The habit of giving people nicknames leads to so much confusion in Spanish country towns and villages that the 600 inhabitants of Cedillo, in western Spain, have published their own phone book - using nicknames instead of real names.
It means that Johnny the Potato can be found under P for Patata while Luciana is under C for Chinita.
Not everybody in Cedillo is happy with the new phone book, however. A man known as "Baldy" and another called "Peg-leg" asked to be registered under their proper surnames.
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