Nicknames and Expressions

-What Scott called us...and some of his favorite expressions

TRULA HAWS WHITAKER: Scott liked to call me TJ. He got the idea from his older sister cause he was too young to even know about the tv series TJ Hooker. Since my initials are TJ my loving children started calling me TJ Hooker. One of my favorite sayings was when he would go into his little boy voice and say "Mommy want to make me some "cook cooks"? That was he way of getting me to make him some cookies. And who could resist that sweet voice?

JEREMY VAN MATRE: Scott and the gang would call me "Jerome".....I guess that's the only thing you can really do to my name but I liked the name alot. I remember Scott and all of us would call Todd Jones, "Retodd" just to poke fun and mess with him. The one thing I remember is Scott having a little saying for his water. At home or even at school or football practice, instead of saying "I want some water," he would say "I want some wa wa." That's always stuck in my mind.

SHELLE FORD: Scott called me by my last name mostly, and he always had a joke to go along with it. Since my last name is "Ford," he would call me "found on road dead" or "fix or repair daily!" I was always telling him to knock it off!

REA MENNENGA: I don't think Scott had a nick name for me, but as you know . . . I had one for him. Since your family trip to Florida, I believe he was. . . I always thought he looked like a little "Peanut". He was in constant motion, especially jumping on the sofa. He was soooo cute as he bounced from place to place. He especially loved wearing his Superman T-shirt and underwear! He would dive into the sofa crying out "Supermaaaaaan"! He was definitely my little "Peanut", and always stayed that way in my heart.

EMMA FACKRELL: Scott used to call me "Skim," like Skim Milk. He also called me "Emmers." Also, if somebody said something that he thought was dumb, he would say, "Thats ridiculous!" But he would say it with a lisp. Very funny.

AIMEE NOLTE: When he was about 9, Scott made up the name "Aimee Canos" for me. It just popped in his head one day, and he said it all the time to annoy me. He'd say, "Aimee Caaaaaanos. Miss Caaaaaaanos...Does that booooother you, Missssss Canos?" Stuff like that. When I'd ask him anything where his answer was going to be no, like if I asked him if he was going to be home in time for dinner, he'd say, "Uh, that's a negative." He'd also have a smirk on his face. The last weekend I spent with him, he was saying "definitely" all the time...like "Definitely NOT doing that," or just a quick, "Definitely not," and he sounded like Rainman. I don't think he meant to, but he did. I can almost hear him saying it.

ECHO FACKRELL: I called Scott "Little Scooter Bugs" when he was little, but I don't think he called me anything except for just, "Gamma" when he was a little guy. I will share a funny story though. When Scott was little, he was at my house and had a little gas. I said, "Scott!" and he said "Squooze me." Then I said, "Boy that's a stinky one, Scotter." and he started to cry. I called Trula and found out that at his house, if you said "excuse me", that was the end of it, and kind of erased it from ever happening in the first place. I didn't make the mistake again.

CINDA HERON: I thought a lot about this and of course it makes me laugh. On a good day, I just drove Scott crazy, some days I made him plain mad. I don't think I really want to know his nickname for me! But I do know that on the days I made him peanut butter cup cookies, I was his favorite aunt. Thanks for asking.

ROBERTA AND TURNER JONES Scott used to call Turner "Turn-me-over". Don't know where he got that,but it has stuck with some of the "boys".Turner called Scott "Scotia".They had fun teasing each other.I asked Todd if he could remember a name he had for me. Jokingly he said,"you don't want to know", but then added that it was never bad.I know Scott always had a "your mama" phrase to say, but I never took it personally. He always had a laugh and twinkle in his eyes to go with it.