My name is...

There is something that I am extremely passionate about in life and talk about constantly: nicknames. I’m obsessed. It mostly stems from me talking fast and being lazy. If you have a name that is more than two syllables (sometimes even one) and we are friends, there is a good chance you will never hear me say your real name. They aren’t even always clever or mean something; I just drop sounds from your name. For example, one of my best friend’s name is Caitlyn. I just call her Cailyn. Same name, I just don’t say the ‘t’. Or sometimes I add sounds that just kind off roll of my tongue when I say your name. My friend Alyssa is called Lyssa Lei.

I even take it upon myself to make up nicknames for myself. Here are some of the many names that I have:

·      Tori: it’s a nickname, my real name is Victoria

·      Toto: I made that one and have begged my friends to use it. Hence the name of this blog.

·      TorTor: my brother has been calling me that forever, it used to remind me of a tortoise.

·      Toody: I don’t really know how that happened, it just did.

·      Toe: this is from my friends making fun of how much I like nicknames…

I have so many more that do and don’t make sense. I just think that it is so much more fun to have nicknames for people. Normal names are boring. So, give yourself a new nickname! Flip to the first letter of your name in a dictionary and see what you find! Or look at one of those nickname charts that are themed with stuff like your Mafia name or Fairy name. It’s fun, I promise!

Stay beautiful,

Toto