Following along with the theme:
Where Everybody Knows Your Name
read this after you have read the post just before this, with the theme to
Cheers.
I simply had to add the information here from Arlene's comments to be sure everyone reads and enjoys them. She and her husband, John, deserve a prize for this!!
Arlene tells us that the name sometimes has historical basis, sometimes are Americanized and sometimes remain in Portuguese. Another wonderful point is, like famous sports celebrities, these nicknames were retired upon the passing of the person named. The nicknames were labels of affection, after all, so could not be transferred. They were used by friends, boys and men rather than girls (well, there were a few...). and not usually at home.
- Pepper
- Twan
- Bibber
- Red (x2)
- Fling
- Joao Bota
- BoBo
- Kerchie
- Horse
- Pinky
- Peckum
- Doogy
- Cockerroach
- Flash
- Crow
- Champ
- Chip
- Butchy
- Fahring
- Jug
- Fat Man
- Benedek
- Pingingah
- Jigger
- Chipper
- Flordas
- Chummy
- Big John
- Favaseca
- Cappy
- Bidgy
- Canary
- Joe Papea
- PeeWee
- Frenchy
- Moochie
- Leftie
- Joe Mummy
- Cab
- Sub
- Mo
These names conjure up people in my minds: I remember them now. Some I should have known:
Bunny was my Uncle John Souza, Canary was a tenant at my Aunt Annie's on Winter St. next to
Jigger's Variety. Pinky lived on School St. not far from us.
Who can forget a name like Favaseca: me, I guess.
Can you see them in your mind's memory?
