My whole life it’s been all about the nicknames. My mom came up with my given name, Suzanne, but nobody ever calls me that… except teachers and customer service reps at utility companies. Hi Suzanne, this is Cablevision… We’re sending someone out to investigate the problem.
My mom was actually pretty disappointed that I was never known as Suzanne (”It’s such a beautiful name,” she sighs… regularly), but my sisters and dad came up with lots of nicknames for me — Suzy, Sue, Suey, Suz — and they stuck. And while I love the name Suzanne — and secretly wish that was the name I went by — it just doesn’t feel like “me.” It feels fancy — and I’m pretty much a no frills girl. (Note the “pretty much” part.) In fact, anytime someone call me Suzanne I cringe a little… flashbacks to the first day of school when the teacher would go over the class list and I would shyly interrupt to request that they call me Suzy instead.
Celebrities are all about the nicknames as well — and not just abbreviations of names… though there are those too. (Cameron = Cami, Beyonce = Bee, Sandra = Sandy, etc.) Did you know that Johnny Depp nicknamed himself Mr. Stench? And which Hollywood heartthrob — who I don’t think is all that, btw — is called the Butterscotch Stallion for his habits in bed?
In this week’s Daily Blabber video, I’m blabbing about celebrity nicknames of course. So check it out, then tell me what you think.
Original post by sbyrne