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Spike

Why is Spike a traditional nickname for somebody named Terence or Terry?

Tom Braider Fri 25/04/08 14:36

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squarebear
Fri 25/04/08
15:46

The only one I can think of is Spike Milligan whose real name is Terence.

He used to play the trumpet and got his nickname from Spike Jones who I assume was a trunpet player.

Postdog
Fri 25/04/08
17:17

Yep, apart from him, I can't think of anyone else being called spike, and I have known a few terry's too.

THECORBYLOON
Sat 26/04/08
00:07

There's Spike Amera too...

fredpuli47
Sun 27/04/08
22:06

Spike Jones was a bandleader. He was famous during WW2 for his comic music. He would take serious popular songs and produce parodies of them with 'crazy' lyrics.His band would play them fairly straight but with accompanying sound effects of car horns, whistles, cowbells, crowd noises and anything else that he could fit in. A current TV ad for Schweppes has his version of 'Cocktails for Two" as its music

It's no surprise that Gunner Terence Milligan, with his sense of humour, found a comparison and took the name Spike during the War.

Spike Jones was really Lindley Jones but he was so thin as a child that he was nicknamed 'Spike' because he resembled a railroad spike.

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