What made you choose your nickname?

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Post by ExEmGe »

well, stella is the nick I usually use on the net... so maybe you've seen me other places already. In fact, I have two nicks
Ah! The swan with two nicks.
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Nickname? You're supposed to use a nickname?

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pberinstein wrote:Nickname? You're supposed to use a nickname?

:twisted:
Well, I have always been cautioned not to use real names on the net :P
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Starlite wrote:
pberinstein wrote:Nickname? You're supposed to use a nickname?

:twisted:
Well, I have always been cautioned not to use real names on the net :P
I was joking. <grin>
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Post by Stephan »

I claimed "Stephan" before someone else did. Else i want the people to straight know my real name. The uncreative real names they kinda stick better in the head i think, better "rememberable" i assume.

Else my name for sure would have been "Apairon". Apairon is my nickname for everything online/computerstuff/gaming. :wink:
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ExEmGe wrote:
well, stella is the nick I usually use on the net... so maybe you've seen me other places already. In fact, I have two nicks
Ah! The swan with two nicks.
yada yada
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It's the name given me after my mother's father's mother who's real name was Nkolo Moseka Ezwa meaning daughter of Ezwa (don't ask me what the latter means, I have no idea and don't know whether I'll ever be able to find out). So, it actually was my mother's father's mother's father's name.

People usually call me by another name given me after one of my father's great aunts. That one means "stone" in at least one of the numerous European languages (could I be more vague? : in one of the numerous human mixtures of sounds :mrgreen: ).
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Post by Laura »

Hmm. Maybe people should take a wild guess at where my name came from....
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:? Laura? :? Laura? ... Ingalls??
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Petrarch's poetry?

Oh, quand je dor, vien apres de ma couche, comme a Petrarch apparaisait Laura!
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Post by earthcalling »

I shouldn't really need to explain, because apparently (according to Anita) it's like sooo obvious that my name is a reference to my slightly flakey, here-one-minute-gone-the-next-ness. You know, "Earth calling David... Earth calling David... Where are you??".

I chose it when looking for a domain name ( www.earthcallingdavid.com ) a few years ago, partly because www.noodlehead.com was already taken. Sheesh. And it stuck.

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earthcalling wrote: I chose it when looking for a domain name ( www.earthcallingdavid.com ) a few years ago, partly because www.noodlehead.com was already taken. Sheesh. And it stuck.
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LOL thats funny David :lol:
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Post by fae »

okay, i'll bite:

Laura
Hmm. Maybe people should take a wild guess at where my name came from....
your parents? (ie. it's your name)

ezwa
People usually call me by another name given me after one of my father's great aunts. That one means "stone" in at least one of the numerous European languages
Petra, or Gemma

and btw

ExEmGe
Ah! The swan with two nicks.
i guess that would make stella the queen's property!

earthcalling love it! may have to steal it for use on my david
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ExEmGe
Quote:
Ah! The swan with two nicks.

i guess that would make stella the queen's property!
Er.. No. Property of the Vintner's Company actually

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_Upping
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fae wrote:okay, i'll bite:
ezwa
People usually call me by another name given me after one of my father's great aunts. That one means "stone" in at least one of the numerous European languages
Petra, or Gemma
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Maybe, maybe not (that obvious).

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