Regis
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Post by Regis on Jul 30, 2015 11:02:49 GMT -5
Would be interested in hearing stories about how you all came up with your screen name for YM&M.
My backstory is that I was the administrator for a forum for the town I was born and raised in but haven't lived in for more than 30 years. Just for fun, I'd post a question with four possible answers similar to the "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" game show hosted by Regis Philbin. I always posted the questions under the name Regis. People told me they used to just "hang out" on the board so they could try to be the first to answer the question! Most of my friends from that town now call me Regis instead of the name my parents gave me at birth. Even my mother calls me Regis from time to time. I'm Regis on every forum I'm a member of now.
In a weird coincidence, my FIL went to the same high school as Regis Philbin (Cardinal Hayes in NYC) and my FIL will tell anyone who will listen that story. One year I wrote to Regis, told him who my FIL was and asked for an autographed picture. It arrived in the mail just a couple of weeks later and I wrapped it up and put it under the Christmas tree for my FIL. He kept that picture on his home office desk for many years before giving it to me recently. It now sits on my desk at work.
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tskeeter
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Post by tskeeter on Jul 30, 2015 11:14:05 GMT -5
I received my moniker from my staff, as I was preparing to relocate from Buffalo NY to the Atlanta area. The folks decided I should have a "southern sounding" name to head south with. (They didn't know that my given first and middle names were already a very southern sounding name combination.)
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swamp
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Post by swamp on Jul 30, 2015 11:15:52 GMT -5
College nickname.
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cael
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Post by cael on Jul 30, 2015 11:17:42 GMT -5
I used the handle caelestis oraculum on the sketchy Yahoo chatrooms I hung out in in high school, it means 'heavenly prophet' in Latin. So I've shortened it and still use it... in my head it's pronounced to rhyme with 'kale' - that's how the sketchy Yahoo chatroom people said it.
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cktc
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Post by cktc on Jul 30, 2015 11:23:30 GMT -5
I like to come up with different usernames for every forum, so I give it two or so minutes of thought when registering. Curiosity killed the cat.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2015 11:28:24 GMT -5
I was very creative. I'm from Minnesota, I have Paint horses and I'm female.
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souldoubt
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Post by souldoubt on Jul 30, 2015 11:29:14 GMT -5
NOFX song title which is a play on words - sold out.
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ken a.k.a OMK
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Jul 30, 2015 11:29:55 GMT -5
On an old msn board I was "old man ken". Some of the members here were also there. Moon, who started this board is an old friend. My name is Ken so here I'm "ken a.k.a. OMK". I like the South Park show so my avatar is kenny from South Park.
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chiver78
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Post by chiver78 on Jul 30, 2015 11:47:05 GMT -5
^ditto. the numbers have changed over the years, for varying reasons. '78 is the year I was born.
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MJ2.0
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Post by MJ2.0 on Jul 30, 2015 12:02:09 GMT -5
Was MoneyJenny because I like old Bond movies. Then when I came back I felt like I was a bit different than before so now I'm MJ2.0 - newer and more improved(?)
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MarleyKeezy78
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Post by MarleyKeezy78 on Jul 30, 2015 12:04:35 GMT -5
hellokitty78 I think is my original name, but someone posted a John Travolta name generator and this new one is what came up. I found it hilarious and way more original so I kept it Chiver, I too was born in 78
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dannylion
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Post by dannylion on Jul 30, 2015 12:11:00 GMT -5
I was staring out the window trying to come up with a clever screen name when I spotted a dandelion in the lawn. I liked the sound of the word "dandelion" but naturally wanted something different and more clever, so I came up with dannylion. Dannylion is somewhat different from dandelion, but I'm not sure whether I achieved clever. I probably did achieve vaguely friendly and nonthreatening, which is likely good enough. Now that I am retired, I find "good enough" is fine.
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lund
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Post by lund on Jul 30, 2015 12:12:10 GMT -5
I got it from Dad automatically at birth.... and usually use it since I can remember it. (I used it on the old MSN boards too.)
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wyouser
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Post by wyouser on Jul 30, 2015 12:19:36 GMT -5
I'm just an ole internet user from Wyoming
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Malarky
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Post by Malarky on Jul 30, 2015 12:20:17 GMT -5
DD was trying to convince me to replace the word "bullshit" in my vocabulary. Malarky is the word we came up with. And I have a trigger finger Malarky meter. The misspelling is intentional. I never did use it in conversation instead of bullshit. But I have told people it's my name in real life. When they look at me funny I tell them it's Irish.
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Cookies Galore
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Post by Cookies Galore on Jul 30, 2015 12:22:20 GMT -5
I told hubs that I had to bake "cookies galore" for work. He asked "like the Bond girl?" or something like that. I thought it was cute. I went by my own name (meghan) for the longest time.
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shanendoah
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Post by shanendoah on Jul 30, 2015 12:27:41 GMT -5
It's my middle name. Since my mother "misspelled" the name, I can pretty much count on no one else having it. So it makes a good default screen name. Plus, I like it.
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kittensaver
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Post by kittensaver on Jul 30, 2015 12:30:37 GMT -5
Mine's easy. We foster bottle babies for a local cat rescue agency. We can only take in the tiny ones because they are the only ones my brood (we have 4 of our own) will accept. If we tried to foster older cats we would have WWIII in our house . My two females hate strange cats but love and actively nurture tiny orphans. Go figure.
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Abby Normal
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Post by Abby Normal on Jul 30, 2015 12:49:47 GMT -5
My original name was agilemom because I do agility with my dogs. I changed it to Abby Normal for Halloween and decided to keep it.
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gs11rmb
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Post by gs11rmb on Jul 30, 2015 12:51:40 GMT -5
Long defunct college email name. My initials at the time were RMB and my birthday is on the 11th, so I assume that's why the 'computer' generated that user name.
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Bonny
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Post by Bonny on Jul 30, 2015 13:16:44 GMT -5
I joined the old MSN board with the name Carefreeap. That was the name of the town I lived in + my initials. Then we moved to Bonn and I became Bonnap (see how creative I am?). Then one of the posters ( 2kids10horses) referred to me as Bonny and I really liked it because it's kind of Celtic and positive.
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GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Jul 30, 2015 14:20:18 GMT -5
I started out as GoldenRuleGirl but switched it to its current version to avoid confusion when another poster briefly used a similar moniker (the poster was going through an extremely difficult time and I wanted him/her to get any and all posts and messages directed to him/her and not have any mistakenly detoured to me).
Mine is a reflection of my ideal for how I want to live my life (treat others as you would want to be treated).
Although I am Catholic (who is fading to a catholic), I don't care to emphasize the religious undertones to the Golden Rule -- I think it stands just fine on its own without imposing any faith beliefs on anyone.
I make absolutely no claim that I am perfect in being kind to others. Far from it. And I don't use my ideal as a platform to condemn others' actions. I can only control me.
The most I can say with any accuracy is that kindness, and responding in kindness, is, at least, always on my radar.
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NastyWoman
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Post by NastyWoman on Jul 30, 2015 14:26:34 GMT -5
Joss --- Good luck or good fortune.
I needed a lot of it when I first signed up on the old boards (where I very rarely posted) Then I got bored with that and changed. Thinking about changing again soon...
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GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Jul 30, 2015 14:26:58 GMT -5
I joined the old MSN board with the name Carefreeap. That was the name of the town I lived in + my initials. Then we moved to Bonn and I became Bonnap (see how creative I am?). Then one of the posters ( 2kids10horses) referred to me as Bonny and I really liked it because it's kind of Celtic and positive. Of course, the auburn hair in your avatar also adds to your Bonny identity.
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GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Jul 30, 2015 14:30:40 GMT -5
OMG. You have 31,000 posts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think you have the most of any member.
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Robert not Bobby
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Post by Robert not Bobby on Jul 30, 2015 14:39:00 GMT -5
Well, my real name is Robert but my mom always called me Bobby...she still does and I'm 45.
So, one day when I was 11 or 12 and playing outside with my friends she calls out Bobby, it's time for lunch.
I was feeling all grown up and I shouted back...it's Robert not Bobby...Robert not Bobby.
There you have it.
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Bob Ross
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Post by Bob Ross on Jul 30, 2015 14:47:14 GMT -5
Really? There's only one reason I can think of for that to be a college nickname, and it is not good. (Hint: it has to do with "down there".)
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andi9899
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Post by andi9899 on Jul 30, 2015 14:53:10 GMT -5
That's an unusual nickname. Care to share the story behind it?
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andi9899
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Post by andi9899 on Jul 30, 2015 14:53:59 GMT -5
Really? There's only one reason I can think of for that to be a college nickname, and it is not good. (Hint: it has to do with "down there".) That's what I thought. Now I really wanna know!
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NastyWoman
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Post by NastyWoman on Jul 30, 2015 14:54:38 GMT -5
OMG. You have 31,000 posts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think you have the most of any member. Not quite. You need to go hang out on EE. In a few seconds I found Scottish Lassie with more than 41,000 posts and Sugi with almiost 35,000. I am too lazy to look further
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