So, my dad has this friend, who my ENTIRE LIFE we called “Stof” (like stove but with an f)
And when I was 14 my dad said something like “oh yeah Christopher will be here this evening”
And I said “who’s the heck is Christopher???”
It turned into a back and fourth argument of “Everen, you’ve known this guy your entire existence what the hell do you mean?” And “DAD I LITERALLY DO NOT KNOW THIS CHRISTOPHER YOU SPEAK OF. WHO IS CHRISTOPHER???”
Dad: “fucking Stof, you idiot.”
Me: “. . .Wait that isn’t his name?”
Dad: “did you actually think that was his name??”
Me: “yes. My whole life he’s been “Stof”, this is like the English language equivalent of object permanence.”
Dad: “…what the does that even mean?”
So, for 14 years of my life I thought his legal name on his birth certificate was “Stof” and do this day it doesn’t occur to me most of the time that it’s a nickname.
And apparently it’s not common? I casually mentioned it to @thorne-5658 and @otmxghosty, both of them were confused as fuck. Never in my life did I question his name.