Wednesday, April 10, 2013

FAMILY NICKNAMES : CHODE



Everybody on Guam knows, if you want your Chamorro "fix," you go to Chode's.

Empanåda, latiya, titiyas....you name it.  You can find it at Chode's.

If you know the family, they are the Sablans.  So how did the nickname "Chode" come about?

It's a Chamorro way of pronouncing SHORTY.

Apparently, one one of the prominent men in the family was not tall. He got the nickname SHORTY, but older Chamorros can't say the R. Carlos becomes KÅTLOS. SHORTY became CHODE.





ENRIQUE CRUZ SABLAN
founder of Chode's
with wife Teresa and children



ANTONIO CRUZ SABLAN
brother of Enrique


CHAMORRO NICKNAMES ARE BEING INVENTED ALL THE TIME

Not all family nicknames come from Spanish times.  Chode was invented during American times.  Nicknames are being invented even now.  So be careful about what you do or what you say.  Your grandkids may one day be called by that word or action!

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