My mom had an uncle named Uncle Son.
My grandfather and brothers only ever called their sister "Sis" and so she was Aunt Sis to her many nieces and nephews and their kids.
I like money better than people. People can so rarely be exchanged for goods and/or services!
Willow ,'Showtime'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
lisah - Dec 15, 2020 2:44:23 pm PST #1117 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
lisah - Dec 15, 2020 2:44:37 pm PST #1118 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
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Toddson - Dec 15, 2020 2:50:51 pm PST #1119 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Saw this and had to share - an alternative LDB.
drat ... can't get it to link directly to the illustration ... it's the Little DRAMA Boy
billytea - Dec 15, 2020 3:01:54 pm PST #1120 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
This makes me think of my Korean-American coworker who only goes by one name at work, and my impression of Korean names is that all siblings would have half their first name be the same, like Sung Ho and Sung Jee, so basically the same thing as Mary Alice, Mary Catherine, etc. I guess going by Mary/Sung out in the world isn't confusing, but it still feels funny.
That's true in China too. Not just siblings, but cousins, and everyone of the same generation with the same family name. So, for instance, Biyi is Biyi, while her cousin is Bichang. Ryan's Chinese name is Fang Youren, his cousin - Bichang's daughter - is Fang Youxin. And so on.
Those first characters - Jia for her dad, Bi for herself, You for Ryan - are part of an entire poem, which then gets written out within the family over the generations.
-t - Dec 15, 2020 3:08:02 pm PST #1121 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ooh, that is extremely cool
msbelle - Dec 15, 2020 3:15:20 pm PST #1122 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Lisah - the same grandfather that had Unky also has an Sis.
My grandmother was Babe as the baby of the family. She was really a Marjorie, her mother was also a Marjorie but called Treasure. There was also a Margaret, but she went by Marg.
Steph L. - Dec 15, 2020 3:15:31 pm PST #1123 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
My mom had an uncle named Uncle Son.
My grandfather and brothers only ever called their sister "Sis" and so she was Aunt Sis to her many nieces and nephews and their kids.
I have an Aunt Sis, too! Same reason.
Steph L. - Dec 15, 2020 3:17:15 pm PST #1124 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
My grandmother was Babe as the baby of the family.
My grandpa called my grandma "Babe," but she (justifiably) hated it because it was a reference to Paul Bunyan's blue ox, Babe. (She was in no way ox-like, and in fact was a babe in the hot-stuff sense of the word. My grandpa was just an alcoholic jackass.)
Glamcookie - Dec 15, 2020 3:21:12 pm PST #1125 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Cindy, I'm so sorry to hear about your son and your cousin. That's a lot! I hope your son is doing well.
-t - Dec 15, 2020 3:41:30 pm PST #1126 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Now I feel like my family is maybe deficient in nicknames. My grandpa did change his name to his nickname - Weed. No, really. His birth name was Guido and he was born near Weed, CA. His brother Reno was born when the family lived in Reno. I don’t know all his siblings names and nicknames, though, we never saw much of that side of the family.