names

[oboakk]

Abbie:
> But the worst thing about names is nickname potential.  Thru 
school, 
> I was "Gabby Abby" and "Flabby Abby" for years.  My best bud in 
> kindergarden called me "Abigirl" and that stuck all through 
> elementary school.  In high school I became "Abs."  Then one of the 
> class clowns decided in 10th grade English that I was "Abs of 
> Steel."  I didn't think it could get any worse...until I learned 
> that "Abi" in Latin means "Go away."  So my senior year was 
narrated 
> by my Latin class giggling about "Abi, Abbie!".  And everyone on 
this 
> list now has spectacular blackmail potential on me. <g>
> 

I was also "Abs of Steel"!  And "Crabby Abby".  But none of those 
seemed very bad to me compared to my little sister, who was often 
called "Smelly Elly".  Although, my least favorite nickname 
was "Abbit", which was not only a combination of my first & last 
names, but it was also given to me by a classmate when we were 
reading _The_Hobbit_, and I found it offensive that he thought I was 
Hobbit-like (but I must admit, that was before my growth spurt, and I 
was unusually short, but since then I have shot up to 'slightly below 
average' height).


And for Kathryn who was wanting Slytherin names:
Eustacia!  I think Eustacia would make a great Slytherin name.  It 
also happens to be from _The_Return_of_the_Native_, and that 
character is certainly worthy of being a Slytherin.


Abby