New names, old names....

[msfledermaus]

Yesterday I found an SCA site(A midieval reenactment society) that had a friend of mine listed as a member. I wrote a polite letter to their seneschal asking to forward my e-mail address, signing it with my SCA name and title; Lady Magda Vladimirovna Krasnow.
I haven't used that name in a long time. (or been to an SCA event either. I miss them a little.)

It made me think of all the names and nicknames and such that I've given up, kept, let go, rejected, reclaimed.(For example, Fledermaus is a very old nickname reclaimed and with the Ms added to better reflect things now.) They're all little reincarnations of various parts of ourselves. They're all important, even the ones that don't fit anymore, because they say something about who we once were. (or even who we didn't want to be anymore...)

Ms Eff, a most phoenetic spelling of an abbreiviation of a nickname of a person what types Eff. Effeffeff...

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[majikgrove.livejournal.com]

when I was a young teenaged lass a lot of people used to call me Faith, I really liked that...I don't remember where it came from tho...since then I've had snagglepuss, polka chica, ren, and most recently and lovingly, KAKA (created by a 2 year old!) :)
And the boy calls me stinky. what is THAT all about! HA!

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[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

Those are great!!!! I particularly like Snagglepuss and kaka...*giggles*

MS Eff, often called MessyShell in her misbegotten youth.

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[majikgrove.livejournal.com]

messyshell! I like that...I should've been messykathy, and I really have no idea how that nickname eluded me in all these years!

my parents called me rybka when i was little...which means itty bitty baby fishy in Polish. i like that one too. :) (like my itty bitty baby fishies on the rock on my desk from a cutsie wootsy messy maus!)

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[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

Awwww..I used to be matka, which is the Girl in Russian, and now someone calls me Baba, which is"Old hag woman" *laughs*

I love nicknames.

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[majikgrove.livejournal.com]

matka is mother in Polish! and baba is also old lady in polish, but very close to babcia (bab-chah) which means grandma!!!

*bell rings*

Ok, class, for tomorrow read chapters 4 and 5 and answer the questions on page 83

hee hee....

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[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

Darnit, I left my books in mylocker and I'm naked in school again!!!
(I hate these nightmares)

Ms Eff, dressed in a guazy scarf, which is what always happens when I have the dreaded nekkid in Public dreams...)

[banana.livejournal.com]

Was that a French speaking 2 year old?

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[majikgrove.livejournal.com]

haha...no. my name is Kasia (kah-shah) in polish, and we were trying to figure out which would be easier, kathy, or kasia....and as we were talking about it in front of her she started saying kaka....and that was that! :)

[banana.livejournal.com]

Kasia's a good name.

And if you were ever mean to me, I could call you cold hard Kash. ;~)

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[majikgrove.livejournal.com]

or Kashka, like my dad used to do when i was in trouble!!! :o

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[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

When I'm bad some people call me BitchKitty:)

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[majikgrove.livejournal.com]

now THAT is cool!!!!

Are you able to update your journal? I can update but it's not showing up on the page.

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[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

Hven't tried yet..I willin a second here, and well see what gives.

[banana.livejournal.com]

I'm Jonathan, but always called J as a child, so that's my "real" name.
I have also been called J-J, Henry, Boris, Wolfman, Wolfie, Wolfburger and other impolite things

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[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

You poor man...nobody shold have to be called Wolfie. I prefer J, as I'm sure you do.

I've been called...hmm..a lot of things. Magda, Matka, Pujeeri, Brilliante, Messyshell, Micki, (ugh) Shelly, (Double ugh) Shell, (family nickname) Bitchkitty, (Meow) Little fledermaus, Debbie, (My mother's name, we look like) Ms Maus, etcetera...

[banana.livejournal.com]

It was short for Wolfman, which was much more stupid.
Mundanely, I got the name through having a very big, very fake fur coat.

It wasn't such a bad name, especially when said by cute girls: sounded like they thought of you as a cuddly cub. ;~)

Have you ever seen Citizen Smith? This is a pretty big cultural association for the name, as it was a very popular TV comedy here in the 70s, and the main character was called Wolfie.

I've also been called Doc - by someone startled by my "brilliance". Dim people are so easy to impresss. 8~)

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[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

Never seen Citizen Smith, sadly.

And you're right, some people are easily impressed...this can be a good thing or a bad thing...

[banana.livejournal.com]

Try saying "Freedom for Tooting" to any English person who remembers the 70s.

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[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

oooo-kay...I'll do that.