These nicknames and misheard names are brilliantly surreal – our 23 favourites
Just a wonderful collection of nicknames and misheard names which began after the marvellous Moose Allain tweeted this.
"Is your dad in?"
"Yes"
"Tremendous"
…
"Dad! The tree menders are here"— Moose Allain Ꙭ (@MooseAllain) April 9, 2016
The resulting nicknames were just too good not to share, so here are our favourite 23.
1.
@MooseAllain Mum gave Dad’s name over the phone to travel agent.Said ‘R’ for Robert when giving his initial. Name on tckt was Arthur Roberts
— DangerJS (@DangerJS84) April 9, 2016
2.
My sister asked a colleague what he'd written in arabic on his folder. "Knowledge is power". She thought it was his name and called him Nol.
— Moose Allain Ꙭ (@MooseAllain) April 9, 2016
3.
@MooseAllain Met a guy at Uni called Campbell Baxter, instantly nicknamed 2 Soups.
— Daryl (@ScalyTugBoat) April 9, 2016
4.
@MooseAllain I don't know if it's true but I want it to be. Supposedly Ewan McGregor's brother, RAF pilot, has the callsign "Obe Two".
— @thegoodbuck (CSE woodwork. Ungraded) (@ThegoodBuck) April 9, 2016
5.
@MooseAllain When I started working at hmv there was a guy there called Stevie Videos to differentiate him from the other two Steves.
— Davesteèlir (verb: to record a pop song in French) (@davadsteel) April 9, 2016
6.
@MooseAllain my mum once thought Katherine (with a ‘K’) was called Katherine Witherkay
— Matty (@MattSinn71) April 9, 2016
7.
@MooseAllain I'm still friendly with Jim Fresher who I met at university.
— Steve Day (@TheRealSteveDay) April 9, 2016
8.
@4DC5 @MooseAllain I have a friend called 'matching pram Nicola'. Kids are 12 now..
— Maggie Simpson (@MaggieSimpson49) April 9, 2016
9.
@MooseAllain Reminds me of Mum answering door with “Hello, come on through” to friend. Little bro called her “comeonthrough” rest of day 🙂
— Vic Leeson (@VicksieLeeds) April 9, 2016
10.
@MooseAllain Friend’s friend called Pete we didn’t meet for ages, joked he was imaginary friend. Known him 18 years as Imaginary Pete
— Louise Amantani (@comradelouise) April 9, 2016
11.
@thejameskendall @MooseAllain a mate knew three guys called Dave and they were Big Dave, Fat Dave and Big Fat Dave
— Chris Jones (@ChrisJones28) April 9, 2016
12.
@MooseAllain For 20 yrs my parents have referred to a set of neighbours as "The Pratts" as they're pratts. No idea what their real name is.
— The Smith (@_Vespillo) April 9, 2016
13.
@MooseAllain I was in a band with 2 Daves. One of them did a citizen's arrest on a robber; after that, we had Dave- and Brave Dave.
— Kirkdale Bookshop (@KirkdaleBooks) April 9, 2016
