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Allotment Stuff => The Basics => Topic started by: Anne Robertson on April 26, 2005, 19:10:18
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I'd love to know the meaning/reason/story behind some of the names that appear on here.
I mean you'd never guess from my avatar that my name is annie! ;D ;D
Please tell us the why's and wherefore's of your names. :)
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Hi Annie ;D
Would you believe Im Marilyn? T'is true!
Mother what were you thinking of? ::)
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Hi Annie, mine is cos i'm from Lankyshire.
My name's Marie so i too almost used maz like Marilyn :)
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Well my name's Terri but I got so fed up when tying to join various boards etc - entering my name & password so many times ony to be told ' this name/password has already been taken'
Grrrr.. then what a ******* pain - so there - with a bit of 'expletive deleted' is my ickle tale ;D
Terri
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My nick comes from my two children Joh and Charly (Charlotte).
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in 1999 i went to the british grand prix with a load of people i met on a formula one forum. i wore those trousers that zip off to make shorts and earned the nickname legless because of that. i use it everywhere on the net now.
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By the way Lankylass I used to live in Lancaster, where groups of lads on a Saturday would roam the streets shouting Lanky Lanky Lancaster. Imagine my mates joy when they re4membered I am from Doncaster. Donkey........ ;D :D
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It was a motorcycle name that I owned at the time of joining, I should change it to electroglide now.
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And there was me thinking you permanently walked around with a drink in your hand, legless ;D
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mine would be er...welll.... Ceri!
It's unusual enough that it doesn't get kicked off as described by wattapain - great name by the way! I'd only forget a made up name anyway
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And there was me thinking you permanently walked around with a drink in your hand, legless ;D
well that's a different matter ;D
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mine is simply my first name.
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Well i always use my mums name Mollie as my username but for some reason i changed my name on this board as i wanted something more befitting ;D
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Well I checked out all the other names before I chose one. There was Rhoda Dendron, Too Lip etc. I thought we had to be flowers - hence Foxy Glove! :-*
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;D Well I guess I was lucky that there wasn't anyone from Birmingham with the name Roy that lived in the UK 8)
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Hi - my name is made up of the first three letters of first and last name. First used wayback when signing up for yahoo email and is now my username everywhere.
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Mine is because I originally hail from Wick (tho people from there would pronounce it Weeker!)
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The person that taught me all my gardening and was my godmother and aunt to boot was called Doris, so I picked the name in honour of her!
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Gadfium is one of the characters' names in an Iain M Banks book.
My real name is generally unavailable as an e-mail/registration possibility; so long, long ago... I became a 'Gadfium' for no better reason than I liked the sound of it!
:)
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Mine's based on my wit, charm, style, intelligence, phenomenal strength of character and sparkling personality...
...or maybe just my first name
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Basically I like slugs and snails :D I think I must be the only gardener that does like them! They do provide a great food source for thrushes, blackbirds and frogs plus many more animals :)
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I live in Wiveliscombe, known to locals as Wivey. I am "Wivey Wolf" on other MB's I use (due to my birthplace and football team) but thought that didn't sound right for an allotment board. Wivvles is a nickname one of the users on one of the other MB's I use came up with - so here I am!!!!
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And theres me Sexy snail thinking you wanted to be caught by Slugcatcher ;D ;D ;D
I have no idea why i decided on this, must have had one of those funny days
Ron(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/thiseldo/29.gif)
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When I bought a computer from Gateway some years ago it came in a box disguised as a freesian cow (kinda square maybe - but definitely cow-like). So, as I was setting up a network I decided to have a theme - the computer became known as Ermuntrude. Later I added a new machine for the kids so that I would be able to use my machine - I named it Daisy. Then I needed a laptop - so that became Rover (corny I know). Finally, I set up another machine and called it Wellies.
I had used Daisy as a nickname on other sites but kept being chatted up by blokes who thought that I was a girlie. So, when I first joined A4A and needed a name I thought that I would keep in theme and wanted to portray myself as a macho/male fit gardener (despite all the evidence to the contrary) - it just had to be Bionic Wellies - and it made me smile when I though of it.
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Mine is a rather boring Latin pun!
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A friend started calling me Large 'cos of that programme on telly where they say 'Laaaaaarge'. ( Paul Whitehouse thing??)
It then became JohnnyLarge.
I'm not really large at all. 6ft and 14stone.
John ;D
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Erm...apart from the F it includes all the letters in my first name, apart from 2 others ! Thats not the actual reason, but it looks plausible. I think I was reading about Celts etc at the time and it just kinda popped in my head.
Bit crap really, sorry !!
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My first car was a dark green VW Beetle (elm green, if I recall), and given the shape, a friend named it the Speedy Mango. It became my 'call sign' when we took multiple cars on a few holidays and to VW rallies and used CB radios to keep in touch on the road.
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I picked mine because I like Sweet peas, and 'cause I liked the sound of it. I'm really called Kate :)
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;D I'm waiting to hear from "Crackintackle" ;D Thought she was a he at first :o
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Guess why I chose mine??? ;D
No, I'm not really THAT lazy. Just felt it when I happened upon this fab website and realised I hadn't been down to the lottie since Christmas. Although working part-time and having a 19 month old daughter might have something to do with that.
Maybe I should change it to 'notquitesomuchofalazybonesasiwaspreviously' but it doesn't flow off the tongue as well. :-\
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One part's a slight variation on my abbreviated Christian name.
The other's my surname - or would be if I ever make an honest man of Mr L!
Put the two together and they make Lillypad. Simple, if somewhat boring.
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When I first got my plot, I talked to anyone and everyone who would listen (and a few who didn't want to listen!!) about it, what I was going to do, where everything was going to go, when I was going to do it etc. etc.
One day a colleague came in and said "How's the plot, Plottie?"
So when I was signing up for the site it seemed the obvious name...............
Plottie :)
(or Janet, as I really am)
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I'll give you three guesses ...........
A gold star to the closest guess.
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I'll give you three guesses ...........
A gold star to the closest guess.
I suspect that you may be a regular at the Hawthorns... in which case you have my sympathy!!
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Like Paddington Bear years ago my favourite coat was a duffle coat. The duffle coat has long gone to the Oxfam shop but the name has stuck....In the real world I'm called Caroline.
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Can you guess?
I took a huge leap of imagination and named myself after my favourite plant.
It's kind of like my real name, but much much nicer!
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When I first started going on the internet, friends kept warning me, never give your name out, or any details about yourself. So paranoia set in and with each e-mail and password I had to set up I conjured up an appropriate name. Busy lizzie just seemed appropriate, I have often grown them, they are cheerful and colourful and gardeners are always busy. So hence the name.
My proper name is Jean, which I always think sounds like a 1940's land girl or someone who was a Wren in the Second World War. I was named after my mother who was called Jane, but she thought I would get plain Jane, so she switched the letters round to Jean. Think I would have preferred Jane which is now quite popular. ;D busy_lizzie
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Wivvels - I don't understand the Hawthorns bit :-\ but no star I'm afraid .
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Hi all,
Columbus = Malcolm
My real name is Malcolm which has a meaning something like, "follower of Saint Columbus"
I`ve been Columbus all over the internet for a very long time.
Some people used Col as a familiar name, so I also use that.
:)
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Mine is v boring - it's my car reg, but I am called Caz, short for Carol most of the time.
Wivvles - I got your 'baggies' joke (not a supporter though) but then I do live in Walsall so they'm local to me, but the others day understand yow cuz they ayn from round ear ar kid :D
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The name is mine, not commonly spelt this way and my avatar was chosen because I am a dying breed of original punk rockers from the seventies.
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Mine's because I am, Merlin's Mum that is. That's him on the left. I love him to bits.
I've always loved cats, every since I was a few years old. :)
MM
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it was either kitty or
'slightly portlymiddleaged woman who doesnt act her age'
and the first one was easier.
plus i like cats too!
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c'mon guys have another guess - I'll even give clues if ypu're stuck and the closest gete TWO gold stars - can't say fairer than that.
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Hi, Baggy - see you are a latenighter like me!! My brain is sharper at this time of night/morning whatever............
Caz 406 mentioned Walsall, mentioned supporter and "spoke" in Midlands(?) accent ......... West Bromwich Football Supporter! Genius eh - actually no - I googled to make sure so maybe I forfeit my gold stars??
Ah well, I enjoyed my lonely moment of fame...........
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Not even close. I have just got home a little worse for wear and thought I'd see who was up and about. G'on Wicker - I am sure you can guess it. There was a clue in two of my previous posts (albeit v.obscure). Think Rujard Kipling (sp)
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Bagera, from the Jungle Book ???
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Gadfium - you get the reward. Where did you guess that from? I thought most 'normal' people were all but asleep at this hour. However we're far from normal aren't we ??? But why am I Baggy ? It's because I run a cub group and we all have to have our pack names. Hence Bagheera - baggy for short.
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Hi, Baggy - see you are a latenighter like me!! My brain is sharper at this time of night/morning whatever............
Caz 406 mentioned Walsall, mentioned supporter and "spoke" in Midlands(?) accent ......... West Bromwich Football Supporter! Genius eh - actually no - I googled to make sure so maybe I forfeit my gold stars??
Ah well, I enjoyed my lonely moment of fame...........
Wicker - that's what I was alluding to above and why Caz slipped into "yammer" in response!
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Wivvles - I got your 'baggies' joke (not a supporter though) but then I do live in Walsall so they'm local to me, but the others day understand yow cuz they ayn from round ear ar kid :D
Yow orright ar kid? Cum on me babbies! ;) ;D
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Them Baggies are Bostin
(Many moons ago when a mere lad, my Dad played for the Baggies' Colts team - that would have been when they wore those ace extra long shorts and ran really quickly with their knees up high!)
I'm a Welsh born Brummie transplanted to Geordie Land so I've learned never ever to have a conversation about football with anyone!
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Yow orright ar kid? Cum on me babbies! ;) ;D
Arrr this site is great ay it? :) not sure I've got the hang of the quote bit yet though... ???
Actually I do my best not to sound like a local! Am not a supporter of footie though - especially as my OH comes from Essex and supports Westham - hardly football!
Some of these names are quite inspired and the avatars too...I need to find one that's 'me'. :)
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mine is very boring - real name Justine hence Justy. Surprising how few sites let me have justine - I have only ever met about 3 others.
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Baggy :)
Got a two year old niece, and she's just had her first run through of Disney's take on 'The Jungle Book'... lucky timing!
Weird hours, oh yes... bit of a closet insomniac, has its advantages though: peace, quiet, night skies, old b/w films, catching the cat's latest live offering, and reading a few more books.
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Not too many Glyn's, (especially over here..Canada) so I kept me real name.
;D ;D ;D ;D
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fat larry, cos I'm a bit tubby and my name is Lawrence - named after the fantastic fat larry's band, who performed Zoom (larry was apparently the drummer) among other things, and when my son tom was born 6.5 years ago, as i held him for the first time and he cried a bit i soothed him by singing 'zoom, just one look and then my heart goes boom..etc' --aaaaahhhhh!
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Awwww.............. ;D
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Very unoriginal - tis my name! On other forums I crop up as Mrs Ava, being as my better half is Ava Banana.
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We're not very inspired - just our names joined together. should have been a bit more inventive really but then again my memory is like a seive so at least i won't forget our names - hopefully...
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Hi Ani
I am an avid astronomer, and the first thing that I saw out of my telescope was the "storm eye" on Jupiter. As jupiter is a gas giant, then the name GIANTSEYE was born.
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"Giantseye"
(http://img207.echo.cx/img207/5142/452243kv.jpg) (http://www.imageshack.us)
;D ;D ;D ;D
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Thanks for all the replies folks, I hope everyone Else has been as fascinated as me as to the origin of the names.
Lovely pic of Giantseye
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Thanks Glyn, Perfect picture :D
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yeah great topic!