How did you get your username

remixmum

I am curious to find out how you got your username for this site.

I got mine because whenever I am asked how many are in my family, I say four. Myself, 2 boys and Remix the fatcat. :roll:

On another site my name is a nickname my late brother in law gave me.

To those not in the know it was an insult, :eek: but the few that know why, know it was a major compliment :P

skezier

Hi Geri,

I love the idea that Remix is included Good idea but I would have the longest of user names :roll:

Mine is my old cows name..... She also had a bit of the oa and I and her used to walk in a similar way.....only she would throw out the occasional kick and I didn't

She was a lovely girl but some cantankerous and well I kinda named her Skezier cus its Cornish for skater and well she was so bad when I got her she locked like she was hobbling on ice

Bless her... I do miss her... but not the kicks

Nice to bump into you and hope your doing ok? Cris xx

dreamdaisy

For my 50th birthday Mr DD gave me a little lavender-blue Micra. I saw her looking all forlorn in a second-hand car lot, the bloke didn't want me to look at her as she hadn't been prepped but I was instantly smitten and called her Daisy. I feel happier just sitting in her, I dream about Daisy. DD

hileena111

Hi,
I'm actually Eileen and a long time ago when MSN had chatrooms {back in the dark ages} we were all chatting and if anyone has ever done this...in a big group it goes very fast and some one meant to type Hi Eileen and it came out as Hileen {as he got his fingers muddled up } so Hileena its been ever since

Pherstun

My username is the name of our house - my hubby's description of our 'first one' (house).

I also use Magpie on some sites but that's more common, so I often use Pherstun. I got the nickname Magpie because I wear a lot of jewellery.

Melrymax

Mine is a mix of my name and the boys. Mel Ryan and max. My husband doesn't get a look in lol

haagan

hi
mine is a much loved cat who died too young of cancer. he was a character and a half. he had a tail like a squirell. Using his name keeps his memory alive Fay

traluvie

My username is traluvie. . Tra is what people call me by shortening my first name tracy, luvie is what I call everyone. . Have another nickname, trev short for trevor lol. People close to me say i'm more a bloke that woman lol. .

wannabewriter

Mine is pretty self-evident really!

In terms of nicknames though, my real name is after a famous Dynasty character (though Mum insists I wasn't named after her!) and when watching a documentary with my old housemates, there was someone on it who said 'at least I don't have a soapy name like XXX' and so then I was called Soapy for a bit by them, and their other nickname for me was Bob. Soapy morphed into Bubble, which merged into Bobble. Strange but I actually answer to Bobble more readily than my actual name (which people hardly ever use).

There were three others with my name in my class at uni (very unusual) so we split who was called what do avoid confusion. I ended up as being Rosie. Long story.

Nicknames are funny, some are really obvious (like Big Ed or something) and others seem very, very random! Does anyone prefer their nickname to their actual name?

Turbogran

when I first started using my rollator my granchildren decided to refer to me as thier turbogran :roll: . the name stuck.

jillyb1

Jillyb1 ~ name is Jill or Jilly , middle name starts with B and 1 , cos I am no 1 mum to my family . Jillyb

bubbadog

My username is the nickname my husband gave our cat Beauty, and bubba came from the film forest Gump, the soldier bubba who got the shrimp boat. So that is 'bubba' and Beauty thinks he is a dog and jumps up at the window when the postman comes and sometimes bounds round the house like a dog so that is where his nickname came from hence:- bubbadog!

julie47

loved reading this thread and how you all got your user name

sorry mine is boring....julie47 ...mmmm. julie my name and i was 47 when i joined. you may notice though that i sign juliepf.....pink flamingo is what pf stands for. the lovely forum peeps gave me this when i once said a flamingo was what i must have been in another life. (because my face is always flushed and I stand on one leg when i don't or cant wear my prosthetic leg)

juliepf x

mig

hi,when at school we called each other by initials so i became mig,Mig

stickywicket

julie47 wrote:

i sign juliepf.....pink flamingo is what pf stands for. the lovely forum peeps gave me this when i once said a flamingo was what i must have been in another life. (because my face is always flushed and I stand on one leg when i don't or cant wear my prosthetic leg)

Best one yet Julie(pf)

Mine was always going to be from cricket. I’m totally besotted. I could also truthfully have been ‘slowturner’, ‘dibblydobbly’ or (No sniggering at the back there) ‘cowcorner’.

traluvie

StickeyWicket...Mine was always going to be from cricket. I’m totally besotted. I could also truthfully have been ‘slowturner’, ‘dibblydobbly’ or (No sniggering at the back there) ‘cowcorner’.[/quote]


love it.. thanks for the smiles.. enjoyed reading this post..

TinaRibena

Mine came from a friend at primary school (decades ago) - her brother had never met anyone called Tina and he loved the fact it rhymed with Ribena - so that is what I became known as. My sister and I always had hot Ribena when we had colds - I don't think I've drunk hot Ribena in the past 40 years!!

tkachev

I am mad on gymnastics so my user name is Tkachev named after a male Russian gymnast called Alexander Tkachev. He has a release and catch movement named after him so you hear it all the time.

My nickname is Sam and has been for many years. But when I came on here I signed Elizabeth, which was my original middle name as I hated my Christian name and changed it by deed poll to my middle name (so as not to upset my Mum.

Elizabeth x

dachshund

Hi All
when i joined the forum i could not login it would not except anything in the end i put dachshund because i have that
breed of dog.
joan xx

Compositor

I chose my name because I served my apprenticeship as a Compositor back in the 60s...Yes, they actually used metal type in them days to set
books, mags, stationary etc. Compositors are a rare breed now that technology has taken over...(they say theres a big mountain somewhere in this country with Compositors piled high) they are called Typesetters now. Enjoyed reading this thread.

lavenderlady

my name Lavender lady is because my gardens full of it and my daughters room is gorgeous all done in lavender colours not too sure about the lady but it went with lavender, I'm also known as mIchellemuffin which was after our dog called muffin who we had from 79 to 92 and my name also some know me as Jovigirl ( yep a big Bon Jovi fan)

ironic

My hubby calls me ‘I’ and so as we work together everyone at work also calls me “I” so it sort of stuck much to my mum’s dismay.

Ironic came as my hubby is called Ron and I just found it Ironic that just as I was thinking of retiring and getting away from the stress of running our own company when Arthur got me.

prefabkid47

My user name prefabkid47 is probably self evident........
I was born in a prefab in 1947.This was soon after the war and housing was in short supply.
They were well ahead of their time with built in kitchens,separate bathroom and WC and hot and cold running water.I have very fond memories of them.
Ron

madwestie

Mine came from my westie called Maddie who is also Mad so she is a Madwestie.

Tracey

lilyflower

Hi, what a good post. Its an interesting read.
Mine is quite simple, I love flowers especially lilies, the smell from them travels all round the house.
My family and friends know this so if they want to get me flowers it has to be lilies. ( my real name is Jackie )
Should I sign off with my real name or username ? have been using username up to now but reading this post makes me think I should use my real name now and stop hiding the real me. :oops:

tonesp

Dead boring My name is Tony Poole However my Avatar is because the wild boar come into our garden and eat the trees