i.e. did nick name people or did people call nick nick?

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[–] 99 points 2 months ago (17 children)

Well not to ruin a good time in the shower but neither. In middle English an "eke name" meant "another name". Over time it became a neke name, and from there a nickname.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    The n from "an" transferring to the other word is always amusing to me and what's more amusing is that it's not the only time this has happened (a napron -> an apron)

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I once convinced a co-worker that the opposite was true for napkin, that they were apkins before.

    Also told him pockets were pock-ettes and pants used to have giant pocks that hung outside like saddlebags.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    funny that we went full circle with "aka"

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    A.K.A. is an initialism for "also known as". No relation.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago* (3 children)

    yeah i mean i just thought it was funny that people used eke name before, to mean "another name" and now we use aka to mean "also known as"

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