Nickname origins.

[hellzabeth]

So I'm bored and I finished writing FT early and then Nena was rambling to me about Russia and told me that "nenaglyadnaya" means "adorable" or "beautiful" in Russian.

She apparently didn't see the whole "Nenaglyadnaya", but I nearly cuted myself to death.

So then I doodled something cute.


Ain't she a squish? Hands off she's mine B|

So yeah, now instead of Nena's nickname coming from Veneno (Latin for Poison) -> Neno -> Nena, it is now short for "adorable".

Also I did me since I was bored.


Hi guys. So my nickname derives from my last name, Dove, which a friend once said was basically an albino pigeon and the name Pidge stuck.

Since I'm a curious bugger, what's the origins of your nicknames, flist?

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[hirra-chan.livejournal.com]

The Hirra on my nick has a weird history. When I was younger my grandma told me that I had a body shape similar to a jug or pitcher, which in Spanish it is called "jarra". The thing is that my grandma always pronounced it as "jirra", for some weird reason, so she started call me that way and it stuck. When I made this account, I changed the J for an H, because in English the H is pronounced the same way the J is pronounced in Spanish (to avoid confusion with others, you know).

As for real life, oh boy.

Don't laugh, please, because my real name is América. Exactly.

Friends usually call me Ami (not pronounced like Amy), because they say it's easier to remember. Family calls me Meme of Jirra (thanks, grandma). And if people feel evil, since a very famous (and crappy) football team here in Mexico is called "The Eagles of the America", people refer to me with names of another teams, such as "Necaxa", "Chivas" or "Toluca".