After watching for a while, the usernames I see are begging to be laid bare! So, tell us what your username means and why you have it?

If I may start (maybe this'll go nowhere...)

Mine's made up of my first name and the brand of dirtbike I ride. Hence Shane and Vor.

Now how boring's that? There's gotta be some more interesting one's out there!

I was thinking of changing my name to 'betty' but then I have that 'boy named sue' song running around in my head...the old blokes will know what I'm on about MY NAME IS SUE! HOW DO YOU DO?

dribble over.

Well i guess my name is pretty boring , it came about, when people used to say look theres that man with them two kids again, as we were always in attendance at lessons, seminars, tournys etc, being inventive i added my surname!.
I have also been breifly known as "Spectator", that was chosen because,i watch every lesson seminar, tourny my kids attend.
Nice post shane an interesting question, i remember asking someone on the forums quite some time ago, why they called themselves, what they did, i found there answer very interesting and learnt something new.So come on people post away.
Nigel :thumbwink:

MMM A boy named sue, was that sung by the country singer johnny cash?
reminds me of a joke!

Heard about the irish man who thought Johnny cash was the change from a durex machine.

I know thats awful

mine is from high school everyone started calling me viccles I dont know why it just stuck I like it though

mine is from my first name and half of my second, very plain really

Well mine is the best one out there.
Bet you can't guess why I chose MY username.......

nics..If you asked my kids to describe me they'd more than likely say..a sloth that lies about infront of a telly...lol..kidding they'd say he's abit of a tricksta we don't celibrate april fools day in this household, it's been renamed to tricksta day..most feared day of the year....lol

Um... my name's Jessica...

Am never called by my full name nowadays, though I love my name - it just feels really weird for some reason. I get Jess or Jessie most often. (Other names from various family members.) Jessie probably has more of a ring to it, I'm not very inventatitive, so I added a "C"... There you have it! My user name.

Probably could have thought of something better, but it was a spur of the moment thing and it's stuck.

Well as one of the perhaps more unusual usernames mine is a derivative of my real (last) name. I started it using a number of years ago on bulletin boards in the days when a 9600 baud modem was classed as "wow that's fast" .

Sionnagh is Gaelic for "fox" and my last name in Gaelic is a slang term which also means "fox".


Mick

When we set this up it was originally meant for communication between a couple of dojos, so I figured using my real name would be best. That plan soon fell in a heap .

I use the name wylie on all other forums. It was the name of my cat, who unceremoniously disconnected and crashed my computer when I was registering so I figured it appropriate. Sadly he is now deceased. The two events are not related

Back in '87 when I was an exchange student in the USA I was introduced to a fantastic Console game "The Legend of Zelda"
For those who are not familiar with the game the main characters are a princess named Zelda and the Hero named LINK.

I started using the nickname of LINK on fidonet and some Bulletin Boards.
Then when the "Net" started to get popular and the 2nd IRC network (EFNet 1990) started to grow I was being bombared by others wanting to use the same nickname. So I slowly modified my nick and I went through various incarnations such as
|link|
Link^
^Link^
Link2
etc

I was sick and tired of playing games trying to secure my nick of LInk so I figured a permanent change should occour. As I am from Oztralia I Figured OZLINK was an appropriate modification to the original Link.

So that is how I came to be OzLink

I used to care for a kid named linc.

Oh my. Look at my avatar. Is that not Link? The Legend of Zelda rocks. =O

Anyway, Brodius is just a name I randomly picked to use for everything online. It's also the name of an online RPG character I use on a few ezboards.

I have noticed your avatar brodius and I must say it is a mighty fine avatar at that.
The Legend of Zelda most certainly does rock. It is the only reason I continue to purchase Nintendo Hardware. If it wasnt for Zelda I would have converted to a PS2 a long time ago.

My names been used in all kinds of crap over the years, i started usin it when i played the game blood omen: legacy of kain alot, his axes are named havoc and malice, me and a mate played that game hardcore and when we were doin backyard wrestling back in tha day we made tag team havoc & malice after we got over that, as everyone did, i just used it as my name on forums, games and what not (or if malice was taken i'd use p3malice).

Also one of my other mates is a sick anime drawer and he always draws all the crew so we needed pimpy names right? so i just stuck with malice (the p3 stands for pimpateer number three), yeh he draws us as the pimpateers, sum funny funny stuff but anyway thats where the names from

o and my avatar is when i used to chill on the gaia forums and thats what i ended up lookin like on it (yeh pretty lame... )

Valithor.

What is means is a secret

But one of the reasons I chose it was because its unique.

Keep smiling,

V

DiverDan is a generic name used for the typical scuba diver much like Joe Bloggs is for other general uses. I am a scuba diving instructor who happens to be named Danny. It seemed to suggest itself.

Dan - SEACHANGE. (Theme song ringing through my head.)

Hi Folks,
Lets see...my username.....
Where I used to work, we dealt with the British Military, and adopted their callsign system, The name has stuck ever since, its pretty easy to remember, and its anonymous!
Yours,

Whiskeyonesix

Now I'm gonna have to get a new username and be really secretive about it's meaning !

c'mon blokes like valihor and whiskeyonesix!!!! fess up! stop hiding!

I thought you were called betty??

But yeah....know what you mean.

its me name

everyone else seemed to be using their first names so i followed suit

I just love the cartoon Power Puff Girls.
Buttercup is one of them.

She kicks butt every time.
Cute little martial artist that one.

If I get around to it I reckon I just might change my name to evil betty...or master pain, nah I'm going to bed instead, got training tomorrow

Hi Folks,

Ok then, my real name`s Tom........
Drat! Blown it now!..........I`ll have to go into hiding at my secret safe house! I wonder where I can get a fake identity from these days..hehe!

No reason for mine really.
Just thought it sounded cool

Have a guess where mine comes from??
Even at work I'm dressed in white :thumbgrin:

But I'm not curel at all!

DragonT because I am a big fan of Bruce Lee and I have a dragon tattoo.The T is for Tony,my name.

I'm realy fortunate my folks named me Warren.........

Because thats what everyone calls me

Warren

That was very lucky indeed. >.>

How'd I miss this topic ?? "Sensett" obviously does NOT stand for Seriously Elementary Noticeboard Surfer Exploring Typed Text hehehe

Waaaaaaayyyyyy back years ago (yes Mick, about 100 years ago) when I first started visiting GKR messageboards, I had to think quick to join SpookyD's first Yahoo board ... "Username??? What's one of those??" I thought to myself. So being rather clever (no comment Mick OR Kathie!!) I thought up a rather cool one, but being rather in a hurry I left off a letter .... "DOH!!!!" I exclaimed "That's supposed to say SensettE !!" *Sigh* Being a creature of habit, I've never corrected it.

As to what it means ....

All the instructors in our region 7 years ago were male - and called Sensei ..
I was the only female sooooooo ..... Sensette (yeah yeah Sensett NO e *sigh*)

Only I'm not really sure what that makes me - without the E on the end. Perhaps it means Im generic ??

Keep Smiling

Jo

(I'd like to mention that the "Keep Smiling" sign off was stolen from me by an unscrupulous QLD'er though ... but its a great sentiment so in this case I don't mind sharing )

As if I would comment!!! *sniff*


Mick the wrongfully accused

Poor, poor Mick. Always the victim...

*Snort, Guffaw, Snort*

And I didn't even THINK anything!
And if I did, it was Mick's fault.

Yar, it usually is. =O

Welcome back Sensett

Another to keep mick on his toes

So "sensett NO e on the end", is that meant to be like smurfette????

Hehehe.... nah, make that ROTFL!
Smurfette as a shodan!!! (congrats again on the grading Sensett)

Thanks for the welcome back Matt ... although technically, as a serious lurker, can I be regarded as back ?? hehehe

Mick .... wrongfully accused ?? Yeah well some comments just dont rate a reply at all

Kathie ... thanks again for the congrats

Susan ...... a seriously dangerous smurfette hehehe ( haha yeah right ! ) Mick darn it, stay OUT of my posts !!





Keep Smilin'

Jo

awwwwww

what's the point of me coming out of "lurkdom" and making deeply intellectual and thought-provoking posts if the important bit's going to go missing ???

sheesh ...... The Important Bit <------- click on the link

At least Im still

Jo

Isn't it lucky I'm not a moderator

An "image hosted by angelfire" graphic is the important bit?

Better watch it or I'll have to schedule a visit to Sydney...


Mick

Angelfire are notorious for disallowing hotlinking....
Send us the piccy and I'll upload it

Mick if you were a moderator, they'd have to seriously rethink the decision to make you one for not reading ALL the posts in a thread before responding hehehehe

Did you not notice the second post GIVING a link to the important bit ??

Also, I'm watching it .... so when's your flight arrive ???

ya
Jo

I did, and I clicked on it, and I got the image located at http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/doc/images/rloadblock.gif

so ner


Mick

There ya go

awwww thanks Mick

Oh and :wedgie: for being cheeky !! lol

ok, my nic is also my paid emplyment. I am a garbo, dustman, sanitation engineer, trashman or whatever you want to call it. And Trashman has a good ring to it. The 71 is because I was boorn in 1971.

Heath

I've had the nick of "Goyle" ever since year 9. It's a derrivative of my surname, Guilfoyle, and was given to me by my friend who incidentally got me to start up GKR. So I suppose I have something to thank her for!

Oh well... that name has bad connotations for me. Think "Crabbe and Goyle", Malfoy's little cronies off Harry Potter.

I was thinking of harry potter too..
As for me , well I had to think of something ... as I am a futurama fan and Leela is my fav character... welll...join the dots.....