We Cry and We Laugh! We have those downs so we can appreciate the good times more. Here's to ya!

bebe 04-12-2011 11:24 AM

my family called me Bebe

jljack 04-12-2011 02:44 PM


Originally Posted by DawnMarie

I had a Spanish professor from Mexico. She was the smallest, skinniest thing you had ever seen. However, she was tubby when she was a little girl. Everyone called her "Gordita" (little fat girl), when she was younger. She was so sweet. I would have been offended if someone would have called me that, but she figured it was all in good humor.


We used to go to an orphanage down near Tijuana (not now because of the violence down there), and the women there called the kids nicknames that highlighted their worst characteristic. I thought it was mean at first, but then found out that it is all meant in love...fat kids are called gordo or gorda, gordita, etc. It's their way.

My name is Janice, and my whole family called me Jan. My mom called me Janny sometimes, and a girl I grew up with called me that all the time, and still does. I used Jan when I was a kid and a young adult, but started using Janice at age 40. Don't know why, it just seemed like time to do it. I like it when my mom and my friend still call me Janny.

My DH's family called him Johnny the Wrench for a while, because he used to take everything in sight apart, and carried a wrench in his back pocket all the time. One time he loosened the bolt on the front wheel of his brother's bike, and when he took off on it, the wheel flew off, and he went head over heels over the handlebars.

pollyjvan9 04-13-2011 01:05 PM

My Dad's family all called my June Bug (June is my middle name). As I grew they dropped the Bug (thanks goodness) except for my Dad's youngest brother. I am now 72 and he is 80. He still calls me June Bug!

wanda lou 04-13-2011 01:29 PM

lou nope not my name.

max's grandma 04-13-2011 01:56 PM

Everyone called me blondie as I was the only blonde in our family of six.

debcavan 04-13-2011 01:56 PM

Birdlegs by my sister because I was so thin. I was 50 lbs in fourth grade. I got taken for a first grader all the time

Aylahopper 04-13-2011 05:21 PM


Originally Posted by debcavan
Birdlegs by my sister because I was so thin. I was 50 lbs in fourth grade. I got taken for a first grader all the time

I understand the weight issue...my son finally hit 60lbs just after his 11th birthday and going into grade 6. He's always been and will be "light and lean" like the nurses called him in the hospital.

Margie 04-13-2011 05:55 PM

My father called me "Peachy Pie" when I was little and shortened it to "peach" as I grew older. I so miss hearing him call me that.

Margie

Teddybear Lady 04-13-2011 06:02 PM

My great grandmother called me..."Baby Doll". I had a baby sitter who called me "Dubby". My name is Debra. I get called Debra, Deb,Debbie, and my favorite...my husband calls me Miss Debbie.

Margie 04-13-2011 06:09 PM

I just realized this is an "old thread", after I posted I thought..."hmmmm didnt we have this before" I looked and sure enough I posted a few months back almost the identical thing. Sorry :)

sewnsewer2 04-13-2011 06:53 PM

When I was little my family called me "sponge" because I drank a lot of water!

M.I.Late 04-13-2011 08:59 PM

Margie that's ok it's still fun reading all of these. Even if it's twice...

janethagy 04-13-2011 09:22 PM

My dad called me Jo-Rose even though my name is not Jo, and my grandpa called me squaw.. I had jet black hair like a indian...( sweet memories :) )

huntannette 04-13-2011 09:44 PM

Nany, Nan, Neno....my name is Annette

mzsooz 04-13-2011 09:45 PM


Originally Posted by Izaquilter
Suzie Q by my dad & Blondie by all my uncles. Suz was just a nick name he always called me & I don't know why. As he was walking me down the isle he said "Well Suz looks like here comes the bride" & he started crying. Blondie was cuz I had blonde, blonde hair when I was little & because of the cartoon character I guess!

I've always been sooz and still am!

Lv2sew2011 04-13-2011 09:46 PM


Originally Posted by Up North
My dad and my aunt and uncles always called me Donna Sue I have one uncle that still calls me that but that is my name!!

My mothers name is Donna Sue!

Lv2sew2011 04-13-2011 09:49 PM


Originally Posted by frugalfabrics
when I was little, my family called me "blackie" because my eyes were so dark.

now I'm called "turtle" because I have a slow and steady pace...and I don't speed up for anything!

LOL thats what we use to call my sister, she wouldnt speed up for nothing not even earthquake....thats so funny!

jskbloomers 04-13-2011 09:55 PM

Mom called me SueSue and still does, except for when she is making a point and then it is Susan. Dad called me Skookumchuck. I also got called Susie by several people and that nickname is still with me even though I didn't know these people when I was little.

Lv2sew2011 04-13-2011 09:56 PM

I was called Donnadean, that was suppose to be my birthname but the hospital messed up on birth certificate and put Donna Dean, so with that said I dropped the dean...I so hate to be called Donnadean!


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