Comments on: The Significance of Nicknames http://www.scottcorner.org/2006/nicknames/ A Notebook of Ideas and Experiences Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:42:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Stephanie http://www.scottcorner.org/2006/nicknames/#comment-89 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:39:32 +0000 http://www.scottcorner.org/2006/nicknames/#comment-89 Been there done that with the `temporary` nicknames. We do it a lot with the kiddos. There are those that stick for longer. Like Jakob becomes `Jakester`, or `Jakester ala Makester` Zaelynn is usually `Zaebee Baby` (she has basically grown out of that one) or her Uncle Robert gave her the nickname `Zabers`. Benjamin has a fun name to play with. Jon calls him `Bammers`, and my favorite for him is `Benjammin`. I also will say `Baby Benny Bops` (in the sing song way of the commercial for Bottle Pops) Cute nick names for your kids, by the way. Funny comment from Kayla about writing it on their school papers. LOL Been there done that with the `temporary` nicknames. We do it a lot with the kiddos.

There are those that stick for longer. Like Jakob becomes `Jakester`, or `Jakester ala Makester`

Zaelynn is usually `Zaebee Baby` (she has basically grown out of that one) or her Uncle Robert gave her the nickname `Zabers`.

Benjamin has a fun name to play with. Jon calls him `Bammers`, and my favorite for him is `Benjammin`. I also will say `Baby Benny Bops` (in the sing song way of the commercial for Bottle Pops)

Cute nick names for your kids, by the way. Funny comment from Kayla about writing it on their school papers. LOL

]]> by: James http://www.scottcorner.org/2006/nicknames/#comment-72 Mon, 11 Sep 2006 09:32:26 +0000 http://www.scottcorner.org/2006/nicknames/#comment-72 Your point about humor is important. I know in my own case, I use the humor of temporary nicknames constantly, as a sort of verbal banter. My children have graduated now through many nicknames: Bread Loaf, Little Bug, Little Fuzz, Little Bird, Tweety Bird. Now that I have two kids with identical fuzzy blond heads I have resorted to using Little Fuzz vs. Big Fuzz to distinguish them. I am constantly inventing new, short-lived names. I suppose it is an endearment, although I am occasionally reminded by my wife to use their proper names lest they grow up and begin writing Little Fuzz at the top of their school papers. Your point about humor is important. I know in my own case, I use the humor of temporary nicknames constantly, as a sort of verbal banter. My children have graduated now through many nicknames: Bread Loaf, Little Bug, Little Fuzz, Little Bird, Tweety Bird. Now that I have two kids with identical fuzzy blond heads I have resorted to using Little Fuzz vs. Big Fuzz to distinguish them. I am constantly inventing new, short-lived names. I suppose it is an endearment, although I am occasionally reminded by my wife to use their proper names lest they grow up and begin writing Little Fuzz at the top of their school papers.

]]> by: onelegged jared http://www.scottcorner.org/2006/nicknames/#comment-69 Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:17:27 +0000 http://www.scottcorner.org/2006/nicknames/#comment-69 i have been told that when a nickname is given to something one loves, so that love is a necessary but not sufficient requirement. in my experience, nicknames have been used to distinguish me from others named jared, i.e., on the lewis & clark debate team there was an existing jared (ellis, with whom i am now visiting in denver) and i became hager, hagermeister, and eventually "haygruh" (hagre, phonetically, because of my fondness for a french major, aleava rael sayre, now my ex-wife). i am known by that nickname to most if not all my college colleagues. nicknames with rhyme are common too. among my family i am known as "jare bear". but mostly i think humor, and a combination of the others (love and distinction) are the impetus behind nicknaming nowadays. in law school, some called me hagadan milosevic on accounts of my advocacy of more controversial, pro-executive power, positions. others called me "hip hop" because of its simultaneously apt and inapt descriptive precision. i pride myself on nicknaming ability, and tend to gauge the fitness of a nickname by its humor and aptness. to be effective, this requires understanding of the subject being nicknamed and also of current society. this allows the nickname to fit both personally and socially... i will think of something for you, though our disconnect will make it decidedly more difficult. perhaps something will come to me as i read your blog, i will post here when i come up with something. i have been told that when a nickname is given to something one loves, so that love is a necessary but not sufficient requirement.

in my experience, nicknames have been used to distinguish me from others named jared, i.e., on the lewis & clark debate team there was an existing jared (ellis, with whom i am now visiting in denver) and i became hager, hagermeister, and eventually "haygruh" (hagre, phonetically, because of my fondness for a french major, aleava rael sayre, now my ex-wife). i am known by that nickname to most if not all my college colleagues.

nicknames with rhyme are common too. among my family i am known as "jare bear".

but mostly i think humor, and a combination of the others (love and distinction) are the impetus behind nicknaming nowadays. in law school, some called me hagadan milosevic on accounts of my advocacy of more controversial, pro-executive power, positions. others called me "hip hop" because of its simultaneously apt and inapt descriptive precision.

i pride myself on nicknaming ability, and tend to gauge the fitness of a nickname by its humor and aptness. to be effective, this requires understanding of the subject being nicknamed and also of current society. this allows the nickname to fit both personally and socially...

i will think of something for you, though our disconnect will make it decidedly more difficult. perhaps something will come to me as i read your blog, i will post here when i come up with something.

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