When we were choosing names for our future baby we also paid attention to possible nicknames they could end up with. Marisca didn't lend itself to any terrible nicknames that we could think of, which was one of the reasons we settled on it. The only nickname we could think of was Risky, which we rather liked - in fact, we use it ourselves fairly regularly! I like the idea of her using it, especially in her teenage years...
Interestingly, since she has arrived, we've found a few other things to call Marisca. I used to call her 'Risky-roos' until Tim vetoed it (fair enough), and Tim used 'Risca' for a while until I vetoed it. We both refer to her as 'The Girl' (as in 'are you looking after The Girl?' 'I think The Girl needs her nappy changed' etc.), and we thought that was it - until this weekend. This weekend, Chris and Sian came to stay with their daughters Jessica and Annabel. When they tried to say 'Marisca' it came out sounding like 'the whisker' - and lo, a new nickname was born!
So at the moment she is 'Whisker' to her face and 'The whisker' when referring to her. Who knows what will happen next. It will be fun finding out...
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