November Rain Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 We've had the avatar threads, so the obvious follow on, to me, is where did your username come from? What does it mean? Why did you choose it? Some are fairly self-explanatory, but others...? Anyone want to confide? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sibeymai Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 That shall forever remain a secret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashacat Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 (edited) Nickname from school. Edited February 16, 2007 by ashacat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momo8 Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 "Momo" is a play on the letters of my first name ,"Momo" is also a gangster boss's wife in a Robert de Niro movie.Number 8 is lucky in China so happy with my choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldenbead Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 I was my father's Goldenbead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britmaveric Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 nickname - maveric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet Gorgon Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 "Momo" is a play on the letters of my first name ,"Momo" is also a gangster boss's wife in a Robert de Niro movie.Number 8 is lucky in China so happy with my choice. Wow, Momo, did you have a revelation or go to confession? What a switch in avatars... at least she doesn't twitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamuiJens Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Samui, where else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuky Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 tuky (lowercase t) lucky in life, conducive to collecting money. Tuky (uppercase T) Lucky in love, conducive to child production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet Gorgon Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Jet is my name. Gorgon is my clan. I see no need to hide the truth of what has gone before me. My clan is innocent of any charges and always law-abiding taxpayers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banchang Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Banchang because thats where i will retire if i last that long! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ijustwannateach Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 I... just... want... to... teeeeeeeeeeeeeeach....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farangsay Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 (edited) I subscribe to the theory that the word "farang" comes from the first round-eye schemers who tried to make a buck in Old Siam. Francais > farangsay > farang. And (although not being French) I was in France when I signed up. I have since seen a post which suggests a farangxxx nick is common as dirt. Well I never thought I was special. Edited February 16, 2007 by farangsay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruittbatt Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Had a tropical fruit farm in tropical North Queensland, Australia: sunset skies with black clouds of ravenous fruit-eating bats every evening. Also used to care for orphanned baby bats if their mothers came to grief on overhead wires or through other accidents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucifer Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 ...there is no heaven. Get used to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonthaya Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 The name of the girl in my avatar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamman Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 It's a mashup a pseudomym I was using, and I thought it sounded vaguely middle eastern, which would imply that my background was of an educated class that used English as fluently as the primary tongue, and that I was not in line with the cultural principles of my larger local community. I imagined a university educated Turk or Afganee with an international mind, and thought such a fellow should bring in more sympathy than a brit or yank. I'm Canadian though, and doubt the nick raised those associations in any one else's mind. I still like the image, and the sound of the name. Perhaps the image was inspired by my favorite person, who is a Pakistani woman of uncommon intelligence and education. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tingnongnoi Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Tingnongnoi is kind of a slang lighthearted tease second name that Older Thais would use for a foriegner if they didnt know their surname, was used a fair bit in the past on t.v, was often used with first name Robert, which happens to be mine and have been called Robert Tingnongnoi jokingly more than a few times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanLaw Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Origin will remain a mystery, as my parents, are alas both deceased (That makes me an orphan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enyaw Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 eman em senim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Lucky Luke is the name of the character of my avatar,a very wel known comic strip in Belgium(i am Belgian). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipvice Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 skip is my name,vice is my family name. no secrets here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiliwasabi Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 (edited) Any variations I tried of my own name were already taken. So I ended up using an old nickname "Chilli" (Although at the time I accidentally left out an "L" and it has annoyed me ever since). I think I was eating sushi at the time and added wasabi to the end on a whim. Edited February 16, 2007 by chiliwasabi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanocasey Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 My Name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Nickname from school. Yep, mine too. Boring I know, but I don't have a great deal of imagination Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutsiwarrior Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 had just finished reading an article on genocide in Rwanda then went to register on thaivisa and needed a handle...the Hutus looked to be the perpetrators hence tutsiwarrior, DEFENDER OB DE PEOPLE!!! tutsiwarrior crucified, tutsiwarrior excoriated, tutsiwarrior whose face is regularly ground into the dirt...but tutsi always recovers and in triumph returns to de 'fray... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 had just finished reading an article on genocide in Rwanda then went to register on thaivisa and needed a handle...the Hutus looked to be the perpetrators hence tutsiwarrior, DEFENDER OB DE PEOPLE!!!tutsiwarrior crucified, tutsiwarrior excoriated, tutsiwarrior whose face is regularly ground into the dirt...but tutsi always recovers and in triumph returns to de 'fray... tutsi in thai language means a man that acts like a woman in an overly gay&happy way. I always imagined you as a gay warrior (whatever that means ) , wrestling and tearing people apart perhaps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k2bikerider Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 k2bikerider is a handle I've been using for the last 5 years since I started riding a K2 Road Bike, I'm a avid Road Cyclist, and I've just kept using this handle on all Forum signups k2bikerider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter991 Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 The first part of my username is easy - that's my given name. The 991 is a bit more difficult. I put up my first website in 1999. I was going to be peter99, but for some reason, there already was a peter99, so I became peter991. The website was just supposed to be just a way of keeping in touch with family and friends when I lived on the Nullarbor (in outback Australia) - but it was picked up by TESL groups and people wanting to learn conversational English - and became a runaway success. I would like to be plain Peter - but that's boring. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet Gorgon Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Peteroo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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