Nick Names

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Nick Names

1. George W. Bush (DUBYA): Why? Because Dubya was the Texan pronunciation of his middle name.

2. Dr. Samuel Johnson (Great Moralist and The English Socrates)

3. Satyanarayan Gangaram (Sam, Sam Pitrauda): He is also credited with the invention of electronic diary -1975.

4. Franc Sinatra (Ole Blue Eyes)

5. Bruce Springstein (The Boss)

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Big B - Amitabh Bacchan
Ash - Aishwarya Rai
Bips - Bipasha Basu
Piggy Chops - Priyanka Chopra.
Sallu - Salman Khan
SRK -Shah Rukh Khan
Bebo - Kareena Kapoor
RaGa - Rahul Gandhi
Namo - Narendra Modi
Kaka - Rajesh Khanna

Any more? Please add.

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Let us identify our cricketers on the basis of their nick names:

1. Sherry = Navjot Singh Siddhu

2. Jimmy = Mohinder Amarnath

3. Jumbo = Anil Kumble

4. Chiku = Virat Kohli

5. Mr. Cool = M.S.Dhoni

6. Colonel = Dilip Vengsarkar

7. Tiger = Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi

8. Dada = Saurav Ganguli

9. The Wall = Rahul Dravid

10. Turbanator = Harbhajan Singh

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इस बार कुछ फुटबॉल खिलाड़ियों के प्यार के नाम यानि nickname पर प्रश्न पूछेंगे:

1. काका (kaka) किस खिलाड़ी का nick name है? यह नाम कैसे पड़ा?

2. घरवाले बचपन ने उसे प्यार से डीको (dico) कह कर बुलाते थे. स्कूल के दिनों में उसे पहले नाम के स्थान पर नया नाम मिला. उसकी आत्मकथा के मुताबिक़ इसका अर्थ उसे कभी मालूम नहीं हो सका. लेकिन आज सारा संसार उसे इसी नाम से जानता है. बताइये हम किस
खिलाड़ी की बात कर रहे हैं?

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1) Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite commonly known as Kaká or Ricardo Kaká, is a Brazilian football attacking midfielder who currently plays for Italian Serie A club Milan and the Brazilian national team.


His nickname Kaká is a common hypocorism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypocorism) for Ricardo in Brazil.[/URL] In Kaká's case, it was created by his younger brother [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dig%C3%A3o"]Digão (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)'s inability to pronounce "Ricardo" when they were young.[98] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kak%C3%A1#cite_note-Mitten-98)

2)Dico Koppers (professional Dutch footballer)

Source: Wikipedia