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PERSON'S NICKNAME
BOTH MY PARENTS CALL HENRY FORD II
"H THE DEUCE"
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT ISN'T SURE WHEN SHE FIRST HEARD THIS
APPELATION, BUT HAS BEEN USING IT EVER SINCE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 03-01-1970
ACKLEY BEAR
Submitter comment:
IT IS A CUSTOM IN STEVE'S FAMILY TO NICKNAME ALL THE FAMILY
MEMBERS WITH A NAME CONTAINING "ACKLEY". FOR INSTANCE, HIS
DAD IS DR. ACKLEY, HIS MOTHER IS JUST ACKLEY. THEN THERE ARE
ACKLEY BEAR, LITTLE ACKLEY BEAR, BIG ACKLEY, LITTLE ACKLEY.
THIS IS NOT JUST A HOLLOW CUSTOM BECAUSE THE ACTUALLY REFER
TO EACH OTHER IN THIS MANNER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 10-28-1968
TREEMAN
THE WORD "TREEMAN" HAS COME INTO POPULAR USAGE TO REFER TO A
PERSON WHO FIGURATIVELY "LIVES IN A TREE", I.E., TO ONE WHO
IS EXTREMELY NAIVE OR SOMEWHAT DETACHED FROM THE WORLD OF
REALITY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
BLUE-EYE
TO CALL A NEGRO A "BLUE-EYE" IS QUITE AN INSULT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 10-28-1968
IRISH NAMING
IN IRELAND PEOPLE DID NOT MOVE FROM TOWN TO TOWN, THEREFORE
WAS MUCH INTERMARRYING OF RELATIVES. VERY FEW FIRST NAMES WERE
USED AND ALMOST EVERYONE IN THE TOWN HAD THE SAME LAST NAMES
SO PEOPLE WERE REFERRED TO BY A CHAIN OF THEIR ANCESTORS AND A
USE OF NICKNAMES. THEY WOULD SAY THE PERSON'S FIRST NAME, THEN
THEIR FATHER'S, AND THEIR GRANDFATHER'S AND SOMETIMES EVEN
GREAT-GRANDFATHER'S.
Submitter comment: FOR EXAMPLE, THE COLLECTOR'S NAME IS KATHY, JACK, JACK, SEAN OGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; IRELAND
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 11-18-1970
TADG A DA LAOB
__?__ OF THE TWO SIDES
(A PERSON WHO CAN'T BE TRUSTED)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 11-18-1970
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL, I COULDN'T PRONONCE THE WORD "GRAMPA".
INSYEAD, IT CAME OUT "BUMPA". THIS HAS NOW BECOME A TRADITION
IN THE 21 GRANDCHILDREN OF MY GRANDFATHER - HIS NAME IS "BUMPA".
THE CANADIAN WORDS FOR GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDFATHER ARE "MIMI"
AND "PIPI".
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 03-02-1970
NAMES
MARCH HARE
Submitter comment:
IN THE PART OF SCOTLAND WHERE THE INFORMANT CAME FROM, THEY
CALLED THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN BORN IN MARCH A "MARCH HARE".
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
SUGAR BEATERS
Submitter comment:
NATIVES IN MUNISING CALL PEOPLE FROM THE LOWER PENINSULA "SUGAR
BEATERS". THE REASON FOR THIS IS NOT APPARENT, BUT IT SEEMS TO
BE DEROGATORY. THE EXPRESSION TURNS UP USUALLY WHEN THE NATIVE
REFERRING TO A DEER HUNTER FROM THE LOWER PENINSULA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MUNISING
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
NAME
MY FRIEND'S NEIGHBORS' LAST NAME IS LEER. THEY NAMED THEIR
DAUGHTER CRYSTAL CHANDA LEER AND THEIR SON GALLANT CAVA LEER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 02-12-1968
NAMING A CHILD - A PERSON SHOULD BE REMEMBERED AFTER DEATH, NOT
WHILE ALIVE. THEREFORE, CHILDREN ARE NAMED AFTER THE DEAD, NOT
THE LIVING. YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE THE WHOLE NAME, JUST THE FIRST
LETTER. NO JUNIORS.
Submitter comment: FROM HER MOTHER-IN-LAW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 10-01-1965
NICKNAMES
THE NICKNAME "BUTCH" USUALLY DESCRIBES THE KID AS STRONG AND
USUALLY POSESSING A CREW CUT.
Submitter comment: LEARNED THROUGH TRADITION.
Where learned: DORM ROOM
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
NICKAMES
THE NICKNAME "FOUR EYES" IS USUALLY USED
ON A KID WHO WEARS GLASSES.
Submitter comment: LEARNED THROUGH TRADITION.
Where learned: DORM ROOM
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
CIRCUMSTANTIAL NAMES OF CHILDREN
NAMES ARE EITHER PHRASES OR COMPLETE SENTENCES AND ARE CHOSEN
ACCORDING TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CHILD'S BIRTH SUCH AS
THE WEATHER, AN ILLNESS, OR A THANKSGIVING TO GOD.
EXAMPLES ARE: BYARUHANGO - GIFT OF GOD.
KOMUJUMBI - RAINY MORNING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Language
Two instructors on Peabody's Campus, husband and wife (The VanEhens), have acquired a nickname because of their physical resemblance. They both have red hair and freckles and a chubby build and are called "The Campbell's Kids" from Campbell's SOup Commercials.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Campbells ; Chubby ; Commercials ; FRECKLES ; HAIR ; Language ; Nickname ; Pop Culture ; Professor ; Red ; Resemblance ; Soup
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Folk Name for Animal
Bunny - for Rabbit
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; ANIMAL ; Bunny ; Folk Name ; Nickname ; Rabbit
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Language
Nickname for Grandfather:
"grandpa"
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Grandfather ; Grandpa ; Language ; Nickname
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |