Sunday, 22 May 2016

I am Fratie - nicknames - Fraternity

Hello, I’m Peter Ugarte, but I insist you call me by the nickname at was given to me by who knows who, ‘Fratie’. I can’t remember if I may have given it to myself or it was bestowed on me one thing you are unlikely to have heard it anywhere else before.

I have a sneaky suspicion it comes from another nickname I was given ‘Euphrates’ after the river in Iran the Euphrates. Some nicknames can be nasty but I was lucky with mine although I have been given a few others this one is the one that stuck with me.

It’s a nickname with no meaning I do remember in my youth it was accompanied with ‘Fratie Rider’ but the latter was dropped although sometimes I’m still called Rider now and again. I do like my nickname and have googled it to see if it had a meaning but the only links I could find were victors, fraternity and brotherhood, which is pretty cool. I gave myself a nickname mainly to use on football forums Blue Madness.

A few I hated one being Ufarte which was thanks to Spanish football Roberto and his appearance in the 1982 World Cup. I remember walking into the pub during the Spain v Northern Ireland game to a choirs of 'Ufarte ... its Peter Ufarte' I could have died.

Thing is you needed nicknames back then most boys were called Peter, John, David, Michael or Stephen plain names although officially I was christened Pedro, but thankfully it was rarely used only by dickheads who think it’s funny no names mentioned. If someone shouted Peter you could bet more than one would turn their heads around but shout Fratie everyone will turn they heads to see what is a Fratie.

I feel nicknames if you are given or have a nickname is cool, makes you stand out and even better if it is a bit unique. My youngest son David as a pretty cool one ‘Toastie’ but I call him the 'Lil Shit’ the loving father I am.

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