Hello. My Name Is...

...different according to the situation and who is speaking to me.

I have always been a nickname person. People give me nicknames. Some have to do with my actual given name, others are completely random and strange. Some have stuck (whether I liked them or not), others are wistful memories or inside jokes between friends. Some were happily accepted and encouraged by me, others were disposed of as quickly as humanly possible.

I have always liked being a nickname person. My sister has always hated that she is not a nickname person. She is Lauren. When she was 3 and someone called her Laurie (which was my parents intention when they named her Lauren) she looked that person in the eye and said, "My name is Lauren." Thus, her chances for being a nickname person were squashed like some very squashed things (although she does have three nicknames that are used by three specific people, Dad calls her Babydoll, Heidi calls her Lizzie, and Amy calls her L-Train). I never spoke up for myself - I don't think I liked my name enough when I was younger to do so. I just answered to whatever someone decided to call me (that of course does not include nasty names).

Many of my nicknames have awesome origin stories. Many had stories at some point but now we can't remember them. Some nicknames are nicknames of nicknames. I've now written the word "nickname" far too much. So here's a list (with a few simple explanations when needed. I've starred the ones that are used on a regular basis.):

*1. Lin
*2. Linnie
*3. Linds (I really don't like this one but it is most commonly used by people who have just met me.)
4. Linnie the Pooh (Nate and I used to tell each other that we smelled. He came up with this clever little reminder. Even had it engraved into a license plate key chain.)
5. Lindsey Sue
6. Lindsey Susie
*7. Susie
8. Susie Q
9. Miss Susie
*10. Sissie (This is a Lauren thing - we call each other Sissie)
*11. ZiZi (This is what Monkey calls me. It's by far my favorite simply because he's the one saying it.)
12. Scooter (My friend Corynn called me up one day, the phone call went like this:
L: Hello?
C: I'm going to call you Scooter Pie.
L: Why?
C: Because I hate Scooter Pies.
L: Uh...okay?
It's a quote from Scrubs. It eventually just became Scooter.)
13. Illy Dilly (Thanks to my brothers. No idea where it comes from but it caused me endless torment. I knew there was no getting rid of it the day my mom called me that to get me out of bed.)
14. Dill (shortened version of above...Matt didn't even realize he was calling me that.)
*15. Lindle (from Jamie)
16. Lindsey Lou
17. Barney (Not used very long or very much. It was an inside joke with Nate and Ben and Lauren - The boys were Betty and Wilma, Lauren and I were Fred and Barney)
18. Lindsey Loodle Noodle (from Bonnie)
*19. Lilifin (from Krissie. It's "Lin" in double talk)


I wish I could think of one more just to even out the list. haha. but there you have it, a random list just for you.