I used to work with a guy who was addressed exclusively by his nickname. Sometimes I wonder if his work contract sported his name or nickname.

Funnily he was one of our union reps in the company, one day we had a big assembly with a couple of union officials, at the end the officials thank each of our three reps: “ok, so thanks to [name], [surname], [name], [surname], and… [guy’s nickname], sorry I don’t know your actual name.”

Relatable

Huh, TIL:

In contemporary records his name is most often given as Blackbeard, Edward Thatch or Edward Teach. The latter is most often used because it is the form used in the dispatches of North America’s only newspaper at the time, The Boston News-Letter, but primary sources written by people who had actually met the pirate all refer to him as “Thatch” or variations thereof. Several spellings of his surname exist: Thatch, Thach, Thache, Thack, Tack, Thatche, and Theach. One source claims that his surname was Drummond, but the lack of any supporting documentation makes this unlikely. Pirates habitually used fictitious surnames while engaged in piracy so as not to tarnish the family name, which makes it unlikely that Teach’s real name will ever be known.

Thinking about this diva styling his beard in his room so he can set parts of it on fire before he walks out into a gun fight