And someone outside the family calling Sam Sammy (like the meat-ball in the Benders), that's just not right.
Right there, that's a huge part of it I think. Sam has only actually complained about Dean calling him "Sammy" a few times but has never once complained about John doing it. I always saw it as one of those familial things, certain names by certain people only.
My main reason for thinking this is because my younger brother is named Joseph and growing up we all called him "Joey." No one but Dad is allowed to call him "Joey" now and no one but me is allowed to call him "Yuss/Yussie/Yussel" (Hebrew for Joe/Joey/Joseph but mangled in spelling) so I always saw "Sammy" as one of those family names, something that gets you a dirty look if you aren't related by try to use it.
I also completely agree on the endearment thing, Dean used it in the early eps to bug Sam but then "fell back into line" and let "Sammy" loose when his instincts were full-force and that "The name is Sam" filter in his brain is down for the count.
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Right there, that's a huge part of it I think. Sam has only actually complained about Dean calling him "Sammy" a few times but has never once complained about John doing it. I always saw it as one of those familial things, certain names by certain people only.
My main reason for thinking this is because my younger brother is named Joseph and growing up we all called him "Joey." No one but Dad is allowed to call him "Joey" now and no one but me is allowed to call him "Yuss/Yussie/Yussel" (Hebrew for Joe/Joey/Joseph but mangled in spelling) so I always saw "Sammy" as one of those family names, something that gets you a dirty look if you aren't related by try to use it.
I also completely agree on the endearment thing, Dean used it in the early eps to bug Sam but then "fell back into line" and let "Sammy" loose when his instincts were full-force and that "The name is Sam" filter in his brain is down for the count.