Sunday, June 30, 2013

What IS in a name?






     In the words of the great William Shakespeare, "Whats in a name? That which we call a rose- by any other name would smell as sweet."  (Taken from Romeo and Juliet). Well, I am for sure no rose, but let me just say that EVEN if I had a different name I would still be JUST as sweet. I was thinking the other day I have so many names, that sometimes I forget what my real full name is. My full name is Murray Charles Motycka. But my parents call me all sorts of things. My mom says they're nicknames but I don't know any Nicks. Does this happen to anyone else? Here are some examples of what my parents call me:
Murray baby, Bubsy, Boo boo, Bubsy Bubsy boo boo boo, Nose, baby puppy, Bubba, Bub, Murray, Nanna*, Little nanna, puppykins, Little boo, Murray Charles, little noggin head. The list goes on but, those are just a few. I am not sure what to think about all that. Trust me, I'm a tad embarrassed. I think I like that they have so many names for me but what is up with Nanna?! I am not a girl. I shall explain.
      I can't remember when but a long time ago someone was watching Peter Pan. Oh yes, it was when my mom went on vacation to take care of her nieces and nephew and they watched it then. In the beginning the children were playing in the nursery while the parents were getting ready to go to a party. Well, they had a dog (all the great movies do), and the dog was the nurse and took care of the children. HER name was Nanna. Please note that I am trying to emphasize the word 'her'- I still don't see the resemblance. Mr. Darling comes in to the nursery find his cuff links and a collar, but instead finds his collar has a treasure map drawn on it and the cuff links are lost.
    Long story short, he ends up tripping over the dog and gets very frustrated. The children run to attend to the dog first to make sure she is ok. And he yells because they do not come to him. It makes me think that he must not spend a lot of time with his dog. If he did then he would know that she was probably very stressed from his yelling and trying to take care of the kids. He drags the dog out by the collar and his youngest son, Michael, waves to her and in the cutest most pathetic voice says,"goodbye Nanna, goodbye." And she waves back. Thus, the name Nanna is born. Well, for me it is. Do you have any nicknames?


  

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