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T-Mac or Nalo

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T-Mac or Nalo  

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  1. 1. Which one do you prefer?

    • TMac
      56
    • Nalo
      18

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jfra78 Grand Master

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22 minutes ago, tukafan21 said:

T-Mac is a nickname, Tet is a shortening of Tetairoa.

Like you said below... your name is Jonathan, I could see "Jonny" being considered a nickname, but Jon isn't a nickname, it's a shortening of Johnathan, see the difference?

And if your mom named you Jonathan for it's biblical significance/meaning, because she was very religious, I think it would be different.

T-Mac is Polynesian, so much in their culture has deeper meaning for them, particularly names.  So for his mom to feel this way, I highly doubt it's just because she likes the name Tetairoa and not Tet, it's much more likely than not to be because the name itself has a deeper meaning in their culture.  

Particularly as T-Mac himself has often talked about how much his Polynesian heritage means to himself and his family.

And no, I'm not saying all this because of how much he's my guy, if he was just "normal american" and his name was Jonathan and he didn't like fans calling him Jon, I'd probably just say tough poo.  It's that he's Polynesian and I know things like names have a much deeper meaning in their culture than they do in ours for the most part.

For whatever it's worth, a quick google search.......

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You're assuming alot in this post.  

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