What does it MEAN??

[Meg McKilty]

I was in the pool this morning doing my first pool workout in 4.5 years (yay me), and I was pondering very hard: what the crap does "kelownagirl" mean?!

Is it Kel-Own-A-Girl? Is it Kelowna-Girl?

More-so, what does everyone's name mean? Mine, Meg McKilty, is a name a friend made up to name his future bar. I will have a stained-glass portrait of me on the ceiling in a kilt and have happy hour drinks named after Scottish lore.
Btw, I am not Scottish; I just like kilts.

[mimitabby]

Kelowna is a place.

[kelownagirl]

LOL....... :rolleyes: :D :D :D :D :D :D

And a beautiful place it is....


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelowna,_British_Columbia

http://www.tourismkelowna.com/

http://www.kelownabc.com/index.html

http://www.kelowna.ca

And it's pronounced Kuhl OWN ah

And congrats on getting in the pool!!!

[LBTC]

giggle
Kelowna is only a half hour drive away from where I live, so it never occurred to me that the name might have any other meaning. :p

btw, my nick is the acronym for the words on the top tube of my bike "the Little B!!ch That Could". :D

Of course, I had assumed you were Scottish because of your name and think it's fun that you're all about the kilt! ;):cool:

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[Melalvai]

Melalvai is from a elven language my husband invented when he was a teenager. It might sound weird but constructed languages, or "con-lang" are so common that their forums & lists make TE and even Bike Forums look tiny and mild mannered. The whole family has their own elven name. It's an easy way to come up with a name that has not been chosen by anyone else.

Melalvai means Peaceful Mischief. My daughter, Nelalvai, means Little Mischief.

[Zen]

Kelowna.
When I first started coming here I dyslexified that into "clown".
No offense intended, you can see how that can happen :p

[SouthernBelle]

Mine is so unimaginative.

[melissam]

Mine is so unimaginative.

Don't feel bad, SB -- mine is even less imaginative.

Hey, maybe we should start a pool to come up with a new screen name for me!! :D

-- MelissaM

[kat_h]

Don't feel bad, SB -- mine is even less imaginative.
-- MelissaM

You're not alone. :)

kat

[NoNo]

My name is Annette, so No No Nanette. That and one day in HS Chem, my friend spun around in his seat and said "I'm going to start calling you 'NoNo'. You just look like one." I don't know what that means:rolleyes:

[melissam]

You're not alone. :)

kat

Yes, but you get bonus creativity points for putting an underscore between your first name & last initial. ;)

[Wahine]

Mine is a nickname my husband has gave me and is commonly used amongst my buddies. I love to windsurf, surf and snowboard - all baord sports.... hawaiian origins... thus Wahine. And no, I'm not Hawaiian and my real name could have easily been Meg McKilty based on my ancestry. My real name is a very old Celtic name.

[csr1210]

Mine's my initals plus anniversary month/day. Not very original, but I got tired of trying to remember "who I was" at different places, and this is easy for family and close friends to recognize as me:o. I really admire the quirky, descriptive names some of you have come up with!

[Pax]

Mine is the first part of the phrase Queen B!tch Of The Universe. It was given to me by a not-quite-recovered crack addict I worked with in social services, my co-workers thought it was hilarious so it stuck...I will actually answer to Queen in meatspace now. :p

[tulip]

I like flowers.

[mimitabby]

I like pizza. ( I couldn't resist)


:D:D:D


Queen, thanks for the explanation. I wanted to know.

mine is easy I like cats actually

[7rider]

mine is easy I like cats actually

I thought you like bikes??? ;)

[elk]

my actual initials.....some crazy parents...

[lauraelmore1033]

mine is the first part of my e-mail address--which I put in the "username" blank by mistake when signing up. I've just never bothered to change it. I supposed I should....
My username was SUPPOSED to be BunkeyB which is the name of my Grandmother's amazing parakeet which used to say "hello, my name is Bunkey Bartholomew" among other things.

[Starfish]

Mine is from that story about the person walking down the beach, throwing stranded starfish back into the ocean. Someone asks them why they are bothering...how could it matter, when there are so many starfish stretching down the beach to the horizon. The person replies...it matters to this one.

PS: Mimi, I LOVE your new avatar! :)

[firenze11]

Mine is from my favorite city in the world (so far) - Florence. I like to pretend I'm Italian. In reality I'm a blonde, very very pale Heinz 57, not that there's anything wrong with that, of course. And 11 for my lucky number. Born on the 11th day of the 11th month in '83 and 8+3=11.

It is nice to learn what they mean from you all.

[Tuckervill]

OMG! I just added up my birthdate and it adds up to 11, too!

I was born on the 11th day of the FIRST month. 1-11-62.

How weird.

Karen

[Tuckervill]

re my screenname...

I've been using the same name since 1994 or 1995? My first AOL address--back in those days, you could only have 10 characters, thus, no E. Tuckervill is my little fiefdom, here, wherever I hang my hat. I can't imagine ever changing it, really.

I was Tuckervill before Tanya Tucker, I can tell ya that!

Karen

[Aggie_Ama]

Mine is simple:

Aggie= I am a Texas A&M Aggie.
Ama= a family nickname from my brother when we used to bowl. He pronounces it Ah-m-a. Many of those close to me don't even use my full name.

[firenze11]

OMG! I just added up my birthdate and it adds up to 11, too!

I was born on the 11th day of the FIRST month. 1-11-62.

How weird.

Karen

Funny how things work out like that, huh? My parents were born on 12/13 and 1/12 which makes it even weirder.

[OakLeaf]

I make good compost. :D

[7rider]

mine is the first part of my e-mail address--which I put in the "username" blank by mistake when signing up. I've just never bothered to change it. I supposed I should....
My username was SUPPOSED to be BunkeyB which is the name of my Grandmother's amazing parakeet which used to say "hello, my name is Bunkey Bartholomew" among other things.

Thread drift.....
Oooo...how do you change it?? Do I have to get a new account?
See, I saw "User name" and thought...Hmmmm My name is Regina. I'll enter that! D'oh! :eek: No alter ego on line here. Sigh. If I did...it would be "7rider" which is the bike I ride (a Seven) and my usermame in other bike (and photo) fora.

[divingbiker]

OMG! I just added up my birthdate and it adds up to 11, too!

Hey, me too! first day of 10th month, 10/1/56, 5+6 = 11 (a fiscal new year baby, born to be a bureaucrat)

[Mr. Bloom]

I will have a stained-glass portrait of me on the ceiling in a kilt

Oh good, it's an establishment where the lass is wearing something;)


Melalvai is from a elven language my husband invented when he was a teenager.

Ask him to give us names at dinner next month:cool:


Mine is the first part of the phrase Queen B!tch Of The Universe.

I struggle to believe that! You were only trying to help:rolleyes:


Mine is from my favorite city in the world (so far) - Florence.

Florence Alabama or Florence Kentucky?;)

I can remember that Silver was intrigued by triskeliongirl's name but totally missing it thinking it was tris-ka-lion...but it's really quite technical...tris-kelion.

Silver hasn't responded, so I'll chime in...She makes Silver Jewelry.

Mr. Silver...hmmm, just trying to make it sure I'm not prowling for dates by hanging out here...;)

[emily_in_nc]

Mine is kinda obvious and boring, but that's okay.... :D It's descriptive enough and at least doesn't include my last name, in case any stalkers are having a look here.

Mimi, I love your new avi too -- very beautiful!

Emily

[Possegal]

mine was because i couldn't come up with anything interesting and i signed up here very shortly after my sister and b-i-l rode in the livestrong challenge. our team name can be seen on the sketch of our jerseys in another thread.
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=21528&page=2
hence my rather boring name. but then again, i've never been very creative at board names, why change now. :)

[Cindyloo]

Hey, me too! first day of 10th month, 10/1/56, 5+6 = 11 (a fiscal new year baby, born to be a bureaucrat)

SPOOKY! divingbiker, we have the same birthday and... 10/1/74, 7+4=11 :eek:

Anyway, mine is Dr. Seus: Cindyloo(who).

[CyclaSutra]

I wrote an "Excursion" column for my newspaper (regular columnist flaked on me) about commuting to work 10 miles with studded tires at 10 below zero. I said something to the effect of how frigid it was when in the shade of the hill, and when the sun came over the butte "it felt like a climax."

A smarta$$ acquaintance wrote a letter to the editor saying he had bicycled for fitness, transportation and enjoyment for 30 years but never had a climax, maybe he should "ask the CyclaSutra" how.

My editor banned the word "climax" from an excursions after that. But I thought it was hilarious.

[KnottedYet]

mine is the first part of my e-mail address--which I put in the "username" blank by mistake when signing up. I've just never bothered to change it. I supposed I should....
My username was SUPPOSED to be BunkeyB which is the name of my Grandmother's amazing parakeet which used to say "hello, my name is Bunkey Bartholomew" among other things.

Never thought of this before... but are you related to Kayleen from Bellingham? (Kileen, Kailein, gawd, how does one spell it...)

[Wahine]

I wrote an "Excursion" column for my newspaper (regular columnist flaked on me) about commuting to work 10 miles with studded tires at 10 below zero. I said something to the effect of how frigid it was when in the shade of the hill, and when the sun came over the butte "it felt like a climax."

A smarta$$ acquaintance wrote a letter to the editor saying he had bicycled for fitness, transportation and enjoyment for 30 years but never had a climax, maybe he should "ask the CyclaSutra" how.

My editor banned the word "climax" from an excursions after that. But I thought it was hilarious.

This is my favorite explanation so far. Queen's is a very close second.

[Popoki_Nui]

Popoki = cat in Hawai'ian. Nui means 'big', 'many', 'great' throughout Polynesia. I'm big and adore cats (I also have, and have had many cats), hence....Popoki Nui. Elsewhere in the Pacific, cat is "Pusi". Pusi Nui just sounded.....wrong somehow. :rolleyes:

edit; not Polynesian myself, but i've travelled some out there and love to study the culture and languages.

[Raindrop]

I reside in the Pacific Northwest...hence the name. At the time (about a dozen forums ago), I thought it was kind of trite. Now, I kind of like it and have included it into my business name.

[Meg McKilty]

My name is Annette, so No No Nanette. That and one day in HS Chem, my friend spun around in his seat and said "I'm going to start calling you 'NoNo'. You just look like one." I don't know what that means:rolleyes:

Heh. I call my interesting femme parts the "No No Good and Plenty". So naturally I laughed out loud at work when I read this.


Oh good, it's an establishment where the lass is wearing something
Funny you say that: I didn't add that I am supposed to be topless in this stained glass portrait. So now that you mention it.

[Mr. Bloom]

Funny you say that: I didn't add that I am supposed to be topless in this stained glass portrait. So now that you mention it.

;)'Aye, so it's one of 'dem 'dair places, eh?;)

[crazycanuck]

Well, mine comes from the nickname given to gents on the Canuck national ski team in the 70's & 80's ! I remember Steve Podborksi & Ken Read...

http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-41-417/sports/crazy_canucks/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Canucks

[Dianyla]

btw, my nick is the acronym for the words on the top tube of my bike "the Little B!!ch That Could". :D
That's awesome! I never suspected, you rascal! :p

I'll never forget how hard I laughed when I finally figured out what MM_QFC's name meant. :D

My username is just a contraction of my name (Diane) with a favorite book character (Ayla).

[lauraelmore1033]

Never thought of this before... but are you related to Kayleen from Bellingham? (Kileen, Kailein, gawd, how does one spell it...)

Probably not. My husband and I are from Indiana originally. There are a lot of Laura Elmores out there (and Brians too) and it seems like someone's always looking for a "lost" Laura E where ever I go.

[trinena]

trinena - tri because i fell for triathlon tho' i've only done one but definitely plan for more. and ya that whole play on tri and try. nena because it's a term of an endearment/affection in spanish derived from girl/daughter (niña) used in families and with significant others. i like the blending of the two qualities.

[SheFly]

SheFly - I like to think that I can go faster than I can :D . This name came to me out of the blue one day, and I've been using it since. On other forums, I'm known as MrsCouch - DH is CouchingTiger (aka Couch). The funny thing is that he hardly sits still...

SheFly

[Aint Doody]

I'm orginally from the South, and most Southerners say "aunt" as aint--at least in my part of the South. I had a great, great aunt who was called Aint Doody. I can't even remember her real name now. There was a story about a cousin saying, "Oh, Aint Doody, I luv you!" So when I got my Pilot in 2005, all I could think of was, "Oh, Aint Doody, I luv you!" The bike became Aint Doody, but I shortened it to Doody, and I became Aint Doody.

Later when I looked at it, I thought--Hmmmm, this could be translated into meaning "not sh.."

[Starfish]

Later when I looked at it, I thought--Hmmmm, this could be translated into meaning "not sh.."

That's TOTALLY what I thought it meant! :p I always took it as an expression of humility. Honestly!

[7rider]

That's TOTALLY what I thought it meant! :p I always took it as an expression of humility. Honestly!

I figured the aint was aunt, but thought doody was some form of her name.
I had an aunt, Josephine, who's name my eldest cousin could not say when he was a child. He tried to say "Jo Jo", but it came out "Dodo". So she was always Aunt Dodo to all of us. She wasn't a flightless bird, certainly not an idiot. So...Dodo...Doody. Whatever! :D;)

[crazybikinchic]

I have an aint Noller. She is really Aunt Ann, but this always drove her nuts, so of course, what do all the kids do?

DH and I would tell all of our friends how far I would ride at a time while I was training for a century. They would all look at us and ask me, "are you crazy?"

I do have an instructor in school that originally thought it was crazy bikini chic. I laughed when she said that. I told her absolutely no way this body would get in a bikini.

[Zen]

I don't remember anymore but I'd like to change it :(

[OakLeaf]

I don't know how but Robyn just changed hers, so there's some way to do it!

[kelownagirl]

I'll never forget how hard I laughed when I finally figured out what MM_QFC's name meant. :D



Do share... :)

[Dianyla]

I'll never forget how hard I laughed when I finally figured out what MM_QFC's name meant.
Do share... :)
"Mary Mary, quite contrary..." :p

[Bad JuJu]

I don't know how but Robyn just changed hers, so there's some way to do it!
Looks like Regina changed hers to 7Rider, too. So it can sure be done.

Mine's my old radio call sign, from my years in the navy. Some imaginative ops officer thought it was a clever modification of my actual name, Judy. I hated it at first, but it kind of grew on me. You know, like fungus. :rolleyes:

[HillSlugger]

I don't know how but Robyn just changed hers, so there's some way to do it!

Send a message to Susan or to the administrator.

Back when I had to choose a user name I was new to biking and having to walk my bike up the harder hills. I saw the TE Hill Slug jersey here and thought that was me. Since then I think I've graduated from hill slug to at least a hill lizard. I've thought about changing names but I've kinda grown attached to it.