Where'd You Get Your AO Nickname?

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  • Reply 21 of 78
    Quote:

    Originally posted by addabox

    Oh, hey, I didn't know your were Billybobsky! Cool!



    Yeah... didn't want to make it too public...
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  • Reply 22 of 78
    shawnjshawnj Posts: 6,656member
    Mother. Thank you for my two syllable name. My brother got three.
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  • Reply 23 of 78
    ebbyebby Posts: 3,110member
    Ebby is the name of one of my cats. (short for Ebony) He is all-black with long hair and is only affectionate to me. He runs from all my other family members but often will seek me out and wait for me to get out of the shower, follow me anywhere I walk, or nap when I don't.
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  • Reply 24 of 78
    I am constantly curious, and lived on the quiet fringe of a city, so didn't want the expected pun, but preferred a modified version...

    curious-suburb minus an s.
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  • Reply 25 of 78
    midwintermidwinter Posts: 10,060member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ShawnJ

    Mother. Thank you for my two syllable name. My brother got three.



    I hope you mean your middle name and not your first, since "Shawn" doesn't have two syllables.
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  • Reply 26 of 78
    flounderflounder Posts: 2,674member
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    Originally posted by midwinter

    I hope you mean your middle name and not your first, since "Shawn" doesn't have two syllables.



    I'm guessing his last name is also monosyllabic
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  • Reply 27 of 78
    cosmonutcosmonut Posts: 4,872member
    "Cosmo" was a nickname of mine in high school. It was already taken here. "Nut" was simply added because I can be goofy sometimes. There are no actual ties to Russian space explorers, a.k.a. cosmonauts. This is also the only place I use that handle.
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  • Reply 28 of 78
    cosmonutcosmonut Posts: 4,872member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by curiousuburb

    I am constantly curious, and lived on the quiet fringe of a city, so didn't want the expected pun, but preferred a modified version...

    curious-suburb minus an s.




    Wow. I just now noticed the middle "u". I always saw your name as "curiousburb."
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  • Reply 29 of 78
    trick falltrick fall Posts: 1,271member
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    Getting "Trick Fall" out of "Patrick Fallon" is excellent. How old were you when you realized you could do that?



    Thanks, I think I was 18. I love my regular name, but Patrick Fallon is just not a rock and roll name.



    Quote:

    Wow. I just now noticed the middle "u". I always saw your name as "curiousburb."



    Me too......
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  • Reply 30 of 78
    midwintermidwinter Posts: 10,060member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by CosmoNut

    Wow. I just now noticed the middle "u". I always saw your name as "curiousburb."



    Damn! I did, too!
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  • Reply 31 of 78
    addaboxaddabox Posts: 12,665member
    Same here. This is like one of those perception things where 95% of the people will miss the extra whatever because it's close to something else you expected and your brain helpfully just edits it for you.



    Funny thing about brains. Really not that trustworthy.
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  • Reply 32 of 78
    midwintermidwinter Posts: 10,060member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by addabox

    Same here. This is like one of those perception things where 95% of the people will miss the extra whatever because it's close to something else you expected and your brain helpfully just edits it for you.



    Funny thing about brains. Really not that trustworthy.




    Indeed. Most people don't notice that my nickname is actually "NaplesX."
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  • Reply 33 of 78
    rageousrageous Posts: 2,170member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by CosmoNut

    Wow. I just now noticed the middle "u". I always saw your name as "curiousburb."



    ditto
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  • Reply 34 of 78
    LMAO



    I can't believe how many you guys didn't see the extra "U" in curiousuburb's name. You all made my day.
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  • Reply 35 of 78
    I have always wondered how one would pronounce curiousuburb...



    curious uburb or curiou suburb?
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  • Reply 36 of 78
    I pronounce it the second way. I figure in this instance, it wouldn't make a difference, really. It's open to interpretation.
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  • Reply 37 of 78
    andersanders Posts: 6,523member
    Funny thing. I don´t really think about how the names are pronounced. For me the names here are signs, made up by collections of letters, not the sounds.



    Of course for someone named "Bob" or "Steve" or "New" I do have the sound of the name in my head. But when people started using name like "rageous" and "NaplesX" I just turned the verbalizer off. I mean, it is very unlikely I´ll have to say the names out loud before we reach 10.8 (the one with speech recognition).
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  • Reply 38 of 78
    rageousrageous Posts: 2,170member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Anders

    ...But when people started using name like "rageous" and "NaplesX" I just turned the verbalizer off. I mean, it is very unlikely I?ll have to say the names out loud before we reach 10.8 (the one with speech recognition).



    it's easy. "rageous" is pronounced "Joe".
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  • Reply 39 of 78
    Quote:

    Originally posted by hardeeharhar

    I have always wondered how one would pronounce curiousuburb...



    curious uburb or curiou suburb?




    Believe it or not, given the number of people who miss the third 'u', or just abbreviate it as 'burb, I tend to blur the pronounciation so it often sounds like curiousburb



    But thanks for noticing, Mac_Doll. *bats eyelashes*
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  • Reply 40 of 78
    zozo Posts: 3,117member
    heck, until now not only did I not see the "u" in curiousburb, but I thought it was "CURIOUSBOB"



    Anyway... my nick is pretty simple...



    My first name is Lorenzo... and in college it was deemed too long, so, from day 2 of it, I became "zo" to the friends...
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