| Father's Day stories: The origin of Otterwan [message #252183] |
Sun, 15 June 2014 12:05  |
Otterwan
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It's a slow day, so I though this might be fun. If you have your own father story, please reply.
Some of you have probably wondered about my handle Otterwan. Most think it has something to do with otters and/or Star Wars. Actually neither.
When my youngest son was 2 he was talking quite a bit, but his pronunciation wasn't that great yet. Mom was "Mom", but I mostly summoned by pointing and grunting. No matter how hard I tried to get him to say "Dad" he refused.
One day he was trying get my attention, and my wife went to pick him up. He scowled at her and pointed at me yelling "Not Mom, Otterwan!" It took us awhile to figure out he meant "other one", his version of "Not the mamma" (If you've never heard of the TV show "Dinosaurs", google it).
For the next several months I was "Otterwan". I kind of liked it, and have used is as my handle in most forums ever since.
1977 Birchaven, Lynnwood WA - "We may not be able to stop all evil in the world, but I know that how we treat one another is entirely up to us."
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| Re: [GMCnet] Father's Day stories: The origin of Otterwan [message #252192 is a reply to message #252183] |
Sun, 15 June 2014 12:23  |
Kimberlea Weeks
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What a great story!
On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 12:05 PM, David Orders wrote:
> It's a slow day, so I though this might be fun. If you have your own
> father story, please reply.
>
> Some of you have probably wondered about my handle Otterwan. Most think it
> has something to do with otters and/or Star Wars. Actually neither.
>
> When my youngest son was 2 he was talking quite a bit, but his
> pronunciation wasn't that great yet. Mom was "Mom", but I mostly summoned
> by pointing
> and grunting. No matter how hard I tried to get him to say "Dad" he
> refused.
>
> One day he was trying get my attention, and my wife went to pick him up.
> He scowled at her and pointed at me yelling "Not Mom, Otterwan!" It took us
> awhile to figure out he meant "other one", his version of "Not the mamma"
> (If you've never heard of the TV show "Dindsaurs", google it).
>
> For the next several months I was "Otterwan". I kind of liked it, and have
> used is as my handle in most forums ever since.
> --
> 1976 Royale "Twinkie II", 1978 Palm Beach with front end fire. Lynnwood WA
> - "We may not be able to stop all evil in the world, but I know that how we
> treat one another is entirely up to us."
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| Re: Father's Day stories: The origin of Otterwan [message #252219 is a reply to message #252183] |
Sun, 15 June 2014 20:34 |
lotsofspareparts
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Awesome story Dave, when my oldest niece and oldest nephew were toddlers, I was "Uncle Judu" (Jared), and my younger sister was "Tiwi" (Sarah).
That was 15 years ago, to this day I am Judu to my sister, and she is Tiwi to me.
Never really thought about how someone can get a nickname.
Jared
Jared & Tina Lazaron + 14yr old Daughter.....
77 Eleganza II "Recherché".....
73 Canyon Lands 230 "Elephant"
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| Re: Father's Day stories: The origin of Otterwan [message #252233 is a reply to message #252189] |
Sun, 15 June 2014 21:48 |
A Hamilto
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Harry wrote on Sun, 15 June 2014 12:23I like it.
On the other hand....Until I was 13 or 14, I thought my name was "Shut Up". My dad used the same name for all four of us kids - dammit.
Sit down, dammit. Stop that, dammit. Get away from there, dammit.
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