Wee Beast

The other day, I bought a bottle of single malt Scotch Islay Whisky Ardbeg 5 year year old with a nickname "Wee Beastie" on the label.  That bottle is what touched my brain into telling this story.  When I lived in Berlin, Germany, I had a Scottish friend name Bernard who had introduced his German wife as Beastie, so that's what I'd been calling her, figuring it was a German name.  One night, I was at their home and noticed she giggled a bit when I called her that, so when she was out of the room, I asked Bernie about her name.  He seemed a bit puzzled and said, "Her name is Margrit, nothing unusual aboot that, is there, now?"  I asked about him calling her "Beastie," and he started laughing.  "You know, Mac, Beastie, a wee beast."

I began calling her Margrit after that.