I always loved that Mamo's Christmas letters included the nicknames we kids had been using for one another that year, and I thought I should keep a record of Ever's nicknames. This will prove to be a difficult task, as they evolve daily, but here is what we've called her during her first four months:
Everdeen (thank you, The Hunger Games)
Dean
Dolly
Dolly Girl
Dolly-Roo
Sweet Georgia Brown
Rue (from Dolly-Roo, but spelling inspired by The Hunger Games*)
Rooster
Russky
Rudy
Rudy Tunes
Rooney Tunes
Little/Lil' Miss
Lil' Rue
LaRue
LaRue-ski
Helen (inspired by my days in The Miracle Worker, often used while we're talking in Irish accents)
Harriet
That's all I can think of at the moment, although I know the above list is not comprehensive. The "Tunes" names were the least used. "Helen" was oft-used for a while but seems to have seen its heyday. "LaRue" is my favorite today, but who knows what tomorrow holds?
I suppose it goes without saying that we never call her "Ever," and it's not clear how she will learn her name.
*No, I am not obsessed with The Hunger Games. Someone mentioned the name "Everdeen" to me, so I started calling her that before I had read the book. Then I read it, and when I called her "Dolly-Roo," I pictured the spelling "Rue" because of that character.
3 comments:
I'm thinking that you need to give credit to Thomas Hardy who's heroine Bathsebe Everdeen is probably the Hunger Games inspiration.
It's a wonder anyone in this family ever knows who's being addressed! (I get it -- Ever's being addressed.)
Amazing. I love the nickname thing. Passionately. And as long as she figures it out by the time she starts kindergarten, we're good.
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