Sentence examples for foreign nicknames from inspiring English sources

"Parents think they are modern names," Ms. Korakoad said of the foreign nicknames.

After years of hearing about the spread of foreign nicknames, Mr. Vira says he was spurred into action in July when he saw the results of a survey of almost 3,000 students in and around the city of Khon Khaen, in northeastern Thailand.

The two men were part of a team of foreign fighters nicknamed the Chappies.

Foreign leaders beyond nickname-hot-line range will surely bridle at being called Nine Pin or Hound Dog by a fellow head of state.

The council of foreign relations is the nickname we have given the weekly meeting between my three very hip, very cool daughters and their very unhip, uncool dad.

The most prominent structures are the 47-storey shafts of the Changjon Street apartments, an 18-tower complex completed last year in less than 12 months and nicknamed "Pyonghattan" by foreign diplomats.

The Japanese subsequently gave him the nickname Gaijin Shogun ("foreign military ruler") but not until around the time of his death in 1964.

It's 1980 and the book zeroes in on the minutiae of military life in peacetime: reconnaissance exercises, cultivating cool nicknames, meeting women in foreign countries.

The most daring enthusiasts only played for high stakes with foreign currency, and went only by their nicknames, like the "Cripple," the "Butcher," the "Sailor," and the "Barber".

Before his death in 1971, he designated his son, Jean-Claude, aged 19 and nicknamed "Baby Doc" by the foreign media, to succeed him as president for life.

Sheppard was considered as foreign as Lapsley and even acquired the nickname "Mundele N'dom", or "black white man".