Story behind your posting name?

[e.e.cummings]

Maybe this has been done before, but I'm curious...

The story behind mine: I choose the first thing that sprang into my head. I see that most names are in lower case, and e.e.cummings (the poet) name (and some of his poems) was always in lower case. I was an English lit major, hard to shake that off...

[shootingstar]

There is a thread somewhere, but I'll be darned to find the right keywords without spending oodles of time.

I thought you wanted instant fame, e.e.. :D

I like my pseudonym --has double images and meaning of: a flower or a star moving fast across the sky. Other pseudonymn is a different flower...and is translation of my middle Chinese name.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Mine is the street in Greenwich Village where I lived as a little girl and had some of my fondest childhood memories.

[kermit]

I've been a muppet fan since I was a kid and then got a tattoo of the green guy on my stomach. It just seemed to fit.

[uforgot]

My two sons made it up right when we first were emailing. Around 1998. They thought it would be cool if someone asked for our email address, and we said "uforgot" and then they would go "no I didn't, you never did give it to me". It did happen once.

The name is never taken, so I still use it for convenience.

[Chile Pepper]

I live in Chile, and I love to cook.

[Biciclista]

I have Italian citizenship and I like to ride a bike... (and I used to be mimitabby, but i decided that was too close to my real name/persona )

[NbyNW]

I used to live in the Pacific NW . . . now I live much farther north.

[zoom-zoom]

I <3 my Mazda 3 hatchback! :D

[ClockworkOrange]

I, as usual, got all confused. :rolleyes:

My bike is made by 'Orange', a bike made in the UK and the model is 'Clockwork', limited edition. ;)

Anyway, I should have called myself Orange Clockwork but I got it around the wrong way, hence ClockworkOrange!

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y272/Missbe/Decorated%20images/4070c23d.jpg

Clock

[Desert Tortoise]

I live in the desert and I'm slow.

[bcipam]

Mine's fairly simple - at one time I was heavily involved in a large cycling club here in Orange County (CA) called the Bicycle Club or Irvine or BCI. In fact, at one time I was the membership director and had set up an account as bcipam for inquiries. The name just struck and I have been using it since although on another Board I have changed the name because I no longer ride with BCI. I might have to do that here someday...:o

Frankly I got tired of club riding - too many goozo crazy people. I now have a nice little group of friends I ride with or I ride alone.

[tulip]

I like flowers.

[HermitGirl]

I live in backwoods country, don't go into town but about twice or thrice a week, spend a lot of time housewifin', hiking, (soon to be more) riding... and such.

[HermitGirl]

My bike is made by 'Orange', a bike made in the UK and the model is 'Clockwork', limited edition. ;)
Anyway, I should have called myself Orange Clockwork but I got it around the wrong way, hence ClockworkOrange!But that is the title of the cool movie of the 70's ... "Clockwork Orange" (or was it 60's?)

[spokewench]

I rode on a 24 hour 4-lady team for a few years and our team name was Spokewenches. Let's see if I can remember back that long ago; one member was double butted; one was bladed, one was something guage (can't remember now; and me Captain Spoke.

[Mr. Bloom]

But that is the title of the cool movie of the 70's ... "Clockwork Orange" (or was it 60's?)

Yeah Clock, I assumed that was the connection...aren't you in theatre? Costumier?

[malkin]

The familiar cat of one of the witches in Macbeth.
Also gray.

I guess when I become completely a malkin in RL then I'll change it.

[MommyBird]

The nickname my husband gave me after our first son was born.

[twin]

I am a twin and we both teach at the same school and we are art teachers.

[ridenread]

two of my favorite activities, riding and reading

[wanzar]

My name is just how the telemarketers and salespeople pronounce my name. I've even had a few people as far off as Wilson or Williams. You would think since they are trying to make a sale that they would make an effort to learn the names. But thats a whole different story.

[rocknrollgirl]

At the time, I was very into both rock climbing and mountain biking....
rocknrollgirl.

Now I just mt bike, but it was too much trouble to change it.

[Lifesgreat]

It expresses how I feel about my life's situation-the good and the occasional bad.

[Grits]

Girl Raised In The South, of course!

[Raindrop]

Living in the Pacific Northwest...it just seems appropriate.

[Trek-chick]

For some reason all the bikes I have owned (5 total) have been made by Trek/Gary Fisher (same company). I didn't intend for it to happen, I guess they just fit me well;)

[mudmucker]

I'm an environmental scientist and back in the day a long time ago I used to delineate wetlands. In addition to identifying upland/wetland plants I also took soil samples of hydric soils. We also would often have to trek through and across the wetlands to get to the other side or continue through the acreage to find the next one. Hence the name mudmucker. Oftentimes we would be suceptible to the "blackleg" syndrome depending on the conditions and where we stepped. I don't delineate wetlands anymore but I continue to trail run, romp, hike, and mt bike in rainy/snowy weather.

[Jolt]

I tend to have a lot of energy. It also goes quite well with my signature line... On a nursing forum my posting name is "Angie O'Plasty" since I am interested in cardiology and love bad puns.

[ClockworkOrange]

But that is the title of the cool movie of the 70's ... "Clockwork Orange" (or was it 60's?)

I saw the film at the cinema back in 1971, cool but also very noir! As I said, I made the mistake of getting it all around the wrong way. :rolleyes:


Yeah Clock, I assumed that was the connection...aren't you in theatre? Costumier?

Unfortunately not, purely named after my bike.

You see my bike was given to me by my son, 10 years ago and since then I lost a lot of weight, got over a bad back problem blah blah blah. Hence I wanted to be named after my bike.

Phew, isn't this is all hard work. :D

Clock

[HillSlugger]

I joined TE shortly after I started back in to road riding and I was severely "hill challenged" at the time. I loved the TE Hill Slug jersey and I live in Maryland.

[Kubla]

On more than one occasion the word "Kubla" mysteriously appeared when I was trying to type my name.

I finally realized that I had my right hand over to the left by one key... (Not sure how the "L" got in there, though.) :o

[malaholic]

I have a couple of sweet, silly malamutes, aka "mals", as seen in my avatar pic. I am completely, hopelessly addicted to them and I suffer from withdrawals if I'm away from them for very long. So, "malaholic" seemed like a good word to describe me.

[Tuckervill]

The story of no 'e' is that I've used this name since 1994 when AOL didn't allow more than 10 letters in an email address. When I give it out in person, I always have to say "no 'e" at the end.

Tanya Tucker got a reality show some years back and it was called Tuckerville. I used to get her fan email. The word looks weird with the e on it, now.

Karen

[7rider]

I ride a Seven.
:o

[SheFly]

I like to think I can ride faster than I can ;)

SheFly

[AMP]

My initials are AP and I always use them to sign off on anything. But TE requires minimum of three letters or numbers. Since I have a lot of wattage ( kinda like a poodle or a border collie), I added my middle initial.

[short cut sally]

I originally used my first name and first initial of last name together. seemed so boring but couldn't come up with anything better. I met up with this group of people on a ride (whom I had rode with off and on, here and there), I was dying on a ride, I knew the territory and was on route to take a short cut to save myself some miles. I am starting to go down this road, I thought no one was around, and I hear, "shelly is that you? You're not pulling a short cut sally are you?" So the guy procedes to call out several times, "are you really gonna pull a short cut sally?" So the whole weekend of that get together, he called me short cut sally. A few events later through out the year, he still proceded to call me that and tell others why he was calling me that. So I thought, there is a new and original name for me for this forum.

[GLC1968]

When I first signed up for an internet forum, it was The Knot back when my husband and I first got engaged. I picked the name cat+rick because it seemed suitable for a wedding planning site. A massive group of us moved to another site together after we were all married and I couldn't use the plus symbol, so I made it catplusrick. Then I had people say that my new name made them say cat-prick in their head when they saw it. I couldn't have that, so I changed it to GuinessLovinCat because I was on a big Guinness beer kick then (and everyone still knew me as Cat - which was taken). When I joined a fitness forum that was tied to the same user account, I didn't want a beer in my name, so I changed it to GirlLovesCycling since everyone was now already calling me GLC for short anyway. When I joined TE, GLC was available and I just added my birth year for a bit more length.

I still use GLC1968 as my username in lots of places because its ALWAYS available and has little to do with my real identity.

[tzvia]

T Z V I A (tsvee-ya). My Hebrew name. May be derived from 'Tzviya' (female deer/doe/gazelle). Doesn't fit me at all. Deer are so graceful, but I'm a klutz on a bike and no one will ever accuse me of being graceful.

[Zen]

the state I achieve while riding

[nolemom]

My husand and I graduated from Florida State University (Seminoles) and my two sons are now attending college at FSU. It seemed to make sense to be nolemom since most of my paycheck is going there now.

[Aggie_Ama]

Aggie= I am proud alumni of Texas A&M and forever a Fightin' Texas Aggie.
Ama= A nickname my brother gave me when we were bowling a tournament together. Everyone had a nickname but I refused to be called Mandy. The bowling scorekeepers only held three letters and thus I became Ama (ah-mah). My family still calls me Ama 16 years later.

[Atlas]

I'm a cartography and travel enthusiast.

[Tuckervill]

My grandson named me Ama. His mother is called Mandy! (Although her real name is Miranda.)

I know I've said this before.

Karen

[Tri Girl]

I do triathlons. I'm not very creative. :p

I've had fun reading everyone's stories.

[evangundy]

"e" is my first initial and "vangundy" is my last name

yah, I know, not very original

Edna

[okraftw]

I had a bag of okra in my freezer for the longest time that made a fantastic ice pack after some rides. I told my friend how frozen okra helped me keep riding, and she said, "Okra for the win!"

[VeloVT]

"e" is my first initial and "vangundy" is my last name

yah, I know, not very original

Edna

You know, I figured that out long ago (you often sign your posts with your first name), but for some reason my first instinct is always to read your name as "Evan Gundy." :o

[Aggie_Ama]

My grandson named me Ama. His mother is called Mandy! (Although her real name is Miranda.)

I know I've said this before.

Karen

When I was kid I wanted to be called Mandy, until I had a friend with a sweet chocolate lab named Mandy. Now I associate it as a dog's name. :o

My nieces call there grandmas Oma but when they were little it was always Ama. For some reason the O was a hard sound for both of them.

[katluvr]

Guess it is pretty obvious.... I love cats! (currently have 5 and would have more if I could!) This was a user name I created back when I first was on AOL...it sticks and I remember it.

(I sign w/ "K" as that is my first inital of my real name and also of my posting name)

[badger]

I had just gotten my first tin of badger balm in England, and there's also a Badger Inn not too far from my boyfriend's place. And I think they're cute :)

[Blueberry]

I had just gotten my first tin of badger balm in England, and there's also a Badger Inn not too far from my boyfriend's place. And I think they're cute :)

How cool:) I've been a devoted Badger Balm fan for ~8 years now...

[badger]

How cool:) I've been a devoted Badger Balm fan for ~8 years now...

I LOVE them! I have quite a few now as a local health food warehouse has open public market on Saturdays and have been selling them dirt cheap (who can say no to $1 tins??) I can't possibly use them all but it's fun trying them :)

[macski]

My last name is Scottish in heritage beginning with "Mc" hence the Mac. And I love to ski. I guess I could have been macbike for this forum ;)

[itself]

The story behind "Itself." I had a cat named Popcorn, he didn't particularly like his name. So I started kidding around with him calling him "The kernels itself." For some reason, "Itself" stuck. He was a tan buff boy whom I have very fond memories of. He passed in 1998...he was such a good boy..

Lisa

[indigoiis]

I gots big blue eyes.

[Owlie]

It was a nickname my friend gave me in 5th grade...

[moonfroggy]

i have a pet frog named moonfroggy i like the name heard it once and forgot i heard it gave the name to the frog then used it as a handle online then remembered that someone in high school had a friend named moonfroggy.

[indysteel]

I missed this thread back in May, but found it in an effort to answer somebody's question about changing their screen name.

Indysteel refers to Indianapolis, which is where I lived when I first joined. I was/am rather independent, so there was that, too. Steel refers to my steel Bianchi.

In September of 2009, I moved to a town a bit south of Indy, and was riding a titanium bike that the time. FranklinTi just didn't do it for me though. Now I'm back to the Bianchi, too, but FranklinSteel also sounds stupid. I'll just stick to Indy/Indysteel.

[hebe]

Hebe was my first cat, and is also a great character in a Mary Wesley novel (Harnessing Peacocks). Plus a pretty flower.

[Owlie]

Hebe was my first cat, and is also a great character in a Mary Wesley novel (Harnessing Peacocks). Plus a pretty flower.

Also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebe_(mythology) (My original thought when I read your username.) :)

[azfiddle]

I thought I had responded to this thread- guess not. I live in Arizona and I play the fiddle, so I use it for my identity here and elsewhere.

[Trek420]

I'm not named for drugs, really! ;) :rolleyes: This was not my first bike but my first "serious road bike", a '97 Trek 420, green to purple fade paint job. Previous bikes were a Raleigh 3 speed, then a Gitane, then a Mercien ... I'd gotten it a year or so before joining here. It was lifted from inside my home shortly after joining :mad: :( I hate bike theives! So if you see it out there hold the crook down while you PM me. :rolleyes:

Sometimes I consider changing "my name" to one of my new bikes.

[OakLeaf]

You had a Mercian and didn't consider it "serious"?!

[Bike Writer]

I also thought I had responded to this thread, my handle = two things I like to do bike and writer plus I feel like it's a play on words. I currently write a couple of columns in our monthly newspaper. I need to note that writing is really a hobby, it's not what I do for a living.

Also a friend of mine started up a facebook group of bike writers as several of us here in town met at a writers club and later found out that a few of us also liked to bike ride.

[Koronin]

When I still lived in Ohio I was in a Klingon Star Trek fan club. Koronin is the Klingon name I choose for myself. I just use it for message boards as it's easy for me to remember.

[Catrin]

I thought that I had posted on this thread when it came out, guess not :)

"Catrin" is just a version of my first name. I've been told that it is the Welsh transliteration, but I don't really know if that is true or not. It is, however, easy to remember and is normally available for use on discussion boards though not always.

I have considered changing it to the name of my bike, but before I decide that I will need to see what the new bike will be named :) We will see, my current posting name is short and sweet and that is nice too.

[HillSlugger]

I just had my screen name changed, so I'm going to post again!

My original screen name was MDHillSlug because I'm from Maryland and I was rather "hill challenged" when I signed up here. In the years since, I've gotten to be a much stronger rider, so the name didn't fit so well anymore. So, now I'm HillSlugger, because I fight my way up hills and it's a play on the old name.

[badgercat]

I did my undergrad studies at the University of Wisconsin (Badgers)
and I'm in grad school at the University of Arizona (Wildcats).
I'm a Badger and a Wildcat, but my allegiances are still mostly to Wisconsin, so... badgercat. :)

[Trek420]

You had a Mercian and didn't consider it "serious"?!

Correction, think it was a Mercier? Got it used after the Gitane and I were "right hooked" :rolleyes:

[Melalvai]

These are great stories. I had never made the connection to "420", maybe your bike thief did!

My handle means "Peaceful Mischief" in the language my husband invented. You might be surprised that "conlang" (constructed language) is a popular hobby. It's very useful for a unique handle. When our daughter was born he created a new word and she became Nelalvai, "New Mischief".

[Trek420]

These are great stories. I had never made the connection to "420", maybe your bike thief did!

I know that the bike thief did :mad: Fun thing about the bike was the double-take experienced riders did when they saw it. "Oh, whatever. A Trek 42 .... woah! With Flightdeck and Ultegra and .... "

Chris Robinson and I had so much fun upgrading the heck out of it. :D

I'm sure the crook stripped it for a hit of crack. :mad: I hate bike crooks. :mad:

[neo93]

I'm a NICU nurse (Neo for neonatal nurse), and I graduated from nursing school in 1993.

Very original, I know :p.

[ciao_bella]

I'm first generation Italian. My parents immigrated here in 1948. My Grandparents/Aunts/Uncles followed shortly thereafter. Therefore I grew up immersed in all things Italian.....I can't seem to shake it off.....not that I really want to. :)

Ciao = hello/goodbye in Italian
Bella = Beautiful

Growing up in my large extended family, my aunts & uncles always called us nieces "Bella", as a term of affection.

It's just an expression that I've always liked.

[eofelis]

I signed up here back when I rode a Surly Pacer. I moved on to a different bike, but I haven't figured out how to change my user id on here.

[abejita]

email the modorator...thats what I did.

[abejita]

In college, I used to tell my boyfriend (now husband) that I had been a 'busy bee' at work. He has a habit of translation english sayings into spanish, which turned into abejita occupada...the 'abejita' (little bee) part has stuck for the last 12 years.

[Trek420]

I'm not named for drugs, really! ;) :rolleyes: This was not my first bike but my first "serious road bike", a '97 Trek 420, green to purple fade paint job. Previous bikes were a Raleigh 3 speed, then a Gitane, then a Mercien ... I'd gotten it a year or so before joining here. It was lifted from inside my home shortly after joining :mad: :( I hate bike theives! So if you see it out there hold the crook down while you PM me. :rolleyes:

Too bad it's a 50 cm and a good thing I'm broke because here's my namesake even in the right colors. :rolleyes:

http://cgi.ebay.com/TREK-420-FAST-TRACK-ROAD-BIKE-GREAT-CONDITION-50CM-/160531988545?pt=Road_Bikes&hash=item256073c041#ht_548wt_1156

[OakLeaf]

The good news is that if it's the wrong size, it's not your bike.

[Crankin]

I thought I had responded to this thread, but my story is so boring, I guess I didn't.
I originally was using my real name on TE, until 2-3 years ago, someone I used to work with 20+ years ago found me by searching my name and it came up on a TE thread. This isn't really awful, in light of Facebook, etc., but I decided to change to a screen name. I really couldn't think of anything original I liked that hadn't been taken. My IM screen name is Crankin + my first name (which I chose because I couldn't think of anything and Crankin + DH's first name is his IM screen name), so I dropped the first name part from Crankin. I guess it would i.d. me as a cyclist, even though I am not particularly "crankin," in terms of speed.

[Trek420]

The good news is that if it's the wrong size, it's not your bike.

That's true. :cool: