What would my nickname be in Australia?

Australians frequently create a nickname by adding an "a" to the end of a shortened form of the full name. Shazza, for Sharon as an example.

Your name would cause an existential crisis, and their heads would explode.

Well if you came to North Queensland where I live you'd probably be referred to by strangers as Old Mate. That's what everyone calls everyone else up here when they don't know a name..

Check out Old Mate over there ;)

Christa is not a name you can shorten to a nickname as such.. Most nicknames people just use the actual name or shortened name and put an "o" or a "y" sound at the end. Like Robbo or Robby.

Christa's nickname would then be derived from her personality or appearance. Like others have said Red hair and you could be called Bluey or even Red. Shorty if you're short..

Whats My Nickname

Nicknames come about in an organic way depending on your personality, physical appearance, past deeds or exploits or your name. There isn't an automatic nickname for Christa as it will be determined by your friends or colleagues (if at all - not everyone has a nickname); strangers do not give nicknames to people. Nicknames are often opposites of physical characteristics - tall = "Shorty", a really fair person may be "Sambo" (nicknames are often politically incorrect), a skinny person may be "Fatty"... it all depends on who knows you and what their sense of humour is like.

As for accents, I don't get this business about favourites or what constitutes a "good" accent. With me, it depends on the person behind the accent, although I do have a soft spot for Scottish accents due to my family background and the fact that so many people find them difficult to decipher.

Your nickname would normally come from something personal about you, something you are good at, something you are really bad at, or just a shortening of your name. Australians love to play with words and appreciate visual humour. So someone with a shock of red hair will be called "bluey". If you are very slim then you might get called "stretch". Then there are the staples of Australian nicknames too. Barry becomes Bazza, Terry becomes Tezza, Sharon becomes Shazza and so on. My older brother's nickname is Kermit. They called him that because he used to race cars in green leather pants and jacket (his car was green too). One of his best mates was called Birdseed. Why? Because he used to whistle all the time. But you can be sure of one thing, whatever you get called it will be something silly and funny.

My favourite accent is Welsh.

I am Australian.

Sidenote: The real dog at the centre of the story in the movie "Red Dog" had a different nickname depending on which of the two main mining companies he was visiting at the time. Mostly he was known as Red Dog as he was called at Hamersley Iron. But at Dampier Salt he was always called "Bluey" - reverse humour on the colour of his red fur. This same joke was used by Virgin when they first started up in Australia. They called their new airline "Virgin Blue" because all their planes were painted red. It struck the right chord with Australians.

It usually depends on your last name. But you could get the usual Chris or Chissy

My favourite foreign accent: South American, Spanish and Dutch

Adriana, I found that Australian's don't give you a nickname because of what your called, it's usually comes from what you may have done in company, maybe something silly. With me I was called Canuck, because I was from Canada.

Red heads they call blue for some reason, if your called a Wombat, you have said or done something stupid.

But whatever nickname your branded with over there, it's in fun.

Probably Boofhead.

My favourite accent is that spoken by the educated English - such as BBC newsreaders.