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What does your Member name mean?
This probably sounds silly but has anyone besides me ever wonder where someone's sign in name comes from? I often looks at each person's avatar and name. I enjoy the craft work and animal pictures the most. When I look at the name listed, I often wonder why someone picked that name, where it came from etc. For example..AnngelAnne, yes, angel is spelled wrong, but I am always saying that being an angel is a goal, so I put my name in Anngel.... Anyone else want to share?
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Ckcowl.....
ckc the initials I was born with, owl a nickname from the time I was a baby. |
I'm not as clever as some of the members... mine is pretty much self-explanatory
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I went through some sewing related words and came up with mine.
As a child we used to sing this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oA-EpVsrGw but sang 'bobbing along'. I thought it reflected my mindset now that I'm no longer working. |
Originally Posted by ckcowl
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Ckcowl.....
ckc the initials I was born with, owl a nickname from the time I was a baby. |
Originally Posted by QuiltnNan
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I'm not as clever as some of the members... mine is pretty much self-explanatory
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mine is my first name jo and the first three letters of my last name
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When I opened my Etsy shop selling some of the items I love to make, I considered myself to be in the sewing business, or “sewbiz”, hence sewbizgirl.
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Mine is the name all 6 of my grandchildren have always called me. My oldest grandson dubbed me with it and it stuck.
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My nickname is Zo and my married name starts with Z.
In highschool, believe it or not, when I of course still had my maiden name--which does not start with Z-- the cheerleaders on my squad nicknamed me Zozee. (Or Zozie? I never saw anyone write it, so who knows how it was spelled in our minds?) Whenever I sew for charitable fundraisers, my business name is Zo Z's Cozies. For a username I thought about "zoz" which rhymes with "oz" which is a reference to Kansas, my girlhood home. But I wanted people to read it as two syllables, and I liked the highschool nickname-turned-married-initial connection. Is that far more than you wanted to know? You're welcome. |
Morningside Munchkins was the name of my child care, and I dropped the first part to make a shorter name.
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Kalama Quilts was the name of an early business that has had a number of incarnations
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my nickname was and still is by many relatives is Squirrelly.
My now husband (of 43+ years) thought it was appropriate when we were dating. I was shy to use it when I came to QB and saw a cute mouse with a sewing needle and i love red/pink dresses so I became Mousie and use to have a MousePad on the Diaries section. I completely fell in love with mousie and her escapades on the PDA's...good times, good times.:) |
Don't know if this thread is because of LeonF's lovely pictures but I told my story here:
https://www.quiltingboard.com/genera...ml#post8305784 |
Nana named me Kitsie. My "real" name is Catherine. Because my last name was Hicks, saying my name, Kitsie Hicks was painful for me! So I go by Kit or Nana.
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It may seem obvious, but there's a little story too... My sister used to call me "Cheshire" instead of my full name, Patricia. It was/is a treasured nickname as I don't have any others, really. I also happen to be a cat fan, and very fond of this one:
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Originally Posted by zozee
(Post 8306544)
My nickname is Zo and my married name starts with Z.
In highschool, believe it or not, when I of course still had my maiden name--which does not start with Z-- the cheerleaders on my squad nicknamed me Zozee. (Or Zozie? I never saw anyone write it, so who knows how it was spelled in our minds?) Whenever I sew for charitable fundraisers, my business name is Zo Z's Cozies. For a username I thought about "zoz" which rhymes with "oz" which is a reference to Kansas, my girlhood home. But I wanted people to read it as two syllables, and I liked the highschool nickname-turned-married-initial connection. Is that far more than you wanted to know? You're welcome. |
Originally Posted by Iceblossom
(Post 8306578)
Don't know if this thread is because of LeonF's lovely pictures but I told my story here:
https://www.quiltingboard.com/genera...ml#post8305784 |
Well I'm 62 and have been sewing since I was 9 (4-H).....hence Still Sew N.
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It's always interesting to hear the stories and the stories behind their pictures/avatars. A handle or nickname is always interesting to me on how people get them. In role playing games, a good character name is important, you are trying to sum up your character in that name. I've decided that Iceblossom is too long and now try for about 6-8 characters, most people just call me Ice, but it was perfect for that character and race/class and it was all perfect for me. I know it's hard to understand for non-gamers but I played Ice 2-6 hours a day for 6+ years, it's like having a character in a book. I am not my characters and my characters are not me, but we do have some similarities.
But the curiosity I understand :) In a similar sort of thing when stuck in traffic (because otherwise I don't see well enough) I like to figure out personalized license plates. I like the double nn's in your name, I think it personalizes it well. It can be hard to get the names we want the way we want them and the double N plus Ann with an E all help. PS: I have a theme song too. Of course it's Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice. You got a problem, yo I'll solve it! Edit: It's like having two theme songs in one because Under Pressure by Queen with David Bowie works for me too :) |
oh my, mine just means Native Texan. i started using it while living in Colorado. I missed home so much!!
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my initals stand for marge in charge as that is what my kids nicknamed because I tend to involve myself in all sorts of activities, or use to, not so much anymore and I live in Pa. hence MIC-Pa
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Originally Posted by Iceblossom
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It's always interesting to hear the stories and the stories behind their pictures/avatars. A handle or nickname is always interesting to me on how people get them. In role playing games, a good character name is important, you are trying to sum up your character in that name. I've decided that Iceblossom is too long and now try for about 6-8 characters, most people just call me Ice, but it was perfect for that character and race/class and it was all perfect for me. I know it's hard to understand for non-gamers but I played Ice 2-6 hours a day for 6+ years, it's like having a character in a book. I am not my characters and my characters are not me, but we do have some similarities.
But the curiosity I understand :) In a similar sort of thing when stuck in traffic (because otherwise I don't see well enough) I like to figure out personalized license plates. I like the double nn's in your name, I think it personalizes it well. It can be hard to get the names we want the way we want them and the double N plus Ann with an E all help. PS: I have a theme song too. Of course it's Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice. You got a problem, yo I'll solve it! Edit: It's like having two theme songs in one because Under Pressure by Queen with David Bowie works for me too :) |
It was my first password that was given to me about 25 years ago by the IT manager at my work.
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Mine is the name of my horse, Watson! And, now I have the perfect excuse to show off a picture of him.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]617874[/ATTACH] Watson |
I think mine is obvious :D
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just my name, no nik here
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Oh Watson, your horse is gorgeous!
When DH and I retired in 2001 we moved from the San Diego area to a farm in Northern British Columbia, in a tiny farming community called Dunster. We spent 4 wonderful years there, then moved to Oregon, where I learned to quilt. I cherish those years in Dunster, so I used it as my member name, and also as a business name (dunsterQuilts). |
It means the one I really wanted was already taken!
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My username is pretty obvious too. I was born and raised in New Zealand. I've been in the USA for almost ten years but I still have a distinctive accent. Even though I've embraced America as my country (dual-citizenship) and I love the USA, my birth country is still a great part of who I am.
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Catsden, I love cats and have 4 of them. Watson is beautiful by the way.
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DH's name is Jay. I'm Jslady.
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I had a Chevy Avalanche when I joined this forum. I loved that truck! So I'm "love my avy". I now have a Honda CR-V, but my Avy still holds a special place in my heart. 😍
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Poco and Ellie were 2 of my favorite horses. I wish they were still here.
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Oh, Watson, i want to come pet your horse! He is gorgeous!!!
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My board name use to be Jingleberry, the name of one of my black toy poodles. When she died at almost 16 it upset me to see her name. I got permission to shorten it to Jingle.
The dog in my avatar is Cookie a long legged Chihuahua. She just turned 10 YO. |
Just my name. My avatar was a fpp block I had finished shortly before joining the board, and have never changed it b/c I forgot how I got it on there in the first place. Besides I like how it looks anyway.
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Watson, your horse is beyond beautiful. He's a majestic, muscular steed! My question is, how did he get his name?
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Elementary, my dear Zozee......my dog's name is Sherlock. :D
Watson |
When I first discovered and got into the internet, being the cautious type, knew it was not so safe to use your real name and I lacked imagination, so I used the name of the town I grew up in and it has followed me where ever I go in cyber world simply because it makes life easier for me. Now if I could do the same with passwords!
I don't have an avatar because I don't know how to put one on and never felt the need to find out how to. Pretty basic but that is me.....How about that??? Murphy |
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