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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 07:27 PM
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If your first name is Stanley, is it mandatory
that your nickname be "Stush" or "Stosh"?

Just curious (and bored out of my wits on a Saturday night)...
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Habibi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 07:31 PM
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1. I always thought Stan the Man
was the preferred nick.
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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 07:34 PM
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2. Well I've heard of that one too.
But I was wondering if "Stosh" (or "Stush" if you're in Pittsburgh)was universal. I saw an episode of M*A*S*H today and one of Hawkeye's friends was nicknamed Stosh, and I got to wondering.

As I said earlier, I am VERY bored!
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nuxvomica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 07:59 PM
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3. It's a Polish-American thing
There are Stosh's in New York, too. If you're a non-Polish-American Stanley, they don't call you "Stosh."
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 08:03 PM
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4. Yep.. it's a Polish thing.. just like how Russian guys
named Mikhail are called Misha
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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 08:14 PM
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5. Okay, it's a Polish thing.
But if you're Polish, and your name is Stanley, is it mandatory that you be called Stush? Meaning, it's the diminutive, or something? As in: many Roberts are called Bob, Williams are called Bill, etc.?


Boy, I am REALLY bored!
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 08:18 PM
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6. I guess so.. Like Mikey or Stevie or Jimmy
:)
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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 08:20 PM
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7. Gotcha!
;)
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