Blog Calendar
    March     ►
SMTWTFS
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Archive RSS
About This Author
My name is Joy, and I love to write. Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground. Kiya's gift. I love it!
Daily Cascade
#1108646 added February 19, 2026 at 8:31pm
Restrictions: None
Nicknames?
Prompt: Have you ever had a nickname? Write about this in your Blog entry today.

--------

I don't think I ever had a nickname that became popular. My older son used to call me, "Anniee, Nanniee!" when he was a baby. Later, I became "Mom!" Then, other people called me with adjectives, all good, every now and then, but nothing really stuck.

My family I grew up in, they never used nicknames, which could be another reason. We all were who we were to one another. I guess none of us preferred an alternative to our real names. One of my uncles who was a schoolteacher was very much against nicknames, saying nicknames would alienate people to themselves. Maybe he had something to do with it, who knows!

I think nicknames are okay, especially for the ones with very long first names. Then, this which I vaguely recall, was when my friend Charlotte was called Shar. She truly hated it, and therefore, that didn't stick, either..

I guess nicknames are used to show affection and intimacy, and for very long names, they are convenient. My family, especially the extended part of it, was very friendly and affectionate without nicknames. So, I didn't really feel the absence of a nickname.



© Copyright 2026 Joy (UN: joycag at Writing.Com). All rights reserved.
Joy has granted InkSpot.Com, its affiliates and its syndicates non-exclusive rights to display this work.
... powered by: Writing.Com
Online Writing Portfolio * Creative Writing Online