How old is the convention of writing nicknames as middle names, e.g. (taking a handy fictional example) “Tim ‘Curly’ Beamish”? Why do you see even “Tim ‘Curly Tim’ Beamish” (gordelpus) rather than “‘Curly’ Tim Beamish”? What is the convention (if any) in other languages?
2004 Nov 12: KBLX has a disc-jockey called Victor ‘Big Daddy’ Zaragosa
in announcements, but he calls himself Big Daddy Victor Zaragosa
.