Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Chip

Is "Chip" used as a nickname for a son instead of "Junior," as in Chip off the old block? I have seen it twice in an Appalachian context, but that's a very small sample size. Both were named after their father and called Chip, though.

3 comments:

james said...

I'll ask him

james said...

He says it's a nickname.

HMS Defiant said...

I remember old friends of the family. The father was named Church. Everyone called his son, Kirk. When the father died his son became Church to everyone who knew him.