Scix"Scix" is, simply, a contraction of "Scott Sherman Maddix." An Aussie friend started using it as a nickname, and it stuck. What caused his twisted mind to create a nickname that way is beyond me -- I blame his Australianity.
It's fun to try this method on other names -- I think it could take off! Try it with Dolly Parton, George Bush, Waylon Jennings, the Queen Mum, Linus Van Pelt, Jesus Christ and Funicello J. Humpleduck.
Perhaps this method can provide some insight into people's personalities.
Of course, being the Geek I am, I noticed that "Scix" resembles the Latin word for "to know" -- scire.
So I asked friends who had taken Latin more recently than I (1984-85) to figure out how Scix might decline.
Scix: third declension masculine noun.
| Declension | FORM | meaning | PLURAL FORM | meaning |
| NOMINATIVE | Scix | "Scix" | Scices | "more than one Scix" |
| GENITIVE | Scicis | "of Scix" | Scicum | "of more than one Scix" |
| DATIVE | Scici | "to Scix" | Scicibus | "to more than one Scix" |
| ACCUSATIVE | Sciciem | "Scix" (as object) | Scices | "more than one Scix" (as object) |
| ABLATIVE | Scicie | "from Scix" (for example) | Scicibus | "from more than one Scix" (for example) |
Pronunciation: Classical Latin pronounces each letter, the "c" being a hard /k/ sound always, the "i" being a long /ee/ sound always, the "e" being a long /ay/ sound always. Singular Ablative, Scicie, for example, would be /skee-kee-ay/.
Ecclesiatical Latin would pronounce "sci" as /shee/ and "ci" as /chee/, so Dative singular, Scici, might be pronounced /shee-chee/.
Meaning: Scix means me, and I mean Scix!