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The meaning behind your username
Posted by ThriftShopRomantic • 7/19/07 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: blogging, tags, username
On a different thread, it crossed my mind that while we relate to each other via our usernames here, sometimes we're not quite sure what someone's user name IS-- How's it pronounced, what does it mean, and why did you choose it?
I thought it might be a helpful topic for discussion.
Me, mine's the name of my blog site-- which I chose purposefully to have a quirky contrast between the extreme cheapness and accessibility of thrift stores, and the concept of Romantic poetry or decorating, which is usually pretty highbrow and elaborate.
Admittedly, it's a bit long as user name. But you guys can call me Jenn. :-)
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Oh ... It's just me .... my name ... -
How funny! I just did a blogpost about how I got my name
well, not just, a week ago or so. You can look it up - Identity take two.
That aside, for the 1 it was the simple fact that Victorya was, I beleive, taken and a 1 looks like an I to me.
Nice to meet you Jenn!-
Ha, nice to meet you, too. The number substitution works! It's still really easy to read.
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my name is Victoria...but I like how you spell it!
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My business name. -
A long story.
Twofish came about when I started blogging in 2002. I needed a last name. I am, in the words of a close friend, the 'typical Piscean', and I wanted something reflective of that.
Ghosty is a name that goes back about eight or nine years. I played (and still play) a game called Ultima Online. When you die in the game, you become a ghost. A player killed me, opened a magical gate back to town and said 'get along, little ghosty'. My friends thought that was hysterical, and the nickname stuck.-
Wow, now THAT's an elaborate username story! Never could have guessed that one-- Thanks for sharing! :-)
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Its a description of my poetry. Down to earth, pure and practical. -
I figure that everyone has probably figured this out by now, but mine is my full name, First, Middle Initial and Last -
Years and years ago I was signing up for my first hotmail account and I wanted "Witchy Woman" like the song... but it was taken. So I tried Witchywife... it stuck. Now a lot of my friends even call me Witchy....
or J-La (because my last name starts with "La")....-
Yeah, I get J-Tho for the same reasons. I hope the person who DID get WitchyWoman was a HUGE Eagles fan and truly appreciates it.
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If you Google the name stoneman, you'll find a lot of them out there. I figure I'll use my last name whenever I can get away with it as a way of claiming the name for myself in whatever space I am. Of course, other stonemans have beat me to the punch in places, so there I am mstoneman or mrstoneman, adding my first or first and second initials. The strategy might not amount to anything, but I just noticed if I type in only my last name in Google, my BC profile page comes up at the top of the fifth page. If I google Mark Stoneman, then I end up at the head of the list on the first page. Why would i care? I've had colleagues and old friends locate me this way.
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So, you can be simply "Stoneman," sort of like "Madonna" or "Cher" or... um... some guy who just goes by his last name... :-) (none come to mine at the moment, but I'll keep thinking...)
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Freud? No one ever says Sigmund Freud.. just Freud. -
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I was in the army. That was the name on my uniform. And sometimes people used my last name at Dartmouth. Also, my students call me by my last name, with a title before it of course.
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my nick it's just a chemistry reagent who doesn't works very well, but I think that have poetry.
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Mark's = my name is Mark
Matter = that stuff between my ears-
I was reading matter differently.
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I am a gamer, I like to play Warcraft game. And if you too, you should know what's meaning my username (SAMURO). Samuro is one of Orc heroes. -
My username is actually the main topic of my site. On my site, slyvisions.com , I share online tips, tricks, and tools on just about any type of technology: software, hardware, blogging, SEO, and more. Make sure to check it out! -
Interesting discussion. Ok, here's mine. Alberto, my Dad wants to name me Benhur after his bestfriend but Mother will not agree. So I became Alberto Jr. Anyways, Dad passed away before I learned blogging and when I do, I chose the name benhurjun not just as username but also as email addresses to honor my old man's wishes. Cheers Dad!
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Interesting story.
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benhurjun: It's good to read of a son honoring his father this way. -
Good story-- it's another one that have so much more meaning than we'd have ever guessed!
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Ahhh.... I like that story. ;-)
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Mine is actually my name all scrunched together. -
i love the name Taylor...I was going to use it as my DJ name...but I never got a chance to make it to broadcasting college...so then when I started to write online I picked my favorite color to go after Taylor...
So taylor blue-
I'm glad to know this Taylor-- as I was wondering if it were the name of your cat! (Sorry, was putting the avatar and name together-- now I know better!)
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The cat's name is gilbert...i loved that pic so I put it as my avatar. Alot of people think that actually!
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Awwww... Hello Gilbert
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Billy Joel's Uptowngirl!-
You deserve the moniker more than Christie Brinkley, I'd say. :-)
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"Norski" is more what I am, than who I am.
About half my ancestors came from Norway. They're short and black-haired, but Norwegians nonetheless.
Hence "Norski." I believe that "norske" is the correct spelling for the Norwegian term for "Norwegian," but American-English speakers tend to come closer to the right pronunciation when they see a terminal "i".
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Hi Norski! "norsk"=Norwegian. "Det norske språket"=The Norwegian language. I´m not Norwegian, but my husband´s ancestors are.
My username: k=the first letter of my first name, ire=the three first letters of my second name, wass= the four first letters of my surname. That´s it.-
Hi Kirewass!
Alas! My Norwegian forebears dropped their language before my mother's generation, in an effort to blend in with the local culture. I know only a few words and phrases.
Good work, producing a pronounceable name that way.
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@thriftshop~lol~thanks!
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Well, I think mine is obvious but I'll explain it anyway: I ride a motorcycle and when you ride fast you're "rippin" up the roads.
And I'm a girl, and girls are sometimes called "kitten." So Rippin-Kitten seemed logical. And kinda cute for a blog name. -
well Bobo = something the adults called me when I was acting stupid as a kid. It sounds dumb and rhymes with Dumbo anyway. And the second part's obvious. -
Well, no one can accuse you of being overly full of yourself-- talk about a modest username!
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It's my last name. I tend to use it cause there's not many of us around these days. -
they are anagrams of my real name, tenanimalsdrool, itsonedollarman, and lordmanilastone, cheers^^-
Cool idea-- wouldn't have thought of that.
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I can see, you are a big fan of "The Da Vinci Code". Yeah, I like it too. The book, not the movie. Cheers!
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i did a post on this way back in january (after browsing through my blog's archives)
www.bidarlah.com/2007/01/bidarlah.html
basically 'bida' is a common malay word used to describe unpleasant sight or stuff, like ewww... in english, and our group have been using the word 'bidarlah' quite often as a phrase for almost anything like wateva.
and coincidentally, 'bida'lasana is also a yoga pose haha! fyi.-
I'll have to try the phrase out sometime here in the US in it's "whatever!" use and see if I can confuse some people. :-)
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I chose my username because that's what people remember when they know my name. -
no great story behind mine
my real name is morina but every one calls me morine. and i chose the double "n" in honour of robb flynn -
because i believe that life is beautiful, i try to enjoy it everyday with a positive attitude.
i also had an online retail store called Bella Vida Boutique but it's closed for now while i focus on other things.-
Life is beautiful, nice choice. ;-)
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Actual spelling is Sindhu (changed for username) meaning River
sindhu - indus - India (name of my country originated from this river's name)
and I am fascinated to write more about my country ...
www.flowergirlindia.blogspot.com
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That's really pretty. I've liked that almost anyone I've met from India always instantly knows the meaning behind their name. I'd worked with a lot of software developers, mostly from South India, and it was a topic of discussion that came up fairly often.
I don't think that's quite as common in the U.S.
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Most Hindu (pardon the usage) names are derived from things, place, people, abstract nouns around them. Names of people are also derived from mythologies.
Some of names of interest:
Thangam: Gold; Vairam: Diamond
Palani: Sacred Place in Tamil Nadu
Raja: Meaning King (Person)
Prakash: light
Gyanam: Knowledge
Pavithra: Pure
In Kerala, there is a practice among Christians(mostly converted)(pardon the usage)in most cases. They wanted to name their children which will not have any Hindu meaning. So they derived new names. Combining father's first letter and Mother's first letter eg: (Binu - father' name); sherin (mother's name) - Daughter's name would be "Shebi" or "Sebi" whichever sounds better to the region! -
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mobiwan... kenobi-
I'd wondered about that, too. :-)
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Wandadog13 - whats that all about???
My partners dog is called Wanda (as in a fish called wanda - very funny film)(mad dog) and 13 because of Purple13 - my partners favourite number and her favourite colour combined to be her studio name when she was just an artist.
Now of course she's Fabulous Photo Gifts.
When I started blogging, I was unsure of the repercussions on her business so i stuck with wandadog13 and have done ever since.
Great discussion Thrifty (and nifty?)-
One thing I've learned from this discussion is that I clearly need to SLOW DOWN when reading people's usernames. I have been reading yours as "Wanna Dog" instead of "Wanda Dog". And to think a lot of my Real Non-Blogging Job involves editing! I'm ashamed. :-)
PS- "A Fish Called Wanda" IS a greatly funny film. Fierce Creatures is quite good, too! -
I think Racoons have got to be the funniest critters in films - live or cartoon, they're just so comical, my son and I laugh like drains! Yes we enjoyed Fierce Creatures to. (Have you seen CLockwise? John Cleese is superb!)
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Yes, actually, I have seen "Clockwise"-- one of those great Cleese almost-Fawlty-Towers moments where things go wrong with a few lies and miscommunications, and then spiral rapidly out of control from there.
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mine means a trfle strange in French which sums up mt blogs! -
Hon represent Honor and Honesty. Honman is a man of Honor and Honesty.
Visit www.openyourmindtoprosperity.com/prosperity to recharge your positive energy when you feel negative. -
Flanture - Flash Adventure ! -
Wow, we've got a surprising number of folks taking a couple of words and putting them together for a final name.
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Has anyone ever heard the old game that to find out your potential "porno screen name" you take your middle name plus the name of the street you lived on as a child. I would be Ann Plante (not that titillating) :-)
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I'd heard a variation on that one, which was the name of your first pet, and your street name.
My lord, I'd've been named after a goldfish! :-)
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I got it from the word SERENDIPITY! Replaced the letter "S" with "X" which is my first name. Just love the meaning of it. Discovering good things accidentally.
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Does have a nice ring to it!
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My name is a combination of morgan...my first name & 9405 which broken down is the last day I used drugs 9/4/05
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Good for you!
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Absolutely! And wishing you many more years ahead of you.
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That's very awesome...keep up the good work!
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Mine too is a form of my blog's name - however I wanted to find a catchy name for who I am - a funeral director.
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Oh wow-- I bet you just might be our first funeral director on BlogCatalog! Very appropriate username.
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Well, about 15 yrs ago when the Internet was not such a popular place, I chose the username vixious. It's a cross between vixen and vicious, which is pretty much what I was 15 years ago.(someone actually defined this in a web-based dictionary recently-thought that was funny) I keep it around now simply because there are people who have known me by that name for 15 yrs now and as a reminder that I'm not who I was. -
My last name is Faust and I write about vampires...-
I suppose you've heard of Goethe's _Faust_?
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I have always liked your name!
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my username is half of my real name Wan Norizan... some friends call me WanNo... -
I am Richard and I am rich by name.
My username is EzRich (Easy to be Rich) ..... that is what i hope and i wish.
Have a productive day.
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Talk about handy marketing!
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I've actually got a post about where my name came from at my blog:
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Mine's GFG - Stands for Gone FishinG ....
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That totally makes sense now! Cool.
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Started out for fun to promote self catering in south of france -
keeshamayes
That's who I be! Keesha Mayes!-
Nice to meet you, Keesha!
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easy - grace... The grace of others helped me start a new life. They mentored me. They taught me. They put up with my downfallings.
Pub - Publishing.... I now publish works in many forms
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I picked this username several years ago when I started a website to promote a new winery my parent's had just opened. At the time, my wife and I went out often to pour Free Wine for potential customers. Now, I have so many accounts that use it for... that it would be too confusing to change. -
Jack Kerouac's Dharma Bums.. but didn't like Bum.. so chose gypsy instead.. and 7 is my lucky number
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Easy enough to figure out, I'm sure. We homeschooled and we had lots of animals. The name stuck even though my kids are all grown now. -
As I continue to grow as a person and live an authentic life, *Epiphany* is perfect since it means "a sudden, intuitive insight into reality or essential meaning of something". [And it embodies Christianity since it also stands for the Christian festival on Jan 6th.]
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My handle is a relection of my blog--to write what I think without worrying at the moment what students, colleagues, administrators, neighbors etc. would say. Just develop the ideas--Writing True.
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I'm Woeful. Woeful about the situations I often find myself in as a public librarian. For deeper insight, visit my blog, @ the Library. I hope a few of you will find some humor in my pain. -
Mine, very simple actually. It stands for Lurking On The Grassy Knoll.
LOTGK. And not for Lord of the rings or something or other. -
Mine is pretty obvious, do I have to explain how it's pronounced? Didn't think so bwahaha. -
My username is my REAL name. Its funny, when I came on the internet in 1992 no one had ever heard of it and the reason was it is a blend of both my Grandmothers names. Then 4 years after I began surfing the net, my name "Dariana" was the number 1 name given to new baby girls. That just cracked me up because my Father made my name up when I was born. Guess my Dad started a trend way back then and never knew it would take off 40 years later, lol. -
If you ever read a book called "Strumpet City" you'd come across a character called Rashers. The book is about Dublin in the bad old days and Rashers brings a spark of humour into the story... but also some sadness. Just like my blog.
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