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Capergirl · Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 5:20 pm Post subject: What's in a name?

Why did you choose your username?

Some of the nicks on here have me curious, such as shmooj, lozwich, lajzar, dyak, struelle, arioch36, ntropy, Ulyanov, et al.

Mine's an easy one, I think. I'm a female (using the politically incorrect term 'girl' Twisted Evil

) who hails from Eastern Canada - Cape Breton Island, to be exact (hence the Caper part of my name).

And you? Share if you dare. Cool

chula · Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 6:33 pm Post subject:

i went for "chula" because i�m in mexico and men yell/whisper/hiss/say that to me all the time when i�m minding my business and walking down the street. so, my colleagues have taken to calling me that. and, if i put up my last name, which i usually use at my user ID on sites, my boss might see it and can me!

leeroy · Joined: 30 Jan 2003 Posts: 777 Location: London UK

My name is Lee, which is difficult to contract ("Christopher-Chris, David-Dave").

At school, I was known as "Leeroy" by some - a result (perhaps) of our rap-music originated obsession with US ebonics. The full version was Leeroy Badman.

Even now students are shocked and puzzled when they find out their English teacher is called "Lee".

"But is Chinese name!" they wail...

At one point, a Brazilian student found out his teacher was "Lee" and he complained to the school reception about getting a Chinese English teacher. I suppose his face brightened up when my blue eyes and brown hair waltzed into the classroom Smile

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Kurochan · Joined: 01 Mar 2003 Posts: 944 Location: China

I'm using part of the name of my HEEEERO, the Japanese cartoon character Cyborg Kurochan!

If you go to this link you can download the incredibly obnoxious opening credits to the program! (Incidentally, they, and especially the phenomenally obnoxious theme song, first attracted me to the program!)

http://www.anzwers.org/free/animeintro/kurochan.html

Mouse · Joined: 24 Dec 2003 Posts: 208

Because I like pizza.

johnslat · Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 8:50 pm Post subject: The name game

johnslat = John Slattery
How unimaginative and mundane can I get! Not even a secret identity (but I DO have a decoder ring).
Regards,
John

denise · Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 3419 Location: finally home-ish

I chose mine because... um... my name is denise.

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johnslat · Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 9:22 pm Post subject: Just a runner-up

Dear denise,
OK, I concede. YOU win the prize for unimaginative and mundane. Congratulations.
Regards,
John

foster · Joined: 07 Feb 2003 Posts: 485 Location: Honkers, SARS

I read somewhere that a username should be generic to avoid problems. I chose my dog's name (Foster) as the best generic alternative.

And no, he is not named after an Aussie beer. Very Happy

James_T_Kirk · Joined: 20 Sep 2003 Posts: 357 Location: Ten Forward

ls650 · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 3484 Location: British Columbia

LS650 = a type of motorcycle I used to own.

woza17 · Joined: 25 May 2003 Posts: 602 Location: china

Same as Foster, I had a scruffy little black dog that I had inherited which went by the name Woza.

Capergirl · Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2004 12:18 am Post subject:

Very interesting so far, although I had figured a few of them out already (*cough* John, Denise, Lee). Wink

No response as yet from any of the folks I mentioned in my OP, though. Sad

Gordon · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 5309 Location: Japan

My parent's gave me mine. Rolling Eyes

rossiter joe · Joined: 28 Jan 2004 Posts: 25 Location: Gunma, Japan

I went to school with a guy of this name and he had the biggest, baddest platform shoes of anyone in grade 2. He most likely grew up to be a KISS fan. He is also the only other Ross I went to school with.