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NAMING RITE
THE ITALIANS NAME THEIR FIRST BORN SONS AFTER THE CHILD'S
GRANDFATHER ON THE HUSBAND'S SIDE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
NAMING CUSTOM
IT IS AN OLD MEXICAN CUSTOM TO GIVE A CHILD HIS MOTHER'S
MAIDEN NAME AS HIS MIDDLE NAME. RICK KALOSKI WOULD BE RICK
SMITH KALOSKI AND HIS KIDS WOULD BE RICK SMITH JONES KALOSKI.
NAMES GET VERY LONG AND THIS IS HOW ONE TRACES THEIR FAMILY
TREE. RICK ACTUALLY OBSERVED THIS IN SOME PARTS OF MEXICO
CITY, 1960.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD ; COLUMBIA REALTY OFFICE
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
PLACE
RAT CELLAR - THE RATHSKELLER IN THE STUDENT UNION OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT. RED BARN - THE RED DOOR IN THE STUDENT
UNION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
EXPRESSION
"WELL I'LL BE A BLUE-NOSED BABOON!"
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER REPORTS THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE FAVORITE
EXPRESSIONS OF A STUDENT OF HERS, GERRY SCOTT, WHO
COMES ORIGINALLY FROM EASTERN KENTUCKY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 09-00-1963
NICKNAME
FOR A TALL MAN BY THE NAME OF PETE,
"BEAN POLE PETE."
Submitter comment: MY UNCLE'S NICKNAME
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
NAMES
WHEN I WAS A YOUNGSTER, AND FORGETFUL OF CHORES THAT WERE
TO BE DONE, MY MOTHER USED TO CALL ME "A LAZY GALOOT!"
SINCE THERE'S NO WORD IN THE POLISH LANGUAGE THAT SOUNDS
LIKE "GALOOT" I'VE WONDERED WHERE SHE GOT IT FROM
BUT SHE DOESN'T REMEMBER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 05-00-1965
NICKNAME
MUGS (FOR MARGARET)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MIGINS ; MUGGINS
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 09-30-1967
NICKNAME
TALL THIN PEOPLE RECEIVE THE NICKNAME "STICK."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
BAD LUCK
NEVER NAME OFFSPRING AFTER FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 11-15-1968
CRY-BABIES
AMONGST ENGLISH SCHOOL BOYS "CRYING" IS HELD AS A SISSYISH
ACT. A LAD MUST SAY INSTEAD THAT SOMEONE IS "BLUBBING",
"BAWLING", "SQUALLING", "BOOING", "BUBBLIN" AND "CRY-BABIES"
ARE CALLED "BUBBLY BABIES", "BOB BABIES" OR "BOOBY".
Where learned: ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
HOUSE NAMES
IN THE TOWN OF RONRIED IN ALLGOW, BAVARIA, EVERYONE HAS TWO
NAMES. THE SURNAME IS USED FOR CIVIC AND RELIGIOUS PURPOSES,
BUT AMONG THE TOWNSPEOPLE EVERYONE HAS A HOUSE NAME BASED ON
THEIR OCCUPATION OR ON AN INCIDENT IN THEIR ANCESTRY.
FOR EXAMPLE: MY FATHER'S NAME ON ANY DOCUMENT IN GERMANY WOULD
BE WRITTEN EBERSPACHER, ALOIS, BUT TO ALL HIS FRIENDS IN
RONRIED HE IS KNOWN AS SCHMID ALOIS BECAUSE MY DAD'S FATHER
WAS THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 10-10-1968
NICKNAME
WHEN I WAS A ENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL, A COUPLE OF GOOD BUDDIES
OF MINE WERE MANAGERS OF THE BASKETBALL TEAM. ONE OF THEIR
FUNCTIONS WAS TO WASH THE UNIFORMS DURING THE WEEK SO THEY
WOULD BE READY FOR USE ON THE WEEKEND. THEY WERE PAUL LARROW
AND TOM LODGE. IT SEEMS THAT ONE OF THESE WASH DAYS, TOM
USED A BIT TOO MUCH SOAP, A FACT WHICH WAS ASTUTELY DETERMINED
WHEN THE FLOOR BECAME FLOODED WITH SOAP SUDZ. EVER SINCE, IT'S
NOT TOM LODGE, IT'S SUDZIE!
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
NICKNAME
PLEASANTLY PLUMP
Submitter comment: REFERRING TO THE FAT GIRL WHO LIVES DOWN THE STREET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
NICKNAME
ONE WHEEL
Submitter comment: REFERRING TO A GOOD FRIEND WITH ONLY ONE LEG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
ITALIAN NAMING CUSTOM
THE FIRST SON IS ALWAYS NAMED (PRIMO).
(ITALIAN FOR FIRST)
Where learned: NORTHERN ITALY
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
PERSON'S NICKNAME
DYNAMITE IN A BOTTLE
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT STATED THAT, BECAUSE SHE IS OF SMALL STATURE,
PUSHES KIDS DO THEIR SCHOOLWORK, AND EXPLODES ONCE IN A
WHILE, THE STUDENTS NICKNAMED HER DYNAMITE IN A BOTTLE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; SAINT RITAS CONVENT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 03-01-1970
NICKNAMES
WHEN A PERSON IS NAMED AFTER HIS FATHER THEY
GIVE HIM THE NAME OF "BUD" OR "BUDDY".
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
NICHNAMES
IT IS CUSTOMARY IN THAILAND FOR CHILDREN TO RECIEVE THE
NAME OF SOME ANIMAL AS A NICKNAME. THIS NAME VERY OFTEN
STAYS WITH THE PERSON EVEN WHEN AN ADULT.
Where learned: THAILAND
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
UNCLE DING-DONG
Submitter comment:
WHEN INFORMANT WAS IN HIS EARLY TWENTIES, HE DROVE A
STREET-CAR ON A STREET WHICH WAS PRIMARILY TRAVELLED
BY CHILDREN. WHENEVER HE WOULD PASS BY CHILDREN HE WOULD
RING THE STREET-CAR BELL, AND SO IN THAT SMALL TOWN HE
BECAME KNOWN AS "UNCLE DING-DONG".
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 02-08-1970
DIDYDOE
AFTER BEING FRIGHTENED BY A MAN AT HER HOUSE DRESSED UP
AS SANTA CLAUS, MY AUNT RAN UP UNDER HER BED, AMD WHEN
ASKED TO COME OUT SAID "DID 'E DOE?" THIS EARNED HER
THE NICKNAME DIDYDOE FOR THE NEXT TWENTY YEARS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S SISTER WAS CALLED THIS UNTIL SHE REBELLED
AGAINST IT.
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 03-01-1970