I used to be really shy as a kid, so when I was about 10/11 and moved from Bromley to the countryside I struggled to make friends so my parents decided to enroll me to the local U12 football team.
Unfortunately I wore my Charlton kit. Being so shy and having not revealed my name, I was given the nickname 'Redbus'. 4 years that bloody name stuck.
You're lucky not to get a flag for "Unfortunately I wore my Charlton kit.". Think how lucky you were, you could have been called Fads, Mesh or Viglen.
He's lucky, (if that's the word), he's not a Palace fan from around that era. He could have easily been called Virgin. And that would have stuck for more than 4 years.
One time Australian Rugby Union Captain and 2nd row forward John Eales was called " Nobody " , because nobody is perfect. Great player and successful captain, used to kick Penalties too.
Knew a guy who people called 'Swipes' or 'Swipey' because he was allegedly involve in an incident where a man's trousers were pulled down and someone swiped his bank cards through the arse-crack whilst the victim yelped "Bleep" every time a card was swiped.
Used to work with a bloke nick named "driller". He assumed it was in relation to a previous job he had but it was actually because he was a boring tool.
At school me and another Charlton fan gave our mate the nickname "Robinson" as he had a prominent chin and made facial expressions like when JR equalised against Man United.
I know a bloke called Chav. Because he used to (and still does) call everyone "chav" or "chavvy" instead of saying mate for some reason. Not the sharpest tool in the shed by any imagination (brain damage at birth iirc he told me once). But he's got a heart of gold.
'Armpits' Ron. This guy's BO was legendary. He had an office in the basement and as soon as you went downstairs the atmosphere hit your nostrils. The bloke who took over from him had the whole place fumigated for a week before he ventured into the office.
When I left school my foreman was was Harry Blades and had the obvious nickname 'razor'
On another note, my granddad died when I was in my late 40's. I had only ever known him as Jack but at his funeral the priest started the service by calling him John, I was astounded that for nearly 50 years I had never known his true name. I very nearly bollocked the priest for getting his name wrong!! Evidently, in years gone by, swapping John for Jack was commonplace
When I left school my foreman was was Harry Blades and had the obvious nickname 'razor'
On another note, my granddad died when I was in my late 40's. I had only ever known him as Jack but at his funeral the priest started the service by calling him John, I was astounded that for nearly 50 years I had never known his true name. I very nearly bollocked the priest for getting his name wrong!! Evidently, in years gone by, swapping John for Jack was commonplace
I believe it still is. Quite a few names have shortenings/alternatives that were tweaked in the past and, as a result, they don't quite match. Examples being: Robert:Bob John:Jack Henry:Harry/Hank Richard:Dick William:Bill James:Jim Edward:Ted/Ned Katherine:Kitty Elizabeth:Bess/Libby
Once had an apprentice working with me that was always miserable so I nicknamed him "chipper", (always had a chip on his shoulder). After a few months, someone called him by his real name and he got upset and said his name is chipper
When I left school my foreman was was Harry Blades and had the obvious nickname 'razor'
On another note, my granddad died when I was in my late 40's. I had only ever known him as Jack but at his funeral the priest started the service by calling him John, I was astounded that for nearly 50 years I had never known his true name. I very nearly bollocked the priest for getting his name wrong!! Evidently, in years gone by, swapping John for Jack was commonplace
I believe it still is. Quite a few names have shortenings/alternatives that were tweaked in the past and, as a result, they don't quite match. Examples being: Robert:Bob John:Jack Henry:Harry/Hank Richard:Dick William:Bill James:Jim Edward:Ted/Ned Katherine:Kitty Elizabeth:Bess/Libby
But my favorite: Margaret:Peggy
I mean, wtf? How'd they come up with that?
Cheers lordromford. Got to agree, Margaret to Peggy is a wtf lol
When I left school my foreman was was Harry Blades and had the obvious nickname 'razor'
On another note, my granddad died when I was in my late 40's. I had only ever known him as Jack but at his funeral the priest started the service by calling him John, I was astounded that for nearly 50 years I had never known his true name. I very nearly bollocked the priest for getting his name wrong!! Evidently, in years gone by, swapping John for Jack was commonplace
I believe it still is. Quite a few names have shortenings/alternatives that were tweaked in the past and, as a result, they don't quite match. Examples being: Robert:Bob John:Jack Henry:Harry/Hank Richard:Dick William:Bill James:Jim Edward:Ted/Ned Katherine:Kitty Elizabeth:Bess/Libby
But my favorite: Margaret:Peggy
I mean, wtf? How'd they come up with that?
Cheers lordromford. Got to agree, Margaret to Peggy is a wtf lol
The name Margaret has a variety of different nicknames. Some are obvious, as in Meg, Mog and Maggie, while others are downright strange, like Daisy. But it's the Mog/Meg we want to concentrate on here as those nicknames later morphed into the rhymed forms Pog(gy) and Peg(gy).
When I left school my foreman was was Harry Blades and had the obvious nickname 'razor'
On another note, my granddad died when I was in my late 40's. I had only ever known him as Jack but at his funeral the priest started the service by calling him John, I was astounded that for nearly 50 years I had never known his true name. I very nearly bollocked the priest for getting his name wrong!! Evidently, in years gone by, swapping John for Jack was commonplace
I believe it still is. Quite a few names have shortenings/alternatives that were tweaked in the past and, as a result, they don't quite match. Examples being: Robert:Bob John:Jack Henry:Harry/Hank Richard:Dick William:Bill James:Jim Edward:Ted/Ned Katherine:Kitty Elizabeth:Bess/Libby
But my favorite: Margaret:Peggy
I mean, wtf? How'd they come up with that?
My wife is Sarah and she tells me that the name Sally was originally an alternative to Sarah until it became a name in its own right.
I'm a John and fully aware of the 'Jack' alternative. I did used to get very confused as a five year old when an old Irish lady always called me Sean.
Had a boss a few years back who fancied himself as a bit of a ladies' man and would try to nail anything female in the office. Sexual harrasment claims were legendary .Unfortunately for him He had thick dark curly permed like hair a bit like Kevin Keegan in the early 80s but which then even more unfortunately for him started to go a bit thin on top and around his ever enlarging bald patch crown . He was then nick named " the Monkey' s Bum " . Did he not like that ! ( Graham Taylor RIP)
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The father-in-law has a mate called 'Polly filler', in work he just fills in where he's needed.
Guy he worked with was called Wayne Bruce and his nickname was Manbat.
Whoever came up gets my vote.
Frosty the Throwman
On another note, my granddad died when I was in my late 40's. I had only ever known him as Jack but at his funeral the priest started the service by calling him John, I was astounded that for nearly 50 years I had never known his true name. I very nearly bollocked the priest for getting his name wrong!! Evidently, in years gone by, swapping John for Jack was commonplace
Quite a few names have shortenings/alternatives that were tweaked in the past and, as a result, they don't quite match.
Examples being:
Robert:Bob
John:Jack
Henry:Harry/Hank
Richard:Dick
William:Bill
James:Jim
Edward:Ted/Ned
Katherine:Kitty
Elizabeth:Bess/Libby
But my favourite:
Margaret:Peggy
I mean, wtf? How'd they come up with that?
I call him Tampax - they are both stuck up cun....
I'll stop there
My name s not Margaret by the way
I'm a John and fully aware of the 'Jack' alternative. I did used to get very confused as a five year old when an old Irish lady always called me Sean.