There's something in a name.. posted 10/29/2009 1:49:02 PM | 6 kudos what's this?     report abuse tagged: nicknames, friends, life, love

CHARLIgurl1

When I was born at 04.30 in the morning and 3 weeks late, my parents still hadn’t decided what to call me.
I arrived a deep shade of pink, the midwife told my mother I was as red as a cherry, my parents took up on the name and I was Christened Cherry.

But going through school years with a name like Cherry, was of great amusement for my friends, I think I was called every fruit under the sun, everything from apple to orange, I didn’t mind, it was all in fun, my mother was more irritated by it than I was.

Then in my adult years, I am called Sherry, Sheryl, Cheryl, Cherylyn , Sherylyn, everything but Cherry, and the amount of people who ask me how to spell it never ceases to amaze me.
So now, when telling officials my name for forms etc, I say... “Cherry, as in the fruit.”

My nicknames I am called by friends and family are either Cherubs or Cherrums.

Nick names have always been an interest to me, how they got that name, and some stories behind them can be quite amusing.

My youngest, is nicknamed ‘Splodge’. Because when she was little at pre school she painted with just splodges of paint.
She’s 18 now, and I still call her Splodge. She doesn’t mind, or at least she’s never said so.

My mother’s nickname is Annie, an elongation of her real name Ann, Its funny to think that my grandmother named her Ann so no-one could shorten it... they didn’t.
I suppose she didn’t guess that people would make it longer!

Gregg is often called Greggipoo by the ladies, I think I am more irritated by it than he is.

And what people call members of their family is quite varied and interesting too, I remember a school friend calling her Granddad ‘Pappy’, I always called mine ‘Gramps’
Mothers have different names too it seems, I call my mum ‘Ma’, I don’t actually know when that started or why, as its more common to call ones mother ‘Mum in the UK, or Mam in certain parts.

Nicknames for the most part are terms of endearment, some stick through the years and others fade out.
I was talking to my friend the other day, I call her ‘Bobbilinx’, she says I am the only one that calls her by that name, well.. I have to be unique of course!

The ones that stick, I always feel are names that identify with us more than anything else, names that reflect our personalities.

I opened a mail this morning, from a friend in the UK, she started her mail with


“Hi Cherrums”



I couldn’t help but smile.

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