Lyle80
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Nicknames? - 2007/09/06 15:49
Did anyone have an interesting nickname in high school, and an interesting story of how you got it? Here's mine:
As a couple of other people on this site can probably verify, if you're a guy with the last name Woodruff, you will inevitably be called "Woody" at some point in your life, and I was, from time to time. But the nickname that really stuck with me was "Frank", a name bestowed upon me by Sherman Ledford, who sat directly in front of me in Ms. Moulard's algebra class. Our first conversation went something like this:
"What's your name, kid?"
"Lyle"
"Huh?"
"Lyle"
"Lyle?"
"Yeah, Lyle"
"Hmmm....I don't like that name, I'm gonna give you a new one"
"Okay" (I wasn't about to argue with him)
A few minutes later:
"All right kid, your new name's Frank"
"Frank?"
"Frank. Frank N. Stein...hahahahahaha"
"Okay"
Since a number of my friends were sitting nearby and overheard this exchange, from that day forward I was Frank. That nickname stuck with me for YEARS!
Lyle Woodruff
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