Thursday, September 13, 2007

Numerous names of Cantaloupe

Moppet's mom wanted company in her embarassment ... boy has she found one !!!

I am always known for the nicknames I give ... be it a kid in the family, a friend, a professor etc. Some of them very appropriate (say Brainy for an intelligent friend) and some hilarious.
So when Cantaloupe was born, it was natural that I nicknamed her... but my Nickname innovations have far exceeded my own standards with Cantaloupe. She gets a nickname almost every week !!

It all started when she was born ... she was chubby, little girl and without much effort in trying to find a name, I came up with "Gundu Samosa" (gundu meaning chubby ... don't ask me why Samosa ... you will see many such silly names) ...also, by end of week 1, I had already come up with a little song ..
"Sona Masuri ... aha Gundu Samosa" ... hey "Sona Masuri ... Gundu Samosa" ...

Gosh ... this is so embarassing .....

I have addressed her anything but by her real name ... and 99% of the cases, her nicknames do not remotely sound like her real name. When I call her by her real name... it means, I am extremely angry with her and she knows!

Ok, back to nicknames ... she has been called Gopi (now, thats not too bad), Chikita, Nikita (thats a nice name. .. isn't it??), Soma, Gopala, Ghatika, (after her friend Ghatu), Soapika, Dunna, Vamana (credit to BP), Vamanos , Doreshwari, Stulambika, Shuntita .. the list is endless. I will stop embarassing myself.

The most often used of them all is Moosika / Moosamma ... (Moosu in kannada means to smell) She got that name, because she was always holding her blanket and covering her nose.
So, I came up with this song:
"Mangalarathi .... Moosu Maruthi ... hey "
The worst part, she thinks its a real song and the other day, when some friends came over to our place and asked her to sing a song, she instantly began "Mangalarathi ... " I could die of embarassment !!!

13 comments:

Maggie said...

Gundu Samosa's the best! :-)

Sunita said...

:) he he he ...will come up with mine soon.

Cantaloupes.Amma (CA) said...

@MM: Like I said that nick name has stuck the longest!!

@Sunita: I'd love some company ... will wait for your list

Squiggles Mom said...

Gundu Samosa LOL!!!
So nice to have company in embarrasment.

Tharini said...

I agree. Gundu Samosa's the best. And I love tht you make up a song with each name. Way to go! :)

Anonymous said...

Gundu Samosa - the best!!

Cantaloupes.Amma (CA) said...

OK ... based on all your suggestions... I do plan to change cantaloupes' name to "Gundu Samosa" ...

Note: subject to BP's approval :))

mnamma said...

LOL on Mangalarathi Moosumaruthi song! I can imagine the embarassment it would have caused :)

Priya said...

Oh My God!! ROFL at the song embarassment. You are really creative :))!

timepass said...

Gundu Samosa..Ive never even dreamt of creating such a word..LOL but samosas are gundu anyway???

Anusha said...

omg! I am late to this post - you should be the one with the "worst names" title...gundu samosa is my favorite too...but the rest of them are enough to make an Ashtothra for her :)

Anonymous said...

Hi Cantalope's ammaa,

You are very creative...I really like the name Gundu Samosa,,,

Cantaloupes.Amma (CA) said...

Kodi's mom / Aryan's mom: I have no place to hide now ... I am so embarassed!!!

 

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