One more time...What's the screen name? or How do you say THAT?

[Ponine]

I had to start this thread again... why?
Because this weekend a few things were made clear to me again:
1) we have new blood around these parts
2) Some of us, like me, dont have the easiest screen names
3) People are a tad too shy to ask how to say someone elses name.

So.. do you have a screen name that people might not understand? That they might not know how to pronounce?
Repeat the story here folks...

Me? I'm Ponine.
It's said Poe-knee-n Two sylables (Not Poe-nine)
Its short for Eponine also verbalized as above but with the Eh sound at the start.
Why is it said that way? No idea.. but thats how it is sang over and over again in Les Miserables.

Why is that my name? Short version. Its a character of unrequited love, and never ending devotion. Thats me at the very core.

[BarTopDancer]

Bar Top Dancer

Why? A few reasons. 1) I moved out of HB so I could no longer be HB Tigger Fan 2) I got tired of being HB Tigger Fan and 3) I found a new love, dancing on bars/tables/benches for fun. I'm really shy in person and this releases my inner-fun.

I'm thinking about becomming J. Rabbit.

[Ponine]

That alone was a good enough reason to start this thread.. I didnt know of your personality switch.
Greetings!

[AllyOops!]

<----I'm AllyOfTheDolls! Formerly Allysen1Derland & AllyKat.

I absolutely love the movie, Valley Of The Dolls. Thus, a screenname was born!

However, I've been going by just "Ally" ever since I began posting way back when. I have never, ever used my screenname. I'm not sure why. I think screennames are fun & I sometimes will unintentionally refer to someone in real life by their online moniker rather then their actual first name. It becomes an unconscious habit! :)

My new screenname should be, "I'mDyingToMeetPonineInPersonAndAmSoSadThatWeAlways MissEachOther!" :( That's a mouthful! So, I'll just tell Ponine mega snaps on this very cool Thread :snap: :snap: and I hope we get to meet each other soon! :)

[scaeagles]

I coach high school basketball at a school with the initials SCA and our mascot is an eagle. My name is properly pronounced S.C.A. Eagles.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I'm rather sick of signing up with Cadaverous Pallor. Didn't use it at MiceChat. I'm waiting for someone else to use it there and let other people think it's me. To that future person: Please, don't be an ass. :p

At Doombuggies.com's board they have a Cadaverous Pallor and a Ghoulish Delight. Both guys, in their 20's I think, unrelated to each other. Weirdness.

I figure, this will probably be the last Disney board I sign up with, so it's not a worry anyway. I do dig going by "CP" in person. Real names are so hard to remember - you don't see them in front of you over and over.

[mousepod]

MousePod is my given name.

But seriously, I anticipated that I was going to do a bunch of these radio show thingies and would be bugging a bunch of message board people to get involved and I didn't want to always have to explain, "yeah, I'm Jesse... the MousePod guy... my screen name is OswaldRabbitEars" (or whatever)

I've lurked for so long under different names, but it's nice to have an ID... but you can call me Jesse.

[Gn2Dlnd]

I'm Gn2Dlnd.
As in, "You've just won the Super Bowl! What are you going to do now?"
Of course, I'll probably never win the Super Bowl, so,
"You've just washed the dishes! What are you going to do now?"
Or, "You've just baked 1500 ThinKrisps™! What are you going to do now?"
Or even, "You've just got to stop screwing around and get a real job if you want to keep living here! What are you going to do now?"
I'm going to Disneyland! Toot!

[Ghoulish Delight]

<-------- Bob.

[Moonliner]

MoonLiner, pronounced "Moon Liner" not "Luxury Yatch".

I signed onto my first Disney themed board under the very creative "Steve0." Note that's Steve "Zero" not "Oh". I was just doing research for a WDW trip and not really planning to stay but you all dragged me in. When it came time to select a real screen name, I quickly went with MoonLiner. My Grandfather was a contract engineer to Disney back in the 50's and was the person who designed the original Moon Liner that stood in the park. I still have one of the hand carved wooden models he made of it.

[Moonliner]

<-------- Bob.


Ahhhh!! Bob! (http://www.subgenius.com/) Well that certainly explains a lot. All hail Bob (http://www.subgenius.com/).

[Ghoulish Delight]

Ahhhh!! Bob! (http://www.subgenius.com/) Well that certainly explains a lot. All hail Bob (http://www.subgenius.com/).Hail Kalisti.

[Not Afraid]

http://photos.xenarchy.com/albums/userpics/10001/Piggy.jpg

Well, when I signed up to MP (My first board), I spent a lot of time choosing a picture but didn't choose a screen name. So, at the last minute, I had to come up with a name to go with the avatar above. So, I thought......."Who'se afraid of the Big Bad Worlf?" Me and Piggy aren't. we're Not Afraid.

Anyways, who knew how true that was in real life. I sure didn't realize it.


It's the one snap decision I can think of that I am STILL happy with.


BTW, that's me at 3 years old in 1965.

[Moonliner]

Hail Kalisti.

Ok, that one took me a bit, but I think I found it (http://www.totse.com/en/religion/miscellaneous_religious_texts/****_org.html).

[SzczerbiakManiac]

http://photos.xenarchy.com/albums/userpics/10001/Piggy.jpg
that's me at 3 years old in 1965.On the left?

My screen name is pronounced "ZER-bee-ak MAIN-ee-ak". I'm not sure why I have that name. It may have something to do with an overwhelming, head-over-heels crush I have on a certain basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves, but that's just speculation.

[Not Afraid]

On the left?



I'm going to MAKE you wear those PJs next time, Buster!

[Chernabog]

Chernabog.

CHUR-na-BOG. Also Cherny, Chernajoe, Cherna, Chernadog, Chernaboggled, and Cher. Do you buhhhhleve in life after love? Sometimes Churro-Bob, but only Isaac gets to call me that. Obviously from the demon in Fantasia (Night on Bald Mountain sequence). However, Chernabog is also Russian for Dark God or Black God and has lots of other connotations. I used the Disney reference, duh.

My previous nickname was hyperboy or some variation thereof but I figured I needed to drop the boy moniker once I hit 26, lol.

So I switched to Chernabog, which has been my character name on Everquest for the last 4 1/2 years. (Actually his full character name is Chernabog Astaroth.... since they look for the Star of Astoroth in Bedknobs and Broomsticks and I had to spell it different since it wouldnt let me use "Astoroth).

In Everquest I am a wizard with a little familiar named Minibog. Incidentally I drive a MINI, thus Minibog is also the name of my car. I am working on getting the MINIBOG license plate :)

Yes, nerdy and sick. I know, I know.

[UvaGirl]

I like the Uva Bar at Downtown Disney:D In particular, I like their Appletinis:cheers: but AppletiniGirl doesn't have quite the same ring to it....

[Ghoulish Delight]

Ok, that one took me a bit, but I think I found it (http://www.totse.com/en/religion/miscellaneous_religious_texts/****_org.html).You're telling me you know of the Church of the Subgenius, but have not read the Illuminatus trilogy?! For shame. 23 lashes for you.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Ok, that one took me a bit, but I think I found it (http://www.totse.com/en/religion/miscellaneous_religious_texts/****_org.html).Your link doesn't work.

My silly husband spelled it wrong. And you don't really say it that way. You say "Kallisti". Or "Hail Eris." Or "All hail Discordia."

That should be enough to find you info. ;)

[Ghoulish Delight]

My silly husband spelled it wrong. You call it wrong, I call it discordant. Fnord.

[Scrooge McSam]

"Scrooge" was a nickname given to me by a roommate years ago. In a fit worthy of Scarlett's "I'll never eat a dirty root again" speech, I was declaring that I was tired of living hand to mouth and that things were gonna change around here. It was gonna be peanut butter and crackers until I could get this mess straightened out. Although he was supportive of my new direction, he couldn't help but call me Scrooge from then on out. He still does. :) It used to bother me a bit, but now that the finances are straight, I can laugh about it.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

It used to bother me a bit, but now that the finances are straight, I can laugh about it.On the upside, you can always go for a swim in the money vault to cheer you up. :D

[Chernabog]

Or "All hail Discordia."


I thought that was from the Stephen King Dark Tower series? Or am I totally off here.

On the upside, you can always go for a swim in the money vault to cheer you up.


I love Scrooge :) I just replayed the NES version of the game "Duck Tales", with Scrooge bouncing around on his cane killing monsters while collecting treasures. Remember that game? :cool:

[Moonliner]

Your link doesn't work.

;)

Ahh, the URL has a "bad" word in it.

http://textfiles.group.lt/occult/ERIS/####_org.txt

Replace the #'s with 'F' 'U' 'C' and ....

[mhrc4]

mad hatter racing crew and i am the 4th member.....

honestly, it was given to us in high school, and i used it on my first forum board years ago (probably 8 years ago) and i have just used it ever since...unchanging is a good thing

[Baileykat]

Baileykat -

Bailey is my son's name. Kat is my daughter's name...well actually her name is Kassidy...but I always wanted a daughter named Kat...but didn't want to name her Kat....nor did I want to name her Katherine or Kathy or Katy....so she's Kassidy - with a K!

And Kat is her nickname. But she's claimed as her own.

[mhrc4]

Baileykat -

Bailey is my son's name. Kat is my daughter's name...well actually her name is Kassidy...but I always wanted a daughter named Kat...but didn't want to name her Kat....nor did I want to name her Katherine or Kathy or Katy....so she's Kassidy - with a K!

And Kat is her nickname. But she's claimed as her own.

my sister-in-law's name is Kathryn, we call her Kitty Kat.... :D

[belleh5]

BelleH5-

Belle is my favorite Disney chracter.

The H was suppose to be a N- for Nicki, but I put H by mistake and I have kept it ever since I signed up on MP(my 1st board)

5- is my favorite number.

[Prudence]

I'm Prudence. Pronounced "Prudence." Many places I've switched to Ethelberga, because that's a fine Anglo-Saxon name that is always available as a log-in. But that's twice as many silly bulls.

And much of the time I won't notice if you've addressed me as Prudence or by my given name.

"Hey you" works, too.

[Gn2Dlnd]

"All hail Discordia."


"All hail Dorothy, the Wicked Witch is dead!"

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/gn2dlnd/iger-monkey_meltdown.jpg
(yeah, I stole the picture)

[Name]

name here, pronounced "nay-m". not "na-may" or any other exotic pronunciation, just simply "nay-m"

[alphabassettgrrl]

In Everquest I am a wizard with a little familiar named Minibog. Incidentally I drive a MINI, thus Minibog is also the name of my car. I am working on getting the MINIBOG license plate :)

I think it's cute! I've seen some clever license plates on Minis. We'll probably buy one as our next car- they're too cute! And hubby'll let me pick the color (which of course will be Purple Haze) and we can customize it and all kinds of fun! Or we may buy a used one and get no choice.

My name? I used to sign in with scubagrrl (hubby and I scuba dive and the grrl is usage among the lesbians) but I got a little bored and it didn't seem to fit this board. So now I'm alphabassettgrrl. I am the alpha (leader) in the house, we are most definitely bassett hound people, and the grrl remains. Yes, I know, technically not correct since I'm 35 now, but hey.

[DwoernAdale]

O.K., here is the geeky origin of my peculiar screen moniker.

When I purchased my first computer in 1998 it seemed only natural to buy a ton of games to go with it. One of these was Everquest. I really had no idea that the game was a MMORPG or even that such games existed, so I was suprised to find I had to go online to play it. Being totally 'new' to the internet in general this was a fairly daunting prospect. I HAD to have a cool name and it had to be obscure I decided. But what? So I racked my brains for a whole 5 minutes and decided I would paste two names of some beloved fantasy literature characters together..and viola! Dwoern(pronounced dworn) was born!(he was a wizard too btw Chernabog :) )

It occurs to me that it might be interesting to see if anyone can guess them. Probably not, but I'll leave it a mystery for now if anyone cares to guess. If not, no big. I'll tell later.

Fast forward 2 years. Dwoern is a pretty prominent and powerful character in certain circles on my server(read I played way too much and had no life) and I had decided it was, indeed, a cool and obscure name. So when I found MP while researching a DLR trip that year I decided to use the name there as well. But it wasn't disney enough. So another painful 5 minutes of brain racking and I decided to paste part of a disney character name on as well. But what? Dwoernerella..no, interesting but too gender-bending. Dwoerncharming? No.. too misleading. Dwoernocchio! Now we're cooking! But not quite it. After a long list of fanta-disney names I settled on DwoernAdale. Why, besides being one of the few who like the Robin Hood movie, I don't know. I think I had some burning desire to post something at the time and just went with one. Kinda anti climactic I suppose.

So there is the overly long and boring tale of my screen name.

Heres a :coffee: for those who nodded off. :)

[Claire]

<-----Claire


AKA stinkerbell and LushessTaffy. Or to scaeagles: "Whatever happened to stinkerbell and LushessTaffy?" :D

[SacTown Chronic]

Bob.
The verb?

[€uroMeinke]

I'm responsible for €urope

[Not Afraid]

He's also full of shyte.

[€uroMeinke]

Scheiße

[Not Afraid]

Merde

[€uroMeinke]

€uroPoop

[DisneyDaniel]

I love this thread! It's great hearing about the background behind so many names, learning the correct pronunciations, and name changes from different boards.

Daniel is my first name and several friends/co-workers started calling me "DisneyDaniel" a few years ago because I visit the Disneyland Resort so often. Most of them thought I was weird for visiting DL/DCA several times a month--but I've "converted" many of them! Now, about 1/4 of our office staff are Annual Passholders! I wish Disney would give "sales commission" for AP referrals! ;)

[jdramj]

I had to start this thread again... why?
Because this weekend a few things were made clear to me again:
1) we have new blood around these parts
2) Some of us, like me, dont have the easiest screen names
3) People are a tad too shy to ask how to say someone elses name.

So.. do you have a screen name that people might not understand? That they might not know how to pronounce?
Repeat the story here folks...

Me? I'm Ponine.
It's said Poe-knee-n Two sylables (Not Poe-nine)


Ok, please tell me this isn't my fault? LOL ;)

I'm jdramj, formerly know as "I'm Tink, Not Stink!" and then "Tink, not Stink". I changed it because it was too hard to remember that I had the "!" at the end of it and would mess up signing back in. Well it turns out the day I signed up here I should have gone shorter with "TNS", but I was too unispired and thought of it after the fact, and I just went with my yahoo ID.

"jdramj" are all the first initals of every one in my immediate family. My husband is "J"-Jason, I'm "d"-Dawn....the rest are the kids in the order they were born.

[wendybeth]

I went with Wendybeth at MP because someone had already snagged Wendy and I was too lazy to create a username that I might forget. ( I didn't actually post there for a long while). Wendy is because my parents had run out of names by the time I came along (#6), and Peter Pan was popular with my sibs. Beth is short for Elizabeth, but then you all probably knew that....:rolleyes:

DwoernAdale- not boring at all! (For boring example, see above). I had wondered where your name came from, although I did pick up that the 'Adale' was probably from Robin Hood.

[Ponine]

Ok, please tell me this isn't my fault? LOL ;)


Fault? Fault? What is this, FAULT you speak of?
I dont know that word.

But but.. YOU are Tink, Not Stink! ???? Where have I been!

[Gemini Cricket]

My good friend Axel from Germany pronounces "Gemini" as "Jiminy" as in Cricket. I always thought that was funny. Silly Germans.

Gemini Cricket started off as a character at MP in the "Stinkerbell and Mad Madam Mim Takes Over the World" thread. I was their spy.

It has evolved to mean many things. I think a lot and have a great big conscience. I also find a duality in my posts like the Gemini zodiac sign. Sometimes I'm crunchy, sometimes I'm a goof.

I'm not a Gemini. I'm a Pisces.

Before that I was DisneyLad (which was too confusing in posts) and Doc (which I didn't want confused with Doc Krock from MP).

One thing about Gemini Cricket. He's much wittier on the boards. In person, he's rather shy. But when he gets to know you, he comes out of the shell.

Ralphie is my partner... who registered but never posts.

:)

I have been posting for almost 5 years as either DisneyLad, Doc or GC.

[Mousey Girl]

This was one of my main chat names from my chatting days. I started collecting mice stuff at 10. I now have over 1500 and can completly cover a 6 ft Christmas tree with nothing but mice ornaments.

[mistyisjafo]

I'm Mistyisjafo (Miss T is JAFO)

Misty also being the stripper name my friends & I made up for me one lost Vegas weekend. It was, needless to say, a VERY good time.

JAFO - Is a very old reference to my Disneyland Parking lot days. We nicknamed ourselves the JAFOs = Just Another F**ing Observer. Anyways, we used it as a code word for "The P-lot is Having a Party if you know us you'll come" because the higher ups would no longer allow us to post party flyers so we'd put up flyers saying "Jafo meeting every 3rd Wednesday at the twin towers, Huntington Beach". Stuff like that. For whatever reason I've used it ever since.

Other monikers: MistyMonroe (love Marilyn Monroe) or tgisjafo (my first & last initial my standard JAFO status)

[mistyisjafo]

I thought that was from the Stephen King Dark Tower series? Or am I totally off here.


I'm with you and ALL things Steve has written!! :snap:

:All Hail Stephen King:

[blueerica]

Um -- my name is blueerica

The blue part of my name goes back so far, it has little meaning anymore except that it's a name I sign up with often.

I used to be BlueEeyore on MP.

I think I changed it some time ago just because I thought I would be extra boring and go with my real name, kind of.

[Matterhorn Fan]

My screen name is Matterhorn Fan, pronounced "Matterhorn Fan."

I have a real life name, but I won't post it here. I believe in using screen names for online stuff, and real life names for real life stuff.

But if I were at Disney and someone shouted "hey Matterhorn Fan," I would probably turn around.

[SacTown Chronic]

SacTown is one of many nicknames for my fair city. Other nicknames for Sacramento include Sacto, Sac, City of Trees, the River City and, to former Lakers coach Phil Jackson, CowTown. Chronic has several meanings for me but when I registered on MP, I was mostly thinking of my chronic case of Disneylanditis.

[Flubber]

Once and always Flubber. Pronounced Flubber.

The day I picked that name at MP I was feeling large and bouncy. Never had no mind to change it when we started the moble home park of message boards tour. ;)

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Once and always Flubber. Pronounced Flubber.

The day I picked that name at MP I was feeling large and bouncy. Never had no mind to change it when we started the moble home park of message boards tour. ;)I love that you are always Flub. :) Your real name is a common one (my brother has it as well) so we usually end up referring to you as Flub. Or my favorite side effect of screennames, we refer to you as "(name) Flub (name)". As in "I talked to Jennie; Jennie CP Jennie." ;)

[cirquelover]

I'm Cirquelover, as in Cirque du Soleil lover. My husband came up with it for me, for ebay when I wanted to join because I was always looking at Cirque and Disney stuff. I have kept the screen name ever since.

[CoasterMatt]

Me CoasterMatt... Love rollercoasters, spinning, flipping and screaming...

Not quite sure where the Matt part came from, maybe it was on my nametag or something

[jdramj]

Fault? Fault? What is this, FAULT you speak of?
I dont know that word.

But but.. YOU are Tink, Not Stink! ???? Where have I been!

You very well know I am guilty of the poe-nine version :rolleyes:

:D

[Ponine]

You very well know I am guilty of the poe-nine version :rolleyes:

Trust me when I say you were FAR from the first, and there is no way you will be the last.

[dsnylndmom]

Dsnylndmom 'cause I love Disneyland and I'm a mom, boring yeah I know. I started using it on a message board, I joined when I was pg with Shawn, about 5 years ago and just use it for everything now, cause I'm lazy. :)

[Claire]

Gemini Cricket started off as a character at MP in the "Stinkerbell and Mad Madam Mim Takes Over the World" thread. I was their spy.


:sigh: Them were the days. :sigh:

I have to say.....and I've never said this before......that when you were Doc and DisneyLad, you were um, kinda grumpy. I got the impression that you were older and kinda crotchety. When you became Gemini Cricket, you became hilaaaarious!!! :)

I can't believe I finally said that! :D

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Dsnylndmom 'cause I love Disneyland and I'm a mom, boring yeah I know. I started using it on a message board, I joined when I was pg with Shawn, about 5 years ago and just use it for everything now, cause I'm lazy. :)Heh, it's not so much that your name is boring, it's just that it's so similar to so many other posters.....dsnymomof3, dlandmom, etc.....that I get all of your confused. :D

[dsnylndmom]

Heh, it's not so much that your name is boring, it's just that it's so similar to so many other posters.....dsnymomof3, dlandmom, etc.....that I get all of your confused. :D


I know it's ricockulous! The first messageboard I used it on wasn't a Disney one, so here I was thinking "oh how creative I look" :rolleyes: What a dork.

[Ghoulish Delight]

ricockulous! :eek: it's what now?

[dsnylndmom]

:eek: it's what now?

heehee it's my variation of ridiculous :blush:

[DisneyDaniel]

My screen name is Matterhorn Fan, pronounced "Matterhorn Fan."

ROTFL! :D

I'm a Matterhorn fan, too. It's my favorite ride at Disneyland. But you are Matterhorn Fan!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

heehee it's my variation of ridiculous :blush:Awesome. I just might have to steal that.

[Gemini Cricket]

I have to say.....and I've never said this before......that when you were Doc and DisneyLad, you were um, kinda grumpy. I got the impression that you were older and kinda crotchety. When you became Gemini Cricket, you became hilaaaarious!!! :)

I can't believe I finally said that! :D
I found MP to be a kinda grumpy and crotchety place. But it was threads like yours and Mim's that made it a fun environment. Then drama ensued. I don't find MC to be crunchy. It's new it's fun it's for now. :)

Don't get me wrong, though. I can be just a grumpy bitter queen sometimes. Other times, not so much. ;)


CP & GD ~ Someone on MC is named Disquieting Metamorphosis. :D

[Kevy Baby]

mad hatter racing crew and i am the 4th member.....

honestly, it was given to us in high school, and i used it on my first forum board years ago (probably 8 years ago) and i have just used it ever since...unchanging is a good thingThis was one I always wondered about. Thanks for clearing it up.

[Kevy Baby]

Nickname I picked up 20 or so years ago when I was in DeMolay, but hadn't used since then. Yep, real name is Kevin, but you knew that already. And I once was a baby and still act like one on occasion.

[Nephythys]

Nephythys- because I like watching people go "Neph-y...what????"

Over ten years ago an online friend suggested the name- which is a slight misspelling (did I misspell that?) of Nephthys- an egyptian goddess (of death and other lovely things) and I have used it, or some variation thereof, ever since.

Pronounced however you please- nep-thesis, nepf-this- whatever. Call me Nephy (Neffi) or Nep. Or Cas- as some of you know.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

CP & GD ~ Someone on MC is named Disquieting Metamorphosis. :DLooks like the future kid will have to go with Dismaying Observation. "May" for short, eh?

I think Kevy just wants all the ladies to call him "baby".

[Gn2Dlnd]

Looks like the future kid will have to go with Dismaying Observation. "May" for short, eh?

Better: "Dis."

[mhrc4]

ricockulous

hehe, my wife and i say "ricogulous" and most of our friends make fun of it, but it was another friend that got us saying that as a joke... another variation of ridiculous

:D

[Cadaverous Pallor]

We say "ridonkulous" because Tina Fey said it once. Stuck forever after.

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

For those who are curious:

Bornieo - Born - E - Oh..

AKA BornieoThe Love Bug, Bornieo Goes Nana, Bornieo Goes Bananas, and Bornieo Oh the Hell W/It.

I think you all get the joke.

When I worked for Marvel, there were 2 Mark's in the office and one dude came up with Bornieo, so it stuck. My last name is Bourne, as in The Bourne Identity and Bourne Supremacy, both jokes I've heard before. I'm also an island in Indonesia where canaballs live...

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