baby nicknames research project standard usual nicknames babies e g pumpkin us mid west mduschen germany austria gordo spain particular would like examples lesser known languages especially hunterand gatherer societies horticultural ones present 100 names 50 language units e regional national expression language name looking original spelling roman alphabet phonetic spelling meaning well language unit also would appreciate much framing information possible e g sex baby explanation relevant linguistic factors declination uses name used age baby baby gets name taboos might know nickname individual baby address reference nickname normal word language speakers nonword follow phonetic rules etc loan word common nickname source ling fieldwork ethnographic fieldwork native culture chancehearing tourist etc obviously asking lot even information asked preceding paragraph help kim dammers institute ethnology university gvttingen germany kdammers hotmail com get web based free email http www hotmail com