Mandyz wrote:
My daughter was nicknamed (by friends) Babyz Moonbeam before she was born and named.
What is she called?
We nicknamed ds1 Gilbert for a while, as a preg book I was reading said "Your proto human is now the size of a grape", then he became Arthur when it was "Your small inuterobod is now the size of half a banana" (half a - arthur geddit!!!). Arthur he remained.
Ds2 just got "the lump" or "the pest". Having consumed a large quantity of evil Haribo sweets thru pregnancy we called him Harry. (Only kidding, but that is the story any potential girlfriends will get, so we can check out their outraged green credentials. Or boyfriends.). I didn't have time to read preg books second time around.
E was called Pip while I was pregnant, (size of an apple pip) Now we mostly call her Shorty or Munchkin, and very rarely her real name. The cat gets called Magic Fur Ball, after a spate of 'miaow for yes' style, life changing questions, and sadly we went with her answers - they included moving house, buying a new car, and what are we having for dinner.
Ann Pan
"Some days you're the dog,
some days you're the lamp-post"
Mostly I'm Cheezy (unless I've done some thing wrong then it's Chris)
Some of the staff call me the Cheesemeister
at school I always wanted to be called Chedder, but know one would oblige and I got Cheeseburger or Cheezy instead
And an old Scottish boss with a good broge used to great me with "ahhhhh L'hom de Fromage"
My name is Cheeseman....go figure
It's not easy being Cheezy
So you know how great Salsify is as a veg, what about Cavero Nero,great leaves all through the winter , then in Spring sprouting broccolli like flowers! Takes up half as much room as broccolli
I think it takes a strong accent to make memorable phrases. A lecturer of mine, a loud wild eyed and haired Irishman once, after "going off on one" about something, leaving those of us who were actually listening and interested open mouthed and slightly green, winked conspiratorially and said in an aside "I have, in the past, almost been arrested for my metaphors!" I had the foresight to pipe up "Did you just get a few points on your poetic licence?"
I remember meeting up with some people from a webgroup - it was hard to call them by their first names, easier by their nicknames. My name is often pronounced incorrectly, so sometimes prefer being called by my nickname....
Andy Hamilton wrote:.....I quite like being called one of Britains Green Twins and hopefully it will mean neither of us will ever be recognised when we are apart ....
not a problem -
If I meet either of you I shall call you Mr greentwin
I still can't work out which is which of the twins I've worked with for twenty years - or which is which of my twin (adult) nephews unless the pairs are together
My nick was given to me by at work - rarely used, but it's come in handy for forums, (fora?) oft shortened to snap or snappy
Say what you mean and be who you are, Those who mind don't matter, and those that matter don't mind
, actually I'm 5' 9", or 175cms in your language! 
(oops, wrong one!) Looks like I don't remember the script! 
