Comments on: Nicknames http://ellisfamily.blogsome.com/2007/06/18/nicknames/ Ellis Family Blog - Our Russian Adoption Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:09:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: chyna&tori http://ellisfamily.blogsome.com/2007/06/18/nicknames/#comment-286 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:04:26 +0100 http://ellisfamily.blogsome.com/2007/06/18/nicknames/#comment-286 we all like the bestest friends and we love eachother like sisters[no homo] and we both wanted a nickname for us can be!!!? we all like the bestest friends and we love eachother like sisters[no homo] and we both wanted a nickname for us can be!!!?

]]> by: Rachael http://ellisfamily.blogsome.com/2007/06/18/nicknames/#comment-115 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:21:09 +0100 http://ellisfamily.blogsome.com/2007/06/18/nicknames/#comment-115 My family is a family of nickname freaks. We can turn ANYTHING into a nickname. My sisters (Lori, Shannon, Francie and Natalie) are Aunties Lor-Lor, Shannie-Annie, Fray-Fray, and Nay-Nay (sometimes Nat-the-Brat) to my kids. I've always been the somewhat boring nickname of Rach. I escaped the obvious Rachy-Pach somehow, but my husband likes to call me Rah-Rah, or Rocky-Lane (my middle name is Elaine), just to be silly because he thinks my sisters and I are weird with the double-double nicknames. I won't even get started on the nicknames we have for our kids. Scrappy-Doo is just one of many. Last night I told Katya "Good night, Pumpkin." And she looked at me weird and said, "Ewwww, Mommy, Pumpkin is ORANGE FOOD. Why? Ewwww." Funny thing is, Russians go crazy for nicknames, too. They even have diminuitives for their nicknames. Ekaterina, Katya, Katushka, Katinka....you get the idea. My family is a family of nickname freaks. We can turn ANYTHING into a nickname. My sisters (Lori, Shannon, Francie and Natalie) are Aunties Lor-Lor, Shannie-Annie, Fray-Fray, and Nay-Nay (sometimes Nat-the-Brat) to my kids. I’ve always been the somewhat boring nickname of Rach. I escaped the obvious Rachy-Pach somehow, but my husband likes to call me Rah-Rah, or Rocky-Lane (my middle name is Elaine), just to be silly because he thinks my sisters and I are weird with the double-double nicknames.

I won’t even get started on the nicknames we have for our kids. Scrappy-Doo is just one of many. Last night I told Katya “Good night, Pumpkin.” And she looked at me weird and said, “Ewwww, Mommy, Pumpkin is ORANGE FOOD. Why? Ewwww.”

Funny thing is, Russians go crazy for nicknames, too. They even have diminuitives for their nicknames. Ekaterina, Katya, Katushka, Katinka….you get the idea.

]]> by: elle http://ellisfamily.blogsome.com/2007/06/18/nicknames/#comment-114 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:27:50 +0100 http://ellisfamily.blogsome.com/2007/06/18/nicknames/#comment-114 Good one. We call Oleg the boy on the blog because that is what we referred to him as while waiting. Pickle came about because we had nothing else to refer to. No gender or such. Now that he's home I call him Babaganush. That started in Russia when he tried to crash a wedding while getting paperwork. I also call him Olezhek when he's in trouble. It is the diminutive of his name, but longer and more ominous. For myself... The hub's family calls me Missy. I am growing to hate it with a passion. My friend Neal actually calls me Elle. My family calls me Leese. That is the longest standing nickname I've had. Good one.
We call Oleg the boy on the blog because that is what we referred to him as while waiting. Pickle came about because we had nothing else to refer to. No gender or such. Now that he’s home I call him Babaganush. That started in Russia when he tried to crash a wedding while getting paperwork. I also call him Olezhek when he’s in trouble. It is the diminutive of his name, but longer and more ominous.

For myself… The hub’s family calls me Missy. I am growing to hate it with a passion. My friend Neal actually calls me Elle. My family calls me Leese. That is the longest standing nickname I’ve had.

]]> by: Allison http://ellisfamily.blogsome.com/2007/06/18/nicknames/#comment-112 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:45:18 +0100 http://ellisfamily.blogsome.com/2007/06/18/nicknames/#comment-112 Our poor HotDog! This is the nickname our 4-year-old has been calling his soon-to-be baby sister since we first mentioned the idea. I have no idea where he came up with this, but he insists that is her name. I'm really trying to change his mind because I can't imagine the problems that would come with a nickname like HotDog! However, for now we have compromised that he can call her HotDog and everyone else will call her by her real name. Our poor HotDog! This is the nickname our 4-year-old has been calling his soon-to-be baby sister since we first mentioned the idea. I have no idea where he came up with this, but he insists that is her name. I’m really trying to change his mind because I can’t imagine the problems that would come with a nickname like HotDog! However, for now we have compromised that he can call her HotDog and everyone else will call her by her real name.

]]> by: annmarie http://ellisfamily.blogsome.com/2007/06/18/nicknames/#comment-111 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:27:32 +0100 http://ellisfamily.blogsome.com/2007/06/18/nicknames/#comment-111 My son-to-be became "Bee" because of the gifts I began to receive -- all bees. There were a lot of bees hanging around, so it seemed right. Then everything was yellow and black striped when I was in St. Petes...weird. My son-to-be became “Bee” because of the gifts I began to receive — all bees. There were a lot of bees hanging around, so it seemed right. Then everything was yellow and black striped when I was in St. Petes…weird.

]]> by: Dede http://ellisfamily.blogsome.com/2007/06/18/nicknames/#comment-110 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:19:02 +0100 http://ellisfamily.blogsome.com/2007/06/18/nicknames/#comment-110 My parents decided to give all the kids nicknames that stuck that have nothing to do with our real names. My brothers are Bo (Wesley), Bob (James) and me, Dede (Denise). I have actually grown quite fond of my nickname and prefer it over my real name. I guess I don't have room to talk though since I nicknamed by best friend's son Tato (Bryan) when he was about 3 months old. She had a hatchback car and we used to load him in the car seat from the hatchback so I said one day that it was like loading a sack of taters in the car. Btw, I just attended my "little" Tato's high school graduation and he still smiles when I call him that. My parents decided to give all the kids nicknames that stuck that have nothing to do with our real names. My brothers are Bo (Wesley), Bob (James) and me, Dede (Denise). I have actually grown quite fond of my nickname and prefer it over my real name.

I guess I don’t have room to talk though since I nicknamed by best friend’s son Tato (Bryan) when he was about 3 months old. She had a hatchback car and we used to load him in the car seat from the hatchback so I said one day that it was like loading a sack of taters in the car. Btw, I just attended my “little” Tato’s high school graduation and he still smiles when I call him that.

]]> by: JennStar http://ellisfamily.blogsome.com/2007/06/18/nicknames/#comment-109 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:21:21 +0100 http://ellisfamily.blogsome.com/2007/06/18/nicknames/#comment-109 Very good questions! Our sons have "household nicknames" that weren't really planned nicknames (like peanut, pumpkin, scooter. . .). Our nickname for our daughter-to-be is Sunshine (I just blogged about that this past week, as a matter of fact). My DH & I have the same types of conversations about nicknames- he won't let me name our daughter Abigail since he knew a girl that they nicknamed "Flabby Scabby Abby." How mean!! I don't know if you've named your child yet, but best of luck if you're still in the debate! Very good questions! Our sons have “household nicknames” that weren’t really planned nicknames (like peanut, pumpkin, scooter. . .). Our nickname for our daughter-to-be is Sunshine (I just blogged about that this past week, as a matter of fact). My DH & I have the same types of conversations about nicknames- he won’t let me name our daughter Abigail since he knew a girl that they nicknamed “Flabby Scabby Abby.” How mean!!
I don’t know if you’ve named your child yet, but best of luck if you’re still in the debate!

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