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Origin of Bubba?
Posted: August 12, 2004 8:44 am
by KY PRT HED
I have only been on BN for a short period of time, and I have seen Jimmy referred to as Bubba on numerous occasions. This is the only place I have seen that reference.
Is this a BN thing or is it more universal, and where did it come from? Thanks.
Posted: August 12, 2004 8:49 am
by ph4ever
Jimmy is refered to as Bubba in the song Gypsies in the Palace. I also believe his sisters used to call him Bubba although I could be wrong.
Posted: August 12, 2004 8:49 am
by aquaholic
I believe it was a nickname from his sisters??
Posted: August 12, 2004 8:54 am
by Mr. Duval Crawl
not really sure where it came from. There is the "bubba" network in Key West which is basically a loose affiliation of locales. If you go down there it is common for the people who live and work there to refer to each other as "bubba"
Posted: August 12, 2004 8:56 am
by phjrsaunt
aquaholic wrote:I believe it was a nickname from his sisters??
Yep. I'm absolutely positive.
Posted: August 12, 2004 9:10 am
by SilverDolphins
In the South, Bubba is a nickname that means, brother.
It is used mainly by female siblings referring to the only, or older male sibling.
Living here in the South, I know many Bubbas.
That is why I tend to believe that JB being called Bubba is a holdover of his childhood with LuLu and LaLa.
Posted: August 12, 2004 9:18 am
by KY PRT HED
SilverDolphins wrote:In the South, Bubba is a nickname that means, brother.
It is used mainly by female siblings referring to the only, or older male sibling.
Living here in the South, I know many Bubbas.
That is why I tend to believe that JB being called Bubba is a holdover of his childhood with LuLu and LaLa.
You learn something new everyday.
Posted: August 12, 2004 9:52 am
by unclejohn
ph4ever wrote:Jimmy is refered to as Bubba in the song Gypsies in the Palace. I also believe his sisters used to call him Bubba although I could be wrong.
Also in "Youll never work in this bidness again" on Feeding Frenzy.
Posted: August 12, 2004 10:09 am
by ragtopW
Where my grandma grew up in Kansas the Bubba thing is
changed to just Bud.. My older sisters rarely call me anything
else. My grandma called all her brothers Bud..
yes got confusing when she was speaking of them as she
had 4 Buds. Is this a midwest thing????
I have heard a few other pholks refer to their brother as Bud
and most of them are from that area.
Posted: August 12, 2004 10:10 am
by longlinergirl
My son is called Bubba...and I am in RI and there are people here called Bubba...I didn't realize it was used to refer to brother...
Posted: August 12, 2004 10:35 am
by Tiki Bar
phjrsaunt wrote:aquaholic wrote:I believe it was a nickname from his sisters??
Yep. I'm absolutely positive.
Me too... wasn't it on LuLu's website? But they called him that because he chewed a lot of Hubba Bubba bubble gum!
Posted: August 12, 2004 10:44 am
by Prthd119
My daughter calls her brother Bubba..and I know about 100 Bubba's..
(Unless they are the 3rd...then they become "Trey")
There is a book I read years ago called "New Times in the Old South /or Why Scarlett's in therapy and Tara's gone condo"...It talks about "buddy"...and says Buddy is just Bubba with an MBA...
Btw, I have 2 Uncle Buddy's..