Why did you pick your user name?

Just curious to why you chose your user name. And yes, lots of you had had many, so elaborate on that as well.

I'll go first. I'm a typical capricorn, a true capricorn. So I chose truecap.

Was lost in this real world, still am in some sort of way.

Willy Wagtail- the bird, is my totem animal...
I would post a pic but I don't know how to =)

Good thread BTW

Posted by Sugarfoot
Theultra79 was an old username I had for a college email.

Sugarfoot is what my grandma calls me

I didn't realized you'd changed! I've been wondering where you were! lol!

Posted by scorchedearth
i'm a taurus with an aries stellium. i felt it explained that pretty well.

That name seems to fit you! Scorchedearth. You're pretty fiesty!

Posted by wagtail
Willy Wagtail- the bird, is my totem animal...
I would post a pic but I don't know how to =)

Good thread BTW

Very original!

Posted by LostPisces
Was lost in this real world, still am in some sort of way.

You'll find your way. 🙂

Lissa is a name my mom wanted to name me, but that didn't happen. It's been a nickname since childhood and I couldn't stand it while growing up. After all the teasing, it kinda grew on me.... Later, an ex would call me Miss Lissa and it stuck. The rest is history. 🙂

Posted by Ligeia
It's a short story by one of my favorite writers

Edgar Allan Poe. The woman Ligeia in the story I

identify with aspects of her.

Cool!

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Posted by Sutekh
I thought your name was like "poison"

my name is related to my gubment name

me too. i thought the same. when i first clicked into your name poisson, i saw all this satan shit and i was...this bitch is hardcore, i aint fucking with her

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Lol!! I kinda thought the same.

I chose placidd because Ive been using it for every username Ive made on a lot of websites for the past 2 years haha.

Plus it ("Placid" not "Placidd". the latter is not the correctly spelled word) means "calm" or "not easily upset"..I try to be, I'm not that much of an agitator, and people always see me as easygoing, patient, and relaxed.

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Posted by LostPisces
Was lost in this real world, still am in some sort of way.

You'll find your way. 🙂

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My capricorn showed me 😉

Posted by tiziani
It's my first name.

interesting! i would have thought it to be a last name, like mussolini.

At another site someone had Winterborn88 and I liked it without the 88 so I stole it. 🙂

I've been WinterBorn
WynterBourne
Wynter

next one will probably be Wy

It was a while ago and to be honest I made the account with no intention of asking a question about aquas and never coming back 😛

Snoz use to be my nickname back in primary school. Use to play Soccer (GK) and there was an Australian GK called Bosnich and my friends combined that with the way I use to be always with snot running down my nose lol and it became snozzy.

So Aquasnoz! Definitely wanting to change it to something else though!

Posted by aquasnoz
It was a while ago and to be honest I made the account with no intention of asking a question about aquas and never coming back 😛

Snoz use to be my nickname back in primary school. Use to play Soccer (GK) and there was an Australian GK called Bosnich and my friends combined that with the way I use to be always with snot running down my nose lol and it became snozzy.

So Aquasnoz! Definitely wanting to change it to something else though!

I like Aquasnoz! It makes me think of breathing underwater for some reason... kekeke

haha wagtail! I want to change it to what I usually use for forums 😛 Erik plain and simple just my name haha! Then watch all the aussies abbreviated even more like Ezza, Ez *smh* why do we do that.

PS BT I like it, it confuses people that you're a lioness 😉

I am a Virgo...duh...and I am also an 80's metalhead. There is a very obscure band called Virgos Merlot. It fit.

However, I've never heard the band, and I don't drink wine. lol

Mine is Simple.. 1)I'm a Taurus & 2) Belle is defined as "Beautiful Woman" (in French)..

LOL @ Poisson for thinking that only 2 ppl understand French here.. ADD one more!! 🙂

Posted by aquasnoz
It was a while ago and to be honest I made the account with no intention of asking a question about aquas and never coming back 😛

Snoz use to be my nickname back in primary school. Use to play Soccer (GK) and there was an Australian GK called Bosnich and my friends combined that with the way I use to be always with snot running down my nose lol and it became snozzy.

So Aquasnoz! Definitely wanting to change it to something else though!

PLEASE DON'T CHANGE IT.
I've always fancied your name.

My first name being Antonina + The Chronicles of Narnia being one of my slickfavezmovies = antonarnia.

I'm actually curious about why people in here think I chose the username that I did...?

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Posted by enfant_terrible
I'm actually curious about why people in here think I chose the username that I did...?

You probably were the kind of child it defines. You still talk like you are.

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Sure, bring on the hate... aka "honesty".

Posted by truecap
Just curious to why you chose your user name. And yes, lots of you had had many, so elaborate on that as well.

I'll go first. I'm a typical capricorn, a true capricorn. So I chose truecap.

Because Im a crab and I see crabs being curious, the way they take a little side step, have a little nip and if they like it keep nipping haha 🙂

Im also curious to find out why Im so bloody attracted to a fish (pisces) haha 🙂

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Posted by enfant_terrible
I'm actually curious about why people in here think I chose the username that I did...?

shocking/outrageous behavior.

I remember the first time I saw you on the boards, you had some kind of sex avatar and I was thinking "The nerve of this guy...doesn't he know I'm at work—"

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Oops, sorry. But this I don't get, what difference does it make if you're at work? I mean unless you have your boss or a colleague breathing down your neck. And if that's the case, then you probably should avoid surfing privately on your work time in general because time is money, right? Is there some sort of magical "device" that sends an alarm to your boss every time your browser picks up on a dirty pic ... or why is everyone so paranoid about this? Just don't go cruising porn sites, that's all.

It's what I've been called over the years and I came to realize what everyone was saying.

I'm a Capricorn girl. Capgirl. lol. Ok, really, I'm a woman, but I have always seen myself as a girl.

Posted by LostinmyMind11
Cause I'm a Virgo....and spend way to much time "lost" in my mind lol

and I like the number 11

Posted by betel
I've had several names. All chosen with a personal meaning. It's the way I felt at that particular moment. I'm a dork. :/

Current username- Betel- "In Vietnamese there is a saying that "the betel begins the conversation", referring to the practice of people chewing betel in formal occasions or "to break the ice" in awkward situations." Heart - shaped leaves...mild stimulant...

First name- Woglinde- rhinemaiden. From Wagner's 'Der Ring des Nibelungen'- renunciation of love, guardian of gold

Second name- Pyewacket- cat(familiar) from the movie Bell Book Candle- returning spirit

Third name- Wasis- from the Native American folklore character Mighty Wasis- a joke on water signs being crybabies Mighty Wasis

Fourth name- Ninh- Vietnamese folklore character - shoot at the moon- ode to my hades moon
Shoot at the Moon

Fifth name- Squarethecircle- do the impossible

Ahhh that's it! I was wondering why betel sounded so familiar!

Posted by BalmyTigress

Also, that photo...in the avatar, I can't quite see where that woman's hand is, so it looks like some sort of Leo fisting.

Looool! OMG, never thought of it that way. Thanks for the heads up. I shall have to find a new avi :-/

Kind of reminds me of this old publicity still for the 1988 thriller 'Frantic'. I don't know who the photographer was or what he thinks he was doing, but that just looks WRONG!

I'm a Tiger in Chinese astrology and a Capricorn in the Western zodiac. Hence TigerCap. 😄

CapTiger doesn't have that same ring to it.

Mine's just an old CB handle I used back when I was a teenager. I've considered changing it to Cappyricious though as my Gem Moon makes me a little capricious and would be a little more fitting for the site.

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Posted by TAURUSbelle
LOL @ Poisson for thinking that only 2 ppl understand French here.. ADD one more!! 🙂

Actually French! LOL... I think there one Taurus male, Pecherese... and I think another that escapes me.

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Serendipite or however she spells it.

Posted by Grey
I couldn't think of anything sexier than being a 7000+ year old wizard.

I'm starting to question your definition of sexy!! lmao!!! 😛

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Posted by TAURUSbelle
LOL @ Poisson for thinking that only 2 ppl understand French here.. ADD one more!! 🙂

Actually French! LOL... I think there one Taurus male, Pecherese... and I think another that escapes me.

Yea, David IS French & I think Bullgem was born here but learned French early, and moved to France. She would speaking fluently on the boards with David.

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Posted by tiziani
Jynja is French and so am I.

If i'm not mistaken, Arthemis speaks very much like a French person too.

See, I didn't realize that. I was under the impression your were English. Admittendly, it's part of the reason I signed up on DXP. While lurking, I discovered a lot of people here came from all parts of this earth.

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Yea..If I recall, Jynja's MOM is French. And Tizi, Born in London, but a melting pot of sorts..Trini, French..etc

I myself, am of West Indian Descent.(Parents from Haiti) Before the slaves KILLED off EVERY Frenchman in 1804..the island was FULLY occupied BY the French. To this day, French is one of two main languages of the country.

So ya.. French, the language, is sprinkled just about everywhere.
Not just for the "purebreds"..(For lack of better terms)..lol

Posted by Poisson
A-ha. Do speak you both French and Creole? I know this one Hatian guy and I asked him if spoke Creole. He stated that his mother didn't want him speaking Creole, just straight French... which I found a bit odd.

YES, I do speak BOTH. My conversation, and written needs work as I don't speak or write it much. but I CAN read, & listen to anything and will understand. I'm sure a few months in France will cure that IMMEDIATELY.

As for your friends mother..(I pause for BOISTEROUS laughter)

I DESPIIIISE Old school Haitians, who deny speaking Creole and deny their children from speaking it. It is The "language of the people". They feel that by speaking French, it distinguishes them as "Higher class" and it further defines their "Education level" feeling it makes them SUPERIOR compared to the strugglingcommoner who can't afford private school education to learn French.

Stupid Classism complex. Makes me SICK to see The SAME race turn their nose up at one another all because they can speak & write a Language?? What they fail to realize is that by Speaking French ONLY, does NOT make them FRENCH.

I won't even get started on the Dark - light skinned color inferior/superiority complexes.

Creole is a Language of SURVIVAL. It is a mixture of many languages.(several West African dialects,Spanish,French,Taino Indian etc..) It was a language used to CONFUSE the French in ORDER to gain the Country and Independance FROM them.

To dismiss & debase this Historic language is to spit on the blood that was shed to win over the country. I am PROUD to speak Creole and will try my damnest to teach my own future kids..

Whenever I cross paths with those type of Haitians. I tell them " You will NEVER be French."
IN Creole.

@ Poisson: Its cool..

Regina inspired me 🙂

I think the blue sky, the dry rough sand and hard cocoons (yeah, misspelt it) are things that define me well.

I picked Undine in a fraction of a second. It is a mermaid name, from a sad story I've read as a teenager. I'm a Pisces. I could have picked Lorelei, though.... another mermaid name, from a poem my parents thought me when I was a child.

It was only lately that I actually understood what made me choose Undine almost instantly. Undine is similar to Andy, the name of the Cap I was obsessed with at the time I landed on dxp, straight on the WoundedLeo's thread. That was three month ago and I'm still obsessed with him to some extent.

I'm a Gemini and my name means "star" and the 05 is my b-day month; hence GemStar05.

Virg - is short for Virgo. I'm a Virgo.

916 - is my birthday. September 16.

I wanted something different from what I use in other places and it worked with what I was feeling when I signed up. Super exciting!

My username back in 2005 was "Virgotme" (and he still does have a hold on my heartstrings) We forced ourselves to end things for his 3 children and the circumstances surrounding a nut job. That is the ONLY reason I changed it to and now have "Let it Be". Definitely not for purposes here or the relentless attitude I attribute to dxp as some would think.😉

Wow, seraph. You went deep! 😛

Because of this Coffee Mug..

I find this statement "Its not so easy being a Virgo" very true.. so its my username here.. 🙂

I picked swatches because I feel like a bunch of different colors.

coeus was the greek titan of wisdom and 1031 is halloween my favorite holiday