Usernames: How and Why?

**Chris_krasnichu** · 09-02-2004, 05:37 PM

It's kinda cool. I like how it sounds: p-l-a-n-e-c-r-a-z-y-6-9... ya I may be crazy but who cares.

**Phaedrus** · 02:16 AM

Phaedrus is the hero of one of my favorite books, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Originally, the name is from a character in a Platonic dialogue. It was also made famous in the Middle Ages from a collection of tales called The Fables of Phaedrus.

**tntcheats** · 09-04-2004, 02:50 AM

Website I started when I was 10 and owned for 3 years. Retained the name though.

**DaveMo~** · 09-05-2004, 12:03 AM

Interesting stuff, everyone. I'll still go by Dave.

Dave

**minkyung** · 09-05-2004, 12:38 AM

haha i am korean. and therefore my korean name is minkyung. not first name minky [altho some people seemed to have picked this up as nickname for me] nor is it first name mink last name yung... hehe it all doesnt matter to me tho~ so minkyung has been my username... korean pride~ =P

**tntcheats** · 09-06-2004, 06:27 PM

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Well mine is simple. My last name is Riddle and I have been called Riddler ever since I can remember.

Be interesting if your name was Edward Nigma...

I never heard the word "Anacrusis", in all my years of playing musical instruments (for the ones that actually used the terms, it was 4 years piano, 2 of trumpet)

**estebones** · 09-08-2004, 07:47 AM

Hello to all,
Mine is a nickname given to me in Highschool y a good friend of mine, it stuck and soon thereafter everyone knew me as estebones.
most people call me este nowdays.

--este

**l33t** · 09-12-2004, 10:15 PM

l33t... is prononced L-three-three-T, or if you flip the 3's around you get lEEt... Which is easier to prononce. I chose it cuz i did. Also in most online games it is popular... side note in wc3 i had l33t for like 5 months then i quit playing and i lost it. Now i wish i had it.

**bbcb** · 09-14-2004, 01:06 AM

bbcb is for my husband's & my initials

Carole

**function=(dwmx)** · 09-21-2004, 07:36 PM

I just wanted to be unique and memorable.

**DaveMo~** · 09-21-2004, 07:50 PM

All very interesting!

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Originally Posted by function=(dwmx)

I just wanted to be unique and memorable.

I think you've done that! LoL!

Dave

**Kyrnt** · 09-22-2004, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by function=(dwmx)

I just wanted to be unique and memorable.

Indeed. But I have to know -- what does 'dwmx' stand for?

**function=(dwmx)** · 09-23-2004, 08:23 AM

Dreamweaver MX

My function is a Dreamweaver MX developer.

**borkboing** · 09-25-2004, 12:44 PM

Borkboing.

My last name is "Bottomley", and I used to threaten my creepy (ex) mother-in-law that I would name our first born son "Borkboing Bottomley".

Over time we appended that with the middle name of "Bwip".

Mean, cruel, vindictive, and entirely uncalled for, true... but I just couldn't help myself.

**DaveMo~** · 09-25-2004, 12:48 PM

Do we call you Bork for short?

Dave

**borkboing** · 09-25-2004, 12:57 PM

Sure! Would rather append my nom-de-plume than my last name!

**swcat** · 09-26-2004, 12:20 AM

'sw' is my name's initial, and I love 'cat's very much :-p

**DevelopedWeb** · 10-03-2004, 10:37 PM

Mine is a clever derivative of "DevelopedWeb, Inc." (or DevelopedWeb.com, even). There's a thinker!

**faze1** · 10-20-2004, 04:29 AM

My name is a distortion of a nickname I had when I was kid, it's pronounced "phase one" I thought it worked for the name of my hosting company as well. Although since most my customers already have domain names and dont need them from me, maybe I should change the name to faze2.

**Spud In Disguise** · 10-23-2004, 09:27 AM

Dave -- I know your real name

No secrets amogst friends here eh?!

My name well, I was setting up my very first email account ever and because of a certain joke I made (can't remember what it was) one of my mates called me an evil joker. I then asked her to set up my email for me (I was just a nipper) but the suggested 'eviljioker@yahoo.co.uk' had already been taken *sigh* so she very kindly added her last PIN number on the end, and now I'm stuck with the bugger!

Also if anybody here ever finds that eviljoker.com is for sale pleeeeeeeeeease let me know.... I want!