[DanaC]

We used to just add a 'y' or 'ie' to someone's surname. So, I would sometimes be called Coombsie. I still call my bro that sometimes :p And if referring to his family as a group I call them the Coombsies.

Michael B would be called Brooksie. My SiL's maiden name was Hogan, so Hogey. J became Smiffy (smith).

That one's a more general trend though. Johnathon Ross tends to be referred to in the papers as Wossy (because he pronounced his R's as W's).

The other common one is to convert the first or second name into an 'ezzer' or 'ozzer' sound. Like...I sometimes try and wind Sundae up by calling her Chezzer :p But pronounced with a manc accent so it sounds almost like : Chezzor.

My bro had a mate years ago who was known to all as Hyphenated. Because he had a double barrelled name.

In Bolton/manchester we tended also to give people suffix or prefix names. So, Nutty Paul, Mad Sharon, Fingers Geoff, Nervous Pete, Little Pete, Kenny the Burglar, Dancing Max. They were genuine names btw. That was the group I hung with in Bolton.

I was delighted when I started watching Ideal , a sitcom with Johnny Vegas based on a manchester pot dealer, that his supplier was a full on Manc by the name of Mad Paul. That rang very true to me.