Day Two: Nicknames!!

Day two is pretty self explanatory. I haven't had a whole lot of interesting nicknames, but there are PLENTY of them.

Sam - What most of my family and coworkers and friends call me. Because "Samantha" is three syllables and I am sympathetic to the idea that it's a bit of a mouthful. Also, "Samantha" has always been what my mother refers to as my "formal name". I used it at my last job, because I had to wear a tie. If that's not formal, I don't know what is. Not school.

Manthy/Manfa - It's a cutesy version of the second, oft-ignored part of my name. Used mostly by my mother, my aunt Kim, and one friend from High School.

Sammy - Seriously, one of my least favorites. My brother uses this and he's allowed to because he's my brother. My dad sometimes uses it also, and that's okay. Also all of the residents in the retirement home called me that, and THAT was okay because, dude. YOU try telling a 102 year-old "Don't call me that adorable nickname that denotes your affection for me."

EC, Chica - My handle back in the "LOTR IS THE GREATEST THING EVAH!!!" days (ages 13 - well, present. Nerd.) was ElvenChica. For no real reason, I just liked it. A few of the friends I made back in those days will still call me by one of those.

Cassie/ Miss Kaselis - My favorite math teacher couldn't remember my name for beans. I can't think of a single time he called me "Sam". Also, my last name isn't "Kaselis", although that's what it was before they "americanized" it. So points for trying.
Honorable mention: When he saw me in the hall with my best friend, we were "The Bobsie Twins".

Sammy Pants: One person calls me this. She's adorable and fantastic and full of joy, so I don't mind it.

"Godammit Sam!" - Pretty much my name at work. It's usually used in fun/love though... I think.

Sool - I almost forgot this one! I used it with a group of friends on ye olde LOTR forums. We used to do epic group collaborative fan fiction which was basically poking fun at everything in the world. It was amazing. And "ElvenChica" didn't flow in the conversational parts, so I named my character "Sool". Because my brother said it was a good idea, and since I was 13 and he was almost 18 and therefore my hero, I did it.

And that, as they say, is that.