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INDIAN NICKNAMES
THESE NAMES HAVE BEEN COLLECTED FROM AN ACTUAL INDIAN FAMILY AND ARE
USED ONLY BY THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS. AND LATER, USED POSSIBLY BY
THE SPOUSE.
PAPA - "BABY" - THE YOUNGEST ONE OF THE FAMILY.
BANDU - "TROUBLE-MAKER" - THE MISCHIEVOUS CHILD.
SHEILA - "TALENTED ONE."
POONA - CHILD BORN IN POONA.
Where learned: 59 SEWARD AVE
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
NAME
I WAS THE FIRST CHILD BORN OF MY PARENTS. MY FATHER WAS STATIONED IN
THE ARMY AT SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS AT THE TIME OF MY BIRTH. SINCE I WAS
THE ONLY PERSON ON EITHER SIDE OF MY PARENT'S FAMILY TO BE BORN
OUT OF STATE, MY MOTHER FELT I WOULD FEEL OUT OF PLACE WHEN I
WOULD RETURN TO MICHIGAN. TO REMEDY THIS FEELING, MY MOTHER
BAPTIZED ME WITH THE MIDDLE NAME OF CLAIRE; AFTER LAKE ST.
CLAIRE -- WITH A FINAL "E" IN MY NAME TO DESIGNATE FEMININITY.
NOW HER BABY WOULD FEEL AS IF SHE HAD SOME MICHIGAN IN HER.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
NAME
MY GRANDMOTHER'S NAME IS PEARL HARBOR.
Where learned: ILLINOIS
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 02-05-1968
NAMES
MR. WHITE NAMED HIS DAUGHTER SNOW.
MR. CROSS HAS A SON NAMED CHRIS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 03-30-1968
NAME
A BOY MAY NOT MARRY A GIRL WHO HAS THE SAME FIRST NAME
AS HIS MOTHER; FROM HER MOTHER - IN - LAW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
NAMES
ALL GIRLS' NAMES IN OKINAWA END IN "KO" - MASAKO, HISUKO,
AREKO, AND HIDEKO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
BLASON POPULAIR
"HE'S A DOUBTING THOMAS."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIS HOME ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
1950'S FINNISH TERM OF "ENDEARMENT"
BOSKA POIKA! (SHIT BOY).
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
NAME (JOE SPIDOLA)
A CUSTOM IS BEING EXHIBITED AROUND THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
OF SIGNING THE NAME JOE SPIDOLA ON SIGN - UP SHEETS, LISTS,
ETC. I DON'T KNOW HOW WIDESPREAD THIS IS, BUT IT MIGHT BE
THE START OF A NEW CUSTOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
NICKNAME
TO CALL SOMEONE YOUR "TED" IS TO REFER TO HIM AS A
SLAVE OR LACKEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 48235
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
NAME
THE YOUNGEST JESUIT IN A COMMUNITY IS ALWAYS REFERRED TO
AS THE "BENJAMIN" OF THAT PARTICULAR COMMUNITY (BIBLICAL
REFERENCE).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CLARKSTON
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
POLISH EXPRESSION
"STODZI SYN" - LITERALLY, SWEET SON - NOT AS A DEROGATORY
AS "PSIA KIEW", MORE AFFECTIONATE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. WE CAN
EASILY COMPARE IT TO OUR OWN "SON - OF - A - GUN."
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 11-00-1971
TEACHER NICKNAMES
AT BROTHER RICE HIGH SCHOOL, MANY OF THE TEACHERS WERE GIVEN
NICKNAMES WHICH WERE USUALLY INSULTING AND WHICH ALL OF THE
BOYS IN ALL OF THE CLASSES SEEMED TO KNOW. ONE, A RATHER
STRONG PERSONALITY, WAS NICKNAMED "SWINE", AND A VERY OLD
BROTHER (CHRISTIAN BROTHERS OF IRELAND) WAS CALLED "MOSES."
AS GRADUATION DAY DREW NEAR, SOMEONE IN THE SENIOR CLASS
WOULD WRITE "12 MORE DAYS OF SWINE AND MOSES", THEN "11
MORE DAYS OF SWINE AND ROSES", (WINE AND ROSES) ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
GERMAN NICKNAME
MY GRANDFATHER CALLED MY GRANDMOTHER (DECEASED) "SCHUTZIE"
WHICH IS GERMAN FOR SWEETHEART.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
NAMES
IT IS AN ITALIAN CUSTOM NOT TO HAVE MIDDLE NAMES. MARINA
HERSELF HAS NO MIDDLE NAME AND NEITHER DOES ANYONE IN
HER FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD ; COLUMBIA REALTY OFFICE
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
NAME
"FREAK" IS AN OFTEN MISUSED TERM FOR A HIPPIE - TYPE PERSON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 48223
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
PERSONAL NICKNAMES
MY FRIENDS REFER TO ME AS M.Z.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
PET NAMES OF THE BATOORO TRIBE OF UGANDA
CHILDREN (AND USUALLY FRIENDS, BUT ALWAYS THOSE OF THE
OPPOSITE SEX) HAVE TO ALWAYS ADDRESS THEIR PARENTS (OR
FRIENDS) BY PET - NAMES. USE OF PROPER NAMES AT ANYTIME
IS GROSSLY OUT OF PLACE. THIS CUSTOM IS PROPER TO THE
BATOORO TRIBE WHICH IS A SMALL TRIBE OF ABOUT 100,000
PEOPLE IN UGANDA. AN INTERESTING FACT IS THAT THERE ARE
ONLY ELEVEN PET - NAMES USED AMONG THE WHOLE TRIBE. NINE
OF THESE NAMES ARE: ADYERI (GODDESS), AKIIKI, ARALI (THUN-
DER), ABWOKI, APULI, ABOKI (TWIN), AMOTI (TWIN), ATENYI,
AND ABWALI.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
JEWISH NAMING RITE
A JEWISH CUSTOM: PARENTS WILL ALWAYS NAME THEIR CHILDREN
AFTER A DEAD PERSON THEY KNOW. THIS SHOWS THAT THERE'S A
GUARANTEE THAT THE PERSON WENT TO HEAVEN AND IT WILL BRING
THE CHILD GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 10-00-1972
NICKNAME
THE NUNS, BECAUSE OF THEIR HABITS AND TYPE OF WADDLING -
WALK, WERE OFTEN REFERRED TO AS "PENGUINS."
Where learned: SAINT BARBARA SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR