Reconciling with Colombian Nicknames

famsearch says on Sep 26, 2006, 20:29:

i take it all in stride... i've earned the nicknames señor plan, señor panico, and mi gringo (that from my wife!). on the other hand, the one sister in law there, i tease with mi pescado preferida (there was a fish that looked just like her at exito, honest! same eyes, same big mouth...), and now that she's flown to and from bogota with my wife, now i call her the pescado volador, and we both get a good laugh. i guess it's all in how you mean it when you say it.
dan

dan

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Sep 27, 2006, 00:31:

I don't mind as long they keep calling ME with a nice one... (like La Monita). Adri, living down there you get used to it and it doesn't really matter. Anyway, if you don't like your nickname the best thing you can do is to take it with a stride, don't fight it, because Colombians believe in something called "ley del embudo" meaning that they'll tease you even harder.

Cheers,
Desi


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else's life.

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larumberainglesa says on Sep 27, 2006, 05:00:

Hey Gorda! aca hay un asiento libre! This was shouted to me once on a bus in Barranquilla when I asked the hostess to let me know when a seat was free nearer the front as it was too hot at the back for me. Of course I didn't take offence - that's just the way it is. Just smiled and 'gracias'and moved seats. After 8 years you get used to it. If they said it to me in the UK however, I'd probably get into a punch up! My son is 'cacheton' and cabezon and he now says it to his Dad too (huevon!)

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Peter (Moderator) says on Sep 27, 2006, 05:28:

Yea same here, you just have to take it the way it is meant - affectionate. :)

Poor but snappy

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Colombiche says on Sep 27, 2006, 05:38:

Sometimes... people on the street call me mona and I am not even blonde.

It could be worse. My cousin used to go to school with a guy who had some sort of physical handicap that caused his head to always be tilted to the right side and they used to call him "el violinista".

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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Olgalucia says on Sep 27, 2006, 05:53:

But those are not really nicknames, are they? Wouldn't a nickname be a name to use instead of your name, eg Oscar=Cacho; My cousin Doralba=Pucha; Nelson=Chivo; etc.
flaco, gordo, cielo, negro, negra are sweet words (if you can call it that) used mostly in relationships (husband/wife; boyfriend/girlfried). I have to tell you though, I have a real problem calling people by their nicknames even when they insist I use their nickname!!!

"I am not bound to please thee with my answers" William Shakespeare

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jaramillo says on Sep 27, 2006, 18:41:

nicknames can be clever El violinista is perfect. A tiny biology teacher was la Microbióloga (the microbiologist).

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 30, 2006, 05:44:

I have been called mona and my hair is jet black, flaca, negrita, Costeña. Cachaca, even gringa!!!! just because I live in the UK and married to a Britsh.

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Colombiche says on Oct 2, 2006, 09:40:

I used to have a really cute pair of shoes that had thick soles and a little buckle in the front (the renowned "zapatos de charol" that every little colombian girl had a one point in her life), the boys across the street called me "Mafalda".

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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elmodefoque says on Oct 2, 2006, 11:24:

hey colombiche, where the hell you been?
Se que no devo decir lo que siento dentro mi pero la maldita realidad es que no aguanto mas y tengo que decirtelo, tu me desesperas, ya no puedo controlarme te quiero hacer feliz mi corazon agoniza por ti.
no puedo dormir no puedo come no puedo caga, solo me paso pensando en ti.

ASK NOT WHAT THE PUSSY CAN DO FOR YOU, BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR THAT PUSSY!!!!!!!!!! CAT LOVER

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Colombiche says on Oct 2, 2006, 11:45:

Elmodefoque You have a big heart Elmo..... Kat, Lauthra, me.... that's a lot of lovin' to go around. Your burrita must be green with envy.

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Oct 2, 2006, 11:51:

Colombiche forget Elmo go and check his cousin ;)

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Colombiche says on Oct 2, 2006, 12:23:

Kat I don't know about cousin John, but you should Elmo's son, he is mean looking latino hottie...

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Oct 2, 2006, 14:29:

Sorry Colombiche no his cousin his nephew go to the playas near curramba thread you will see a picture of him. a hottie!!! ;)

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Colombiche says on Oct 3, 2006, 14:03:

Mmmm Ya vi la foto del jevo, aguanta, aguanta.

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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