How did you come up with your screenname? [merged]

[Gophesjo]

I feel like I have posted this before, but it looks like it was not in this thread. So here goes, maybe again.

When I was in college, I studied poetry and modern poetry was my thing. My three favorite poets are GM Hopkins, Dylan Thomas & TS Eliot and I spent a semester independent study on the poetry of Gerard Hopkins.

"Heathpack" is a word from the Hopkins poem 'Inversnaid'. Heathpack is a made up word that means "little clump of heath" (Heath as in heather), I've never seen it used anywhere else in the English language. This poem is a favorite for a lot of technical poetry reasons, but it also paints a beautiful picture of a piece of pretty Scottish countryside with the very ugly name 'Inversnaid'.

I also used to own a loopy Gordon Setter named from this poem- her "official" name was Beadbonny Ash. But we called her Beatnik. A Beadbonny ash is an ash tree covered with beads of water such that it looks "Bonny".

Possibly more than anyone wanted to know.

H

Did you go to the capital of Independent study Projects and Group Independent Study Projects in Providence, RI? I did an independent study project on faith informed worldviews in 20th century fiction, and led a Group Independent Study Project about Tolkien at Brown in the 70's. That has nothing to do with my screen name, but your post just caught my eye.

My screen name is a play on my first and last names transposed and twisted.

 

[heathpack]

Did you go to the capital of Independent study Projects and Group Independent Study Projects in Providence, RI? I did an independent study project on faith informed worldviews in 20th century fiction, and led a Group Independent Study Project about Tolkien at Brown in the 70's. That has nothing to do with my screen name, but your post just caught my eye.

My screen name is a play on my first and last names transposed and twisted.

I went to the University of North Carolina @ Chapel Hill. Awesome place, great education, transformative experience. My undergraduate degree is in English literature. If I had stayed one more semester, I could have completed a second major in Chemistry. I always liked Chemistry because it was the poetry of the sciences.

Now I am a veterinarian.

H

 

[dmharris]

Now I am a veterinarian.

H

I knew I liked you for a reason unknown to me until now.

 

[glypnirsgirl]

When my husband and I met, I was a "techno-igno" --- Ian is at the opposite end of the technological spectrum --- he is an imbedded firmware engineer. When he found out that I had no real life email address (as opposed to the email set up by my IT guy at my office), he made one for me. Glypnir is one of his favorite programming languages. It is the screen name that he uses for almost everything. And glypnirsgirl is the name he gave me for my yahoo address. I have used it for all forums ever since.

elaine

 

[Sandi Bo]

My maiden name starts with Bo. Bo just kind of stuck with me. My husband calls me Bo. My Dad called me Sandi Bo.

 

[MuranoJo]

For some time, I collected blown glass birds from Murano, Italy. Once I discovered timesharing, I thought my dream would come true and I'd visit the island. Haven't made it over to Italy yet, but maybe some day. I go by Jo, my middle name.
When Nissan introduced the Murano, several friends suggested I should buy one.

 

[strandlover]

"Strand" as in Myrtle Beach's, a.k.a the Grand Strand. My favorite destination in the world. Feels like home...

 

[mrpickle]

Sunday school Teacher.

I was teaching a sunday school class of three girls ages 4 and 5, we were colouring and they decided to call me all sorts of names. Like your a tomato, your a peach,Your a diaper head when they got to your a pickle, they said it a few times and I said; That is Mr. Pickle to you! They laughed, loved it the started calling me Mr.Pickle. The Girls are 21-22 years old now and still friends.

Now everyone at my church calls me Mr. Pickle.

The real funny part is when People figure out that my name is really Mr. Peacock. They all wonder why I changed it?

I tell them Witness protection.

Ken Peacock

 

[SpikeMauler]

I work for the railroad. One of the tools we use is a "Spiking Maul"(a large hammer). Hence "SpikeMauler".

 

[Quiet Pine]

I live on Quiet Pines Lane, surrounded by Ponderosa pine trees.

 

[slip]

About 25 years ago, I used to work the night shift and I broke one of the rules
At work(nothing serious).The supervisor was talking to me about it and I talked my
way out of it. After work the crew went out for a few cold ones. There were
About 10 or 12 guys and they were joking about what happened to me that
Night and one of my friends said "he can talk his way out of anything. He's really
Slippery". It the only nickname that's ever stuck with me and only with that
Small group of 10 or 12 guys.

 

[presley]

I had a bird named Presley who looked like she came out of the Tiki room in disneyland. DVC was my initiation into the TS world, so I named myself after my bird who had a DL look. I no longer have her and sometimes I get sad from seeing my own name.

 

[MuranoJo]

Stumbled across this old thread...

Ran across this when doing a search tonight on a different topic. Thought it would be fun to revisit some old posts and memories of our 'screen names,' and maybe newer members might want to join in.

 

[ricoba]

There are a lot of new TUGGERS since this thread first started. So, it will be interesting to see the answers again or for the first time.

I'll start by repeating that RICOBA is an acronym for our families given names.

RI = Rick, me

CO = Cora, my wife

B = Ben, our son

A = Annie, our daughter.

We have used this acronym for lots of things over the years.

 

[SmithOp]

I had a bird named Presley who looked like she came out of the Tiki room in disneyland. DVC was my initiation into the TS world, so I named myself after my bird who had a DL look. I no longer have her and sometimes I get sad from seeing my own name.

All this time I thought you were an Elvis fan with a dark sense of humor, picking a zombie as your avatar LOL!

I first got online with Compuserve. In order to cut costs I agreed to be a system operator (forum moderator) to get a free account. We were called sysops for short, and of course with my last name I quickly became SmithOp and it has stuck with me since. I moderated the golf gaming forums, we had online tournaments with leaderboards and prizes, it was a lot of fun at the time.

 

[Passepartout]

See Post 97 on page 4.

 

[Fern Modena]

I'm old enough to know without looking back

Fern

See Post 97 on page 4.

 

[Passepartout]

I'm old enough to know without looking back

Fern

Your secret's safe with me, too.

 

[Ironwood]

Ironwood....the street we used to live on and nearby hiking trail!

 

[VegasBella]

I had a bird named Presley who looked like she came out of the Tiki room in disneyland. DVC was my initiation into the TS world, so I named myself after my bird who had a DL look. I no longer have her and sometimes I get sad from seeing my own name.

Mine's pet related too. Bella is a nickname for our dog.

 

[Fern Modena]

You mean *you know* what my username means, too?

Your secret's safe with me, too.

 

[Passepartout]

You mean *you know* what my username means, too?

Yup. Like some of the others, a loved one's 'pet' name for you.

 

[SmithOp]

Yup. Like some of the others, a loved one's 'pet' name for you.

Wait, Fern Modena is not a green BMW style?

 

[PrairieGirl]

For years my user name was just my name but then for some reason I had to register again so I chose PrairieGirl for where I live - Saskatchewan! LeAnn

 

[DaveNV]

This thread has been around so long, I thought I'd posted in it a long time ago. And I did, in fact, post back in 2007, about my then-screen name. I had it changed when it became obvious to me that I wasn't going to use that old name any longer. That was a long time ago.

So "JeepGuyNW" cleverly became "BMWGuyNW." Shows real imagination, huh?

The reason is pretty transparent: I drive a BMW, and I live in the Pacific Northwest. I like BMWs, have owned several, and plan to hang onto the one I currently have.

If you ever see a post here from someone named PorscheGuyNW, you'll know I've hit the Lottery.

Dave