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08 June 2005
what do names mean to you? (i don't advise clicking, but what a weird thing to find) Favorite names and handles and why? Which do you like and do your impressions:
My nickname was "Snacks" b/c I was always snacking. Gretchen is such a hot name. I once took a report from a woman who had twin daughters named Thursday & Friday.
ethylene: me and stav are old buddies. I would've come up with a more imaginative username (I considered buddybradley after a favorite comic book character) but I was worried I'd forget it, so I just used my first name, and the first two letters of my last. I can't tell you how many times I've had people ask me at meetups what the "mc" stands for, as if it was a secret code or something.
The creativity of the user names always fascinates me. Here we are at more than 20K members and such a high proportion of the names are creative and distinctive, even when it's just an arrangement of initials or a contraction of a real name. I can't really pick a favourite.
I thought jonmc was irish due to the "mc". and the drinking
I am half Irish-American. My last name is McNally. When I worked in a bookstore, people would ask "any relation to the map people?" I'd say "If I was, would I be on this side of the counter?"
Weird: I once dated three consecutive Jennifers. There was almost a fourth, but it turns out she had a boyfriend and I wasn't going there. I swear it wasn't planned, in each instance I knew I liked them and/or wanted to ask them out or whatever before I knew their names.
Of course I didn't know any better for the first Jennifer. The second one just made me laugh. The third I actually said "D'Oh!!" aloud and thwapped my forehead when we were introduced, which took some frantic explaining. When I found out fourth girl's name I think I giggled nervously or something.
I think it was probably less of a weird coincidence and more just a product of being Gen X.
(Parallel example, my name is Jason. I know about a dozen other Jasons. We actually have to use our nicknames at parties, because if we one Jason tries to call out to another Jason across the crowded room, half the crowd turns and says "What?". This gets especially confusing if three or four of those Jasons are working on the sound crew and/or hosting the party.)
Now if I was in the dating pool and I met someone I liked named Jennifer, I'd probably just run away laughing/crying in hysterics.
my actually name is bob. it's so common that the only time I hear it not in context to me is when someone is using it as a name placeholder. i've only met one other bob.
My name is Kelly and I once found myself at a bar introducing my three lady friend Kellys (various spellings) to my male friend Kelly. Our server was sure it was a sign of the apocalypse.
My favorite screenname is "franckophile" after a 19th century French composer, and an obsession of my boyfriend at the time. Snagging that on a certain forum earned me an immeasurable amount of spite points.
Some friends call me seanyboy.
So that's my screen name.
I toyed with "Blue" when I was 17 or so, and had a short stint as "boboko", but they were both, frankly, pretentious. I think seanyboy just about sums me up.
I really hate the names you can't spell. C117986 and XQRZYRTH (or whatever) drive me up the wall.
Most people's names are just the names they have. The persona fits the name because I associate the name with the persona. Although, quite why I've developed this crush on Warner Brother's Tasmanian Devil is beyond me.
Funny, ethylene - "etsi" in Greek isn't too far different from what you have. It's kind of like "isn't it so?", or "there you have it", or "thusly", or "that's it!". All depending on context and intontation, blah, blah. A very useful word.
Ah, I had forgotten the orz! Eth: "People use this pictograph to show they failed and they are despair or in a sad mood". Do you remember this post? At that time we could have described stynxno as "orz", I think. (though now I hope he's "zro" - or, in other words, "the opposite of orz".)
Other: I also like "arhisame!!" pron.: arHIsamay, and the "h" sound is kind of like a deepthroat "ch" sound. Not "ch" as in "cheese", but "ch" as in "archetype". And the last part is usually drawn out "maaaay...".
It means, "and so it begins...", or "here we go again...", registering resignation, irritation, etc. at the inevitable expected (yet dreaded) progression once, by some action, something has been set in motion.
There's a very good joke with this one, that starts out "a man walks into a bar...", but I can't remember the rest of the joke.
arhisame is interesting, is it greek too?
a little long and reminds me of something in italian
that could be another ethmeh
or just MEH O'clock
if we don't find a good weird irish/welsh word
*tryin' to be all benetton ad about it
should check for swahili swearwords*
i knew the swahili for "great" once: education supply stickers
Yes, Greek. It sounds so good for what it's saying. Kind of like "rumble" sounds like rumble.
But here's the great all-time Greek shortmeta saying: "ela, re" (re sounds like "ray"), meaning "oh, come on, you" (most often like "oh, man - give me a break"), but it's important that the "you" part is sort of slang/casual/dismissive/familiar. This may be the most used phrase in Greece, besides "malaka" (masturbator), used like "asshole" in American English.
maybe it would be fun to have a polyglot wiki
encouraging a new vernacular
that name predisposition theory could make metachat the new esperanto, e hoa
Ahh Greek swearing...
Malaka Pustis
And my favourite (probably forgotten and definitely incorrectly spelled) Greek Word / phrase.
Ftu Sqruealy meerme goat ree pes.
meaning (hopefully) "the holes that worms make."
Here, we have a variety of great words.
siling : raining heavily.
lake (or lek) : to play.
spice: Any form of confectionary.
Although they are slowly dying out.
excellent, seanyboy! You are clearly an honorary Greek... Though I'm not sure about the "the holes that worms make" (part of it sounds kinda right: the "worms"), and the husband has left the building, so I can't ask right now.
I think the last part might be "tripes" (holes) instead of the last "t" of "goat" + "ree" + "pes"... See what I mean?
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