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Phil_K · Joined: 25 Jan 2007 Posts: 2041 Location: A World of my Own

I don't know if this has been done before but here goes;

I'm curious to know the origin of some people's forum user name. Mine is kinda obvious - it's my name "K" for "Kirkland" (my family owns the Costco brand Very Happy

(not true - that's from Kirkland WA.). Others such as Samantha, Guy C (can't spell it!) etc, are obvious too...but the rest of you?

MO39 · Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 6:35 pm Post subject:

MO are my initials (Marsha Ostroff) and 39 is my lucky number.

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

I had to use my real name after finding all the best ones were gone.

HotRod
BigStud
ToeJam
MamaOaxaca

melirae · Joined: 26 Feb 2004 Posts: 145 Location: Korea

Mine is a combo of my first and middle name. It's also the username for an email address I have had for over 10 years- I can't believe I've been on email that long! Very Happy

MELEE · Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:47 pm Post subject:

Before 2003, Dave had a different board. And you didn't have to be registered to post! Surprised

I posted as MEL. I've NEVER been called Mel. But I liked the ambiguity of it for a forum. But then when they started the new board I was a little slow (I had the page bookmarked and never entered through the main Cafe page) and someone registered MEL before me. Mexicans shorten my name to Meli. Meli? Melly? then it clicked Mel lee = Melee. Razz

melee (n) a situation that is confused and not under control. What could be more perfect when talking about life in Mexico?

Guy started calling me MamaOaxaca sometime last year, I liked the sound of that and used that for a while too (for exactly 200 posts) but I decided not to stick with it because so many people were reading the archives and sending PMs with questions to MELEE (even though I had send PMs to my new name MamaOaxaca as my sig.) I also was working with a guy who was shocked that I would give up a user name with so many posts--but this is not a game, those aren't points, just posts...

Phil_K · Joined: 25 Jan 2007 Posts: 2041 Location: A World of my Own

MELEE - If you are ever in DF, you can visit a restaurant named after you. It's in Insurgentes Sur on the northbound side, somewhere near the Poliforum (World Trade Center) Metrobus station. Very Happy

reddevil79 · Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:56 pm Post subject:

Los Diablos Rojos de Manchester!! Very Happy

Phil_K · Joined: 25 Jan 2007 Posts: 2041 Location: A World of my Own

geaaronson · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 948 Location: Mexico City

The name is geoffrey ellis aronson, so the monikker is geaaronson. Get it?

And MO`s 39 refers to her age after you do some extensive arithmetic exercises with it.

dixie · Joined: 23 Apr 2006 Posts: 644 Location: D.F

Mine is simply my last name.

I�m not from the Southern states, nor am I male (despite what some originally suspected! Wink

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dixie · Joined: 23 Apr 2006 Posts: 644 Location: D.F

Oh....but I do wish I could claim to own all that plastic\paper dishware!

Dragonlady · Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:19 am Post subject: Re: usernames

notamiss · Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:21 am Post subject:

I'm not actually a teacher (get it?) but I like the company here. I learn a lot from your experiences and hope to be able to contribute sometimes, too.

Female, golden age.

Dragonlady · Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:45 am Post subject:

GueroPaz · Joined: 07 Sep 2007 Posts: 216 Location: Thailand or Mexico

guero because I have black hair; paz because I'm a terrorist. Surprised

(not!)

Actually, someone had already ID's me, and Melee already knows one of my many other secret identities but she won't tell. I didn't realize she was also OaxacaMama, but that makes sense.

I want to settle myself in Mexico next year, but can't remember the word other than quedarse that means to settle.