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Richard Jernigan -> RE: My nickname (Mar. 28 2012 1:28:47)
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...then there are Gypsy nicknames: Rafael Romero "El Gallina" for example. Apparently doubly confounded gender, but in fact a contraction of "El de la Gallina." His mother was called "La Gallina [the Hen]', so "El Gallina" is short for "son of the Hen".
There's "El Sordera", also a singer, whose name is another apparent gender contradiction, but also paradoxical, since "sordera" is the feminine form of the adjective "deaf", an odd name for a singer. Of course his mother was "La Sordera".
The guitar dynasty of "Los Habichuela" puts a masculine article in front of the feminine name for kidney beans.
On the subject of beans and nicknames, Agustin Castellon "Sabicas" was said to be named for his fondness for broad beans [habas] as a child. "Habicas", diminuitive, "Sabicas" with a childish lisp. Feminine in all instances, though "Niño Sabicas" modifying a masculine noun early in his career.
Etc. etc.
So if you don't mind implying that your mother was a turtle....
RNJ
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