How did you come by your alias?

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MERLINDREA

Monday, July 7, 2003 4:32 PM

Hi,

I am also using my alias almost everywhere I go. I came up with it when I entered the fabulous world of MUDs (Multi User Dungeons), when I was a student and all MUDs where text-based then. Wonderful thing to do, if you have about 20 hours per week time to play them. But I digress...

Well, the MUD was a fantasy based one, so I tried to remember some famous wizards, which led me to Merlin, and voila, there I had a female version. Although I am sure my fellow players weren't too happy to have to type that long name all the time :-). So they came up with Merl as the short form.

The weird thing is I don't like Merlin himself too much, ever since I read Mark Twain's "A Yankee..."

Merl

JOHNNYREB

Monday, July 7, 2003 4:37 PM

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Originally posted by Himberry:

...i certainly do have a favourite kind of morphemes: "unikale morpheme"

I know what a morpheme is. I remember learing about them in my History of the English language class--It's the smallest unit of any given language that conveys an idea or has meaning, such as {un-} or {-less}, if I'm not mistaken. But what is a "unikale morpheme," and why, pray tell, is it your favorite?

Viva Firefly

SERENITYVALLEY

Monday, July 7, 2003 4:47 PM

I was in a band called Serenity. We actually found Serenity Valley and were gonna stay there over night. And then Firefly came along and there was a Serenity Valley also, so it was suiting.

My email addy is much more interesting though. It is no1getzs0da which comes from the Two Guys and a Girl quote:

"Sharon, the second he sees that tattoo, he's never letting me near anyone he cares about again. I wanted to be the best man at his wedding, you know? I wanted to be Uncle Berg to his kids, you know. He'd say "No Soda!" and I'd give them soda! But now no one gets soda!" --Ryan Reynolds as Berg.

"I Jonathan Donnely take you Sharon Carter to be my lawful wedded bride. To hold and to have. Whether we have money or not. Whether you're feeling not well or well. Until one of us is dead." --Nathan Fillion (Two Guys and a Girl)

JAVIDRHO

Monday, July 7, 2003 5:21 PM

My alias comes from a science fiction novel I am currently writing. Javid Rho is a digital life form, so it works well as an alias for my digital self. The blue fellow in my avatar icon is the "real" Javid Rho (a version of my story is being illustrated by my brother and that image is from one of the online chapters).

MAGUINAN

Monday, July 7, 2003 10:03 PM

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Originally posted by SergeantX:
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Mechanical Artificial Guardian Used for Intensive Nullification and Accurate Negotiation

could you provide us with some example of your work?

SergeantX

"..and here's to all the dreamers, may our open hearts find rest." -- Nanci Griffith

Unfortunately, I can't. One of the "quirks" of "Intensive Nullification" is that almost no evidence is left behind...not even ash.

CHAMPAGNESUPERNOVA

Monday, July 7, 2003 10:55 PM

I used to post at Oasis (British music group) forums a while back. And I'd go by this name 'cause it was a title of one of their songs that I like a lot. Anyhow, I decided to use the same name at this board since it sounds kinda spacey.

PANIC

Tuesday, July 8, 2003 12:10 AM

I came by my online persona via several converging threads of thinking. First off, I've always loved that "Don't Panic" line from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Second, when I was first playing Counter-Strike (the first online game I played to any extent), I used a spray tag that said "Don't Panic," which I picked up somewhere along the way. I thought it was clever to be named "Panic" and spray "Don't Panic" everywhere. It was also entertaining to see the words Camper was killed by Panic whenever I killed some guy named camper, etc. Finally, I work in an hospital emergency department, where remaining calm in the face of an emergency is a definite asset. I've always enjoyed contrasts so I dug the irony. Plus its short and easy to type.

All bleeding eventually stops.

GOONIE

Tuesday, July 8, 2003 12:55 AM

Let's see - my email address is the name of my favorite Dr. Suess book (Marvink.mooney) which happens to be a scathing rebuke of my Hero Richard Nixon. (It is also fun to watch everyone become confused and think that i am a male named Marvin,) Goonie, which i post by, is the name of my favorite movie (when i saw it as a preteen it was teh first time i had ever seen a movie where the geeks got to be heros with shiny make overs or a popular guy falling in love with them) as well as my license plate.

Freudian study of my response; I am reverting to my juvenile self and need prozac. lol

SERENITYVALLEY

Tuesday, July 8, 2003 12:55 AM

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First off, I've always loved that "Don't Panic" line from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Oh, I LOVE the Guide. Actually, I'm reading So Long and Thanks For All The Fish right now. Did you see the TV series?

"I Johnny Donnely take you Sharon Carter to be my lawful wedded bride. To hold and to have. Whether we have money or not. Whether you're feeling not well or well. Until one of us is dead." --Nathan Fillion (Two Guys and a Girl)

NIGHTTRAIN

Tuesday, July 8, 2003 1:00 AM

I got mine from my favorite CD. Oscar Peterson trio if any of you are into jazz. Great album.

Signature?? I DONT HAVE TIME TO THINK OF A SIGNATURE!

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