For the love of a name
People around here are intrigued by the name Tin which is a derivative of Constantin. Similarly, I call Tatjana sometimes Tanja because that is a diminutive in Croatian of her name (pronounced Tonya). But my favorite are the nicknames you can glean from the Obits here in New Orleans – just this week Ernest Joseph “Poncho” died, so did Louise F. “Ace”, Tilman “Toe-Joe” was mourned by his brother Wilfred “Pinkie” and Reginald “Big Reg” was gone too – Louis Benedict known affectionately as “Doc” or “Louie” was not as unusual nor was Louie J “Bud” but all will be missed and hopefully their names passed down.