Being that my maiden name is Chebahtah, you can imagine how often we got a Star Wars reference. The astounding thing is how often someone would realize how close our name sounded to Chewbacca and then would make the wookie sound and then be so very proud of themselves because they thought erroneously that they were the first to come up with it. My response was always, “Like I haven’t been hearing that since 1977!”
The first nickname I remember being given was "Dimples" (for obvious reasons) when I was in Jr. High. I didn't mind that. The next name I remember from High School was "Earl." This nickname was given to me by the football team. I was an athletic girl and had very muscular thighs. "Earl" was in reference to the football player Earl Campbell. I wasn't so sure about that one but I was told it was meant as a compliment, so I learned to embrace that one too!
Being that my maiden name is Chebahtah, you can imagine how often we got a Star Wars reference. The astounding thing is how often someone would realize how close our name sounded to Chewbacca and then would make the wookie sound and then be so very proud of themselves because they thought erroneously that they were the first to come up with it. My response was always, “Like I haven’t been hearing that since 1977!”
The first nickname I remember being given was "Dimples" (for obvious reasons) when I was in Jr. High. I didn't mind that. The next name I remember from High School was "Earl." This nickname was given to me by the football team. I was an athletic girl and had very muscular thighs. "Earl" was in reference to the football player Earl Campbell. I wasn't so sure about that one but I was told it was meant as a compliment, so I learned to embrace that one too!