Pseudo Tumblr list # 19

Nicknames you have and why you have them.

i blame my name for my passion of food [image source]

My real name is Chesara, it was derived from a film both my parents saw. My mother wanted our names start with ‘CH’ like in Christ. So yeah I have two nicknames that signifies me what area you belong to :D

Chez is my favorite nickname since I invented it. My true name has three syllables and we all wanted a shorter version of our names so here it is. At first I was called chess, like the piece game. It was kinda common, so I tried dropping the last s, still it was missing something. Then I just randomly played with it by placing s with a z. It sounded ok and it was spelled just right thus it was born! I usually use this with friends and classmates. Plus it was easy for them to remember my name since it resembles cheese.

Crap is another nickname which is exclusively used on family. My auntie was the one who invented this. There is a local brand name of cheese spread named ‘Kraft’. Yes since my name resembles cheese a lot, my auntie wanted to call me this but somehow it evolved into something ‘bisdak’ due to local toughness of the visayan language. So Crap was born! I do prefer calling me Crap than Kraft though and I don’t mind if it means garbage to other language. Relatives from both sides use this and I mean exclusively on family.

I hate being called Sara, it doesn’t sound like me. Not only that it’s a common name, the Sara that I usually perceive is someone who is from a high class breed of nobility who acts all lady-like. I am a lady though but I can’t pull off a lady-like appearance on most people.