What a hoot! When I went from my nickname to my full first name, my friends (and people who simply didn’t know about the nickname, like teachers) were fine with it. My family—not so much! When my father tried to introduce me by my full name, I said, no, just call me by my nickname! But then, it wasn’t offensive…
When my (now adult) son was a baby, the wait staff at our local Mexican restaurant used to call him “Gordito” before picking him up and carrying him back to the kitchen, where I’m pretty sure he had all of the cheese and tortillas he could eat… :)
Negr* is also a common affectionate nickname in Argentina (in spite of whatever the comment system might suspect… i doesn’t allow me to spelll it fully)
RadioDial Premium Member 4 months ago
The only way to lose the nickname is to outlive the Elders and move away. Speaking from experience here.
RadioDial Premium Member 4 months ago
Oh, and look at me, learning Spanish reading a comic on a Saturday morning.
darcyandsimon 4 months ago
What a hoot! When I went from my nickname to my full first name, my friends (and people who simply didn’t know about the nickname, like teachers) were fine with it. My family—not so much! When my father tried to introduce me by my full name, I said, no, just call me by my nickname! But then, it wasn’t offensive…
darcyandsimon 4 months ago
I love the “mistake” in the What the fu panel…!!
CougarAllen 4 months ago
I had to look it up:
https://www.urBandictionary.Com/defiNe.php?Term=CHuy
kc5qnk 4 months ago
When my (now adult) son was a baby, the wait staff at our local Mexican restaurant used to call him “Gordito” before picking him up and carrying him back to the kitchen, where I’m pretty sure he had all of the cheese and tortillas he could eat… :)
hernan 3 months ago
Negr* is also a common affectionate nickname in Argentina (in spite of whatever the comment system might suspect… i doesn’t allow me to spelll it fully)
Naldrin 2 months ago
Well, in the Internet you can choose your own nickname…