The Nickname we choose....
Thursday, August 1, 2002 by joetheblow | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Why did you choose the nickname you chose???
I chose joetheblow because I'm just an ordinary Joe Blow. I put my pants on one leg at a time, I have a wife, 2.5 kids, single, live with my parents, about to go to a retirement home, highschool teenager, college graduate, voting, non-voting, citizen, alien, yada yada yada...you get the point.
So I have meaning behind my name. Does yours? Or is it just a name you came up with? (nothing wrong with that!!!)
I have alsonoticed that some people wanted to change (or have) their nickname, why???
I chose joetheblow because I'm just an ordinary Joe Blow. I put my pants on one leg at a time, I have a wife, 2.5 kids, single, live with my parents, about to go to a retirement home, highschool teenager, college graduate, voting, non-voting, citizen, alien, yada yada yada...you get the point.
So I have meaning behind my name. Does yours? Or is it just a name you came up with? (nothing wrong with that!!!)
I have alsonoticed that some people wanted to change (or have) their nickname, why???
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joetheblow
Reply #102 Saturday, August 10, 2002 2:07 PM
Reply #102 Saturday, August 10, 2002 2:07 PM
I wonder where the guy with the crazy name is at?? he has like ThEpE©cPoS... or something like that. Then he made a thread asking how to change the nick name....
goodmorphing
Reply #103 Saturday, August 10, 2002 2:50 PM
Reply #103 Saturday, August 10, 2002 2:50 PM
I have to confess to some more.... I used fumble for awhile. I was brand new to communities, and message boards. I had a community called fumble.com. I grew out of that name and deleted the community. Also, too many women in our community thought fumble was a boy and had crushes on her.
Then, I needed to have someone to come in and shake our message boards up a little, get them moving, so ThunderThreads was born. She did her work and was retired, though I could call on her if I need to.
Then, I had to go to war to protect our community... I got a brand new fighting passport and called her Suntag. I won that war. She is on call.
And (where is that blushing emoticon...) I wanted to find out about what one of "those" chat rooms was like. You know.... Smallbare was born, went exploring, was shocked and saddened, and never went there again.
I think screen names are great! I wish I had time to wear all the ones I think of....
Then, I needed to have someone to come in and shake our message boards up a little, get them moving, so ThunderThreads was born. She did her work and was retired, though I could call on her if I need to.
Then, I had to go to war to protect our community... I got a brand new fighting passport and called her Suntag. I won that war. She is on call.
And (where is that blushing emoticon...) I wanted to find out about what one of "those" chat rooms was like. You know.... Smallbare was born, went exploring, was shocked and saddened, and never went there again.
I think screen names are great! I wish I had time to wear all the ones I think of....
Koasati
Reply #104 Saturday, August 10, 2002 3:21 PM
Reply #104 Saturday, August 10, 2002 3:21 PM
Ok, Bangkokboy.....I'll tell ya......but you might get bored. 
My father was from the Alabama-Choushatta reservation in Livingston Texas. He disappeared into his bottle of Vodka shortly after I turned 3, so I never really knew him, but I've always been proud of that side of my heritage.
I had learned that most tribal names, had been changed by whiteman who couldn't be bothered with correct pronunciation. For example Cherokee is really pronounced Cha Ka Gee.....there are no 'r' sounds in the language.
I was at a Native American Arts & Crafts type show once where I spied a Choushatta man selling handmade pineneedle baskets. I ask him how the name of the tribe was pronounced, and he said "Choushatta". To which I replied, no I don't mean the whitemans way, I want to know the correct name. He got the biggest grin on his face
, and told me "Koasati".
When I stumbled upon skin.org, and found I needed a nick, I didn't want to use my nick of "Wolf", coz I figured it was too common and had bad connotations to a lot of people. So I dedided to use Koasati.
I found out later that Koasati means "Lost Tribe\People" and thought how very fitting for me, since I'm usually lost in my own little world.
My father was from the Alabama-Choushatta reservation in Livingston Texas. He disappeared into his bottle of Vodka shortly after I turned 3, so I never really knew him, but I've always been proud of that side of my heritage.
I had learned that most tribal names, had been changed by whiteman who couldn't be bothered with correct pronunciation. For example Cherokee is really pronounced Cha Ka Gee.....there are no 'r' sounds in the language.
I was at a Native American Arts & Crafts type show once where I spied a Choushatta man selling handmade pineneedle baskets. I ask him how the name of the tribe was pronounced, and he said "Choushatta". To which I replied, no I don't mean the whitemans way, I want to know the correct name. He got the biggest grin on his face
, and told me "Koasati".When I stumbled upon skin.org, and found I needed a nick, I didn't want to use my nick of "Wolf", coz I figured it was too common and had bad connotations to a lot of people. So I dedided to use Koasati.
I found out later that Koasati means "Lost Tribe\People" and thought how very fitting for me, since I'm usually lost in my own little world.
bakerstreet
Reply #105 Saturday, August 10, 2002 3:32 PM
Reply #105 Saturday, August 10, 2002 3:32 PM
not a bit boring, Koasati. Very enlightening as well. I took a course in Cherokee history in college, i need to dig out all that course material and reread it.
craeonics
Reply #106 Saturday, August 10, 2002 7:21 PM
Reply #106 Saturday, August 10, 2002 7:21 PM
Choushatta ~ Koasati
Sounds different to me. Must've been pretty mangled up back in the days. Good to see the real name got preserved though.
Sounds different to me. Must've been pretty mangled up back in the days. Good to see the real name got preserved though.
Bangkokboy
Reply #107 Saturday, August 10, 2002 9:22 PM
Reply #107 Saturday, August 10, 2002 9:22 PM
Thanks Treetog and Koasati for the neat stories. Original names seem to be a casualty when cultures collide. Like how did the British get Bangkok out of Kroong Tep?
LoidiBoid
Reply #108 Saturday, August 10, 2002 11:48 PM
Reply #108 Saturday, August 10, 2002 11:48 PM
LoidiBoid is a nic given to our family long before the age of computers! It's a "play" on our surmame "Loyd" which, if pronounced in a New York ("Nu Yoik") vernacular plus "iBoid" = the word Lady Bird. Hence the "LoidiBoids".
Unfortunately, Americans don't really get it as a Lady Bird is a "Lady Bug" in the US.
It's a British thing...
Well, you asked - sheesh!
Unfortunately, Americans don't really get it as a Lady Bird is a "Lady Bug" in the US.
It's a British thing...
Well, you asked - sheesh!
LoidiBoid
Reply #109 Saturday, August 10, 2002 11:49 PM
Reply #109 Saturday, August 10, 2002 11:49 PM
LoidiBoid is a nic given to our family long before the age of computers! It's a "play" on our surmame "Loyd" which, if pronounced in a New York ("Nu Yoik") vernacular plus "iBoid" = the word Lady Bird. Hence the "LoidiBoids".
Unfortunately, Americans don't really get it as a Lady Bird is a "Lady Bug" in the US.
It's a British thing...
Well, you asked - sheesh!
Unfortunately, Americans don't really get it as a Lady Bird is a "Lady Bug" in the US.
It's a British thing...
Well, you asked - sheesh!
Jafo
Reply #112 Sunday, August 11, 2002 7:33 PM
Reply #112 Sunday, August 11, 2002 7:33 PM
You know you're getting old when you can remember a lot of these explanations from when they first came up...
Glen...."onomatopoeia"....means words that sound like what they refer to...eg 'bang'...
Glen...."onomatopoeia"....means words that sound like what they refer to...eg 'bang'...
treetog
Reply #113 Sunday, August 11, 2002 8:33 PM
Reply #113 Sunday, August 11, 2002 8:33 PM
Jafo, yup, I am old, but my confort is that you are muuuuuch older then me....at least 4 loooong months. MOUHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
wulfn1
Reply #114 Sunday, August 11, 2002 8:54 PM
Reply #114 Sunday, August 11, 2002 8:54 PM
Thanks koasati!
I like your nick too and I'm rather fond of your skinning work too;-)
I like your nick too and I'm rather fond of your skinning work too;-)
Ruthven
Reply #116 Monday, August 12, 2002 8:46 AM
Reply #116 Monday, August 12, 2002 8:46 AM
Okay, LoidiBoid, I've gotta ask ... how would you pronounce "Loyd" if not the same as "Loid"? I mean, I get the Bird/Boid thing, but the rest throws me off!
And Jafo, I know what "onomatopoeia" means ... I just don't see how it applies to my name!
And Jafo, I know what "onomatopoeia" means ... I just don't see how it applies to my name!
Bangkokboy
Reply #117 Monday, August 12, 2002 10:35 AM
Reply #117 Monday, August 12, 2002 10:35 AM
Glen Eric Reed - dah-dih-dih-dah sounds mildly symphonic and pleasing to the ear. Gimme a break, I'm sorry I made the onomatopoetic reference, and I'm trying to scoot away gracefully! 
Ruthven
Reply #118 Monday, August 12, 2002 3:52 PM
Reply #118 Monday, August 12, 2002 3:52 PM
Ohhhh, okay ... that's more iambic than onomatopoetic. Hey, that's what you get for crossing swords with a guy who's got two degrees in English Lit
And thanks, by the way. I suddenly feel pretty good about my name today!
And thanks, by the way. I suddenly feel pretty good about my name today!
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #120 Monday, August 12, 2002 7:06 PM
Reply #120 Monday, August 12, 2002 7:06 PM
Um, that's not iambic - that would go 'dih-dah-dih-dah' etc.
Hey, I remembered. After all these years.
Sigh!
A poet I shall always be,
My past will never set me free...
Oh no,
Now all the words I'm going to write,
Will be iambic day and night.... >
Help!!!
Hey, I remembered. After all these years.
Sigh!
A poet I shall always be,
My past will never set me free...
Oh no,
Now all the words I'm going to write,
Will be iambic day and night.... >
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Reply #101 Friday, August 9, 2002 8:27 PM