changnaam Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Given to me many moons ago on my first job in Thailand. At the time spoke zero Thai, for some reason the girls in the office found it absolutely hilarious to call me Changnaam, maybe because I had no idea what it translated to. Never had picked up a Chang beer and "at the time" was still in 32in jeans so heaven knows what they were suggesting. Still no idea aside from the obvious but thought it would make a good name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Given to me many moons ago on my first job in Thailand. At the time spoke zero Thai, for some reason the girls in the office found it absolutely hilarious to call me Changnaam, maybe because I had no idea what it translated to. Never had picked up a Chang beer and "at the time" was still in 32in jeans so heaven knows what they were suggesting. Still no idea aside from the obvious but thought it would make a good name. Elephant Water. Piss in other words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whybother Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 (edited) After 7 tries, it seemed appropriate. Edited December 18, 2012 by whybother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 (edited) I love the last generation of sailing trade ships, the windjammer. This name was taken. The proudest of those vessel was the five-mast Preussen,' the queen of the queens of the oceans'. Nearly 150 metres long, speed 20 knots+. As fast as the Dreadnought or Titanic a decade later, and not propelled by filthy 50,000 hp engines. A shame the technology was abandoned. Preussen was taken also. Potosi was another ship of the 'P' fleet. It caught fire off the Patagonian coast, and an Argentine warship sunk her by gunfire in 1925. That was interesting. I'm now an expert on Windjammers. Edited December 18, 2012 by andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teerak2 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Girlfriend always calls me it...especially when she needs something that usually costs a lot of money and then she pronounces it Teeeeelaaaak and follows it up with a "please" and those puppy dog eyes. Nothing after it, and 1 were taken, so I ended up with Teerak2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocN Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 When I was still working back in Germany, I was sent over to our BKK- branch, to help to introduce our new booking- system to the colleagues here. The Thais were actually very polite, thanking me everytime I would even explain the samllest things and I always replied "mai pen rai khrup"! After some time, I thought I loosen up the situation a little and replied a "kor khun khrup" by " There's nothing the doctor can't fix!" which my European colleagues took up to call me Doc...N is just my first names initial...so DocN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 When I was still working back in Germany, I was sent over to our BKK- branch, to help to introduce our new booking- system to the colleagues here. The Thais were actually very polite, thanking me everytime I would even explain the samllest things and I always replied "mai pen rai khrup"! After some time, I thought I loosen up the situation a little and replied a "kor khun khrup" by " There's nothing the doctor can't fix!" which my European colleagues took up to call me Doc...N is just my first names initial...so DocN! Nice one Nigel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickjn Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 First name,inital of middle and surname Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogoso Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Little Pueblo in Colombia little more than 4 houses and a sign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 That's easy; I tried for several minutes all my favourite login names when signing up, but they were all already taken. Frustrated I typed in the three digits, and voila I had my username. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mario299 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 mario from back in the old Nintendo days of Mario Bros years ago, and 299 as in one pin off a perfect bowling score...again from the long ago days, thus mario299 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Pure and simple, a total lack of imagination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post transam Posted December 19, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted December 19, 2012 Pure and simple, a total lack of imagination. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockderk Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I bought something [here in Thailand] and the company decided I was then a 'VIP' customer. So they gave me a 'VIP customer' card with both first and last names spelled incorrectly. But I quite like the name 'Rockderk' they decided was my first name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchooptip Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Given to me many moons ago on my first job in Thailand. At the time spoke zero Thai, for some reason the girls in the office found it absolutely hilarious to call me Changnaam, maybe because I had no idea what it translated to. Never had picked up a Chang beer and "at the time" was still in 32in jeans so heaven knows what they were suggesting. Still no idea aside from the obvious but thought it would make a good name. Elephant Water. Piss in other words. NO not piss.. elephant piss if you don't mind, slightly different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchooptip Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I guess I'm pretty boring. I just used my real name with some numbers behind it. I don't see much sense in hiding who I am. I don't see much sense in hiding who I am. Not sure we know more about you with this non-hiding-who-you-are username Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 andrew. It must of took ages to think that one up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Thais can't pronounce my first name Walter and say "water" = "naam". as simple as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soutpeel Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 (edited) Mine is a "derogatory" term, I and many others were called many years ago, but the literal translation means "salty d*ck", for those of you who know the language...yes I know its spelt wrong..the "peel" should be spelt "piel"..... But in essense what it means that someone has one foot in one country and the other foot in another country and your gentleman bits are hanging over the ocean... Edited January 15, 2013 by Soutpeel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRealDeal Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 After reading the numerous exagurations of reality , delutional rationalisations for things , abusrd nonsense stories , and so on ..... I decided on my name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocko Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 On a soup theme Cock a Leekie would work on this forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soutpeel Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 On a soup theme Cock a Leekie would work on this forum Yes considering the age demographic of TV users, one suspects incontinence is a big problem on this forum.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDGRUEN Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 German transliteration of my name... in honor of my German Great Grandmother. And to reduce ID theft on the Net. I use a Spanish transliteration too just to keep folks guessing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUDAS Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 I just can't be trusted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humbugged Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 I felt persecuted at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eff1n2ret Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 If you change your name, do you start again at post #1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thaddeus Posted January 15, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted January 15, 2013 This was a nickname given to me by a girlfriend who was Polish in origin, it's a fairly common name in Poland, or was, and its roots are in Ancient Greek/Latin, The literal meaning is "Gods Gift" I think she may have been taking the piss. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GooEng Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Given to me many moons ago on my first job in Thailand. At the time spoke zero Thai, for some reason the girls in the office found it absolutely hilarious to call me Changnaam, maybe because I had no idea what it translated to. Never had picked up a Chang beer and "at the time" was still in 32in jeans so heaven knows what they were suggesting. Still no idea aside from the obvious but thought it would make a good name. Elephant Water. Piss in other words. ahem, i think the correct translation is water elephant, due to the noun - adjective convention in thai grammar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GooEng Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 GooEng in low thai means myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 An Alias from my SBS days in the Belgian Congo.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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