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Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
 
I just realized that even when people are talking to me by my moniker, I read it as my real name.

For instance, when reading Ela's reply to my post-count crack she wrote: No, Ryuko...

But I read: No, Abby... in my head.

Is that weird? Do other people do that?
 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
No.

I have come to identify pretty strongly with this name, though.
 

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Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
 
Dear Abby....

I read your name and think of an Anime character. A small girl very cute, very dangerous. (Anime formula: The cuter they are, the more you'd better watch out!)

I have been called "Slaine" for so long, it really is a name I respond to....
 

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Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
 
My response is pretty similar to Icarus's. I've been called Moose for a long time, even IRL (nod to Shinda-ers).

And due to Hatrack for the past couple years, I read "Pop" as being me, too, which throws me every time someone mentions pop culture or pop psychology, or even refers to popatr as Pop. It bugs, almost as much as seeing "bug" used as an intransitive verb does.

--Pop
 

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Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
 
Actually, Hatrack has added "Kat" to the list of nicknames from Katharine that I will answer to and think of myself as.
 

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Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
 
Ryuko aka Abby,

It doesn't happen to me, but I don't know that it means anything. I've been using this particular screen name, in one form or another, in all my primary email addresses and logon names - I vary my passwords though. In my case, it means I've been seeing "sndrake" for almost 11 years. As you might have gathered, it consists of my first and middle initials, combined with my last name.
 

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Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
 
What's odd is being called "Ralphie" at a Hatrack gathering and not blinking an eye.

And I just superimpose "Mistress of the Night" whenever I see "Ralphie" in a post.

edit: Moose, I think I exclusively called you "Moose" at both Shindas, and I think you exclusively called me "Ralphie."

[ August 28, 2003, 03:40 PM: Message edited by: Ralphie ]
 

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Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
 
Ditto what Icky said.

**Ela**
 

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Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
 
Yeah, but I think I exclusively called saxon "John," so I'm not a good example to use.
 

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Posted by ak (Member # 90) on :
 
I've often been called aka or ak in real life, so I think of those as being my name as much as I do Anne Kate, really. When people occasionally call me Anne, that does NOT sound like me. I don't like that at all, for some reason.

Most jatraqueros I think of mainly by their posting names. Aim names don't seem to matter much at all. I think of all of my online friends either by their real life names or by their hatrack posting names. What's funny is that some people's real life names just feel like pseudonyms to me. Like "Clark Kent" type monikors. The true identity feels more like it's associated with the posting name. <laughs>

For me Pod is one of those, and Jaiden, Tresopax, Human, also Slash and Ralphie. I know who people mean when they say Ted, Carolyn, Jon, Jon, Ty, and Toni, but those are not really their names, to me.

[ August 28, 2003, 03:49 PM: Message edited by: ak ]
 

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Posted by celia60 (Member # 2039) on :
 
Tom called me cicilia and i almost corrected him. not with my name, but with celia. i'm kind of suprised that i even responded to it.
 

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Posted by Sho'nuff (Member # 3214) on :
 
I've used the name Strider for so long before i even started posting at Hatrack that i was already pretty associated with that name in my mind.

Hatrack has just fueled that fire even more.

hmmm...which reminds me...Strider.

I know that I associate other regulars with their posting name, even if I know them in real life. I have some numbers in my phone by posting names, not real names.
 

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Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
 
Who's Tom?
 

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Posted by Black Fox (Member # 1986) on :
 
I have to admit that I'm used to being called Fox, lol it seems normal to have some people call me Foxy. Of course you know being in the army I'm almost completely disconnected from my first name, Paul, as everyone and anyone calls me Jay. Its just the name I'm used to being called now. nothing crazy in reading your online name as your name.
 

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Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
 
celia, I've never seen anyone use your real name in a post, so I've never done it. I thought maybe you didn't want it to be common knowledge or something.

I don't really think of myself as my username because it really doesn't sound much like a name or even a nickname. Some people use "z" or "gator" in their posts which actually sounds more like a name. zgator just doesn't roll of the tongue. Maybe if I said it to myself more.
 

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Posted by celia60 (Member # 2039) on :
 
pops, you're hilarious.

edit: zan, yeah. if you post my name, i probably won't respond because i'll think you mean someone else. david's done it a few times and it just looks funny to me.

[ August 28, 2003, 04:02 PM: Message edited by: celia60 ]
 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
Now this brings up a different point. At get-togethers, I always try to use the real name. I don't know why, that just seems right to me. And I feel a little privileged to know the real first names of Hatrackers . . . like I'm part of the "in group."
 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
Although I called Leonide by her real name in the Parachat room once and it seemed to creep her out. Of course, she didn't know I was me, but I still wondered if that was something she didn't want being general knowledge.
 

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Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
 
I'm proud to say that I know that Icarus' real name is John.
 

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Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
 
Or Josh.
 

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Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
 
Or Josephus.
 

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Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
 
It's something like that.
 

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Posted by Maccabeus (Member # 3051) on :
 
I've been "Macca" online since around 1995 or 96, to the point where it nearly creeps me out here when someone shortens it to "Mac". (I can't tell if they mean me or MacKillian...)

I didn't used to give out my real name online at all, but some people know it now. Many say that my nick suits me better.
 

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Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
 
The first time someone called me by my “real” name in a post I thought “Cool, now I’m one of those multiple-identity people who always confused me when I first started posting.”
 

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Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
 
Edit: Dana,

The first time I called you by your real name in a post, I went back and edited it out in case you didn't want it known. I would've left it there had I known it would be a good thing in your eyes.

[ August 28, 2003, 04:19 PM: Message edited by: Papa Moose ]
 

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Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
 


[ August 28, 2003, 04:20 PM: Message edited by: dkw ]
 

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Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
 
dkw--you didn't just barf, did you?

Edit: sure, okay. Make Erik look crazy! I get it....

[ August 28, 2003, 04:22 PM: Message edited by: Erik Slaine ]
 

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Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
 
Fine Erik, draw attention to the fact that Dana can't spell "rofl." Even after a speedy edit.

Edit: or spell "speedy."

[ August 28, 2003, 04:25 PM: Message edited by: dkw ]
 

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Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
 
: rofl:

Oh, excuse me a moment....
 

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Posted by Vána (Member # 3262) on :
 
I read Vána as Vána. In fact, I have found that I now read most v-words as Vána, at first, because there are so few of them.

I also answer to Vána if I'm addressed that way. I know it's me. I even think of myself that way, sometimes. And there have been a couple of times when I've nearly called my husband Lime!
 

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Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
 
Foxy! Did I miss a welcome back thread???

on topic: I don't read my real name into my handle but I do have to look twice when I read the word "dragon" if it's capitalized.
 

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Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
 
Ryukochan, when I see your name I never think Abby. Or Susie or Jane ( ). I always add the "-chan" in my head, and I actually always hear a cute Japanese girl's voice saying it in a very enthusiastic way. That plus your use of alternative smilies has a tendency to make me think of a big-eyed anime girl when I read your posts.

I am actually so used to people calling me "Saxon" in real life that it was actually a tiny bit weird to have friends calling me "Mike" at the various get-togethers. Usually only family and work people call me that. Well, and I guess friends from before college. Still, seeing "Saxon" around here just seems like my name, which is why it confuses me so much when people refer to Storm that way.

"sax," "saxy," "saxerton," and "Mr. 75" are still a little different, although I'm getting used to some of them.

Other names I automatically respond to offline: Mike, Michael, Sak, John (see, Moose? you're not too far off), Three-Quarters Japanese Michael Sakasegawa, Shantytown, Jap75, sakSOWN, (the) Sak-Man, General Huge, Hey Retard.
 

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Posted by Sho'nuff (Member # 3214) on :
 
Icarus, i don't think Leonide minds at all. it probably just threw her for a loop.

When dealing with get-togethers it's weird. I definitely call the people by their real names to their faces. But a lot of times i'll slip up while referring to them while talking with someone else.
 

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Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
 
Interestingly, despite the fact that it doesn't sound quite normal to be called by my real name, I get a giant kick out of calling people by their real names. Except most people named Mike/Michael. For some reason I only know one guy with that name (who I usually call Mikey) where I don't feel weird saying that name out loud.
 

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Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
 
I actually read my name as TheTick. Which usually prompts the theme song to run through my head. Then, I have to post some sort of Tick quote randomly on a thread.

"You don't eat crackers in the bed of your future, you get all scratchy!"

Then I get better.
 

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Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
 
IRL, I'm called Mike by most folks (except for my wife), and Mikey by a select few. You know who you are.

(where's my ninja smilie?)
 

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Posted by Vána (Member # 3262) on :
 
Whoa! I just noticed that we have a new member (she's got 34 posts, most on the other side) named Julie!

Now I'm going to be very confused.

Darn!
 

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Posted by kwsni (Member # 1831) on :
 
I spell my name out, so it's K-W-S-N-I, but in my head I say it kinda fast. When I got to wenchcon and said it like that, everyone just looked at me. It took a little bit for what I'd said to sink in. Everyone else pronounced it kwizni (or quizni, as Pop does ) so I introduced myself that way to CT, and it seemed to work.

I pronounce Snuffles Snuffles, but he doesn't get out much, so he doesn't count.

Some people's real names and hatrack names I use interchangeably, like Belle, Olivet and Rackeesh(Actually, I tend to use Jeff more cause I can spell it.) For I have a hard time NOT calling CT CT, and calling Jenny Gardener Andrea. I almost exclusively call Raventh Mark, and I almost never call T_Smith Nathan. There are too many Johns and Jons around for me to keep them all straight, so I go by screennames, mostly.

Ni!
 

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Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
 
Funny, I always read your name as either "Knights Who Say Ni!" or just "Ni!" Never thought to try pronouncing it.

[ August 28, 2003, 05:12 PM: Message edited by: saxon75 ]
 

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Posted by Sho'nuff (Member # 3214) on :
 
kwsni, i always sort of pronounce your name something along the lines of "kwisani" in my head, but also sort of say it quick.

I do that with lots of names. change around the pronounciation to suit my needs.
 

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Posted by Alucard... (Member # 4924) on :
 
Actually, I read my name backwards, which tends to make me wonder if I am dyslexic, or failing miserably at being original.
 

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Posted by * (Member # 4842) on :
 
I can't even pronounce either of my handles, which is rather sad. When I read MyrddinFyre, I think of fire instead of actually pronouncing anything.
 

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Posted by jebus202 (Member # 2524) on :
 
I read mine slowly, five letter words are hard.
 

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Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
 
That's so awesome. I've always wondered how you pronounced MyrddinFyre. I always hear that with a sort of part-Welsh pronunciation: The first "y" is halfway between the "i" in "mitten" and a long "e" sound, as in "agree", the "dd" is like the "th" in "then" and the "Fyre" sounds just like "fire".
 

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Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
 
Saxon: ^_^ Thanks for that. I hope to someday meet you in real life, as you are likely the only person who will be able to pronounce my s/n correctly. ^_^ Yay saxon-san!

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I read your name and think of an Anime character. A small girl very cute, very dangerous. (Anime formula: The cuter they are, the more you'd better watch out!)

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^_^

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The exception to when I think of you as a big-eyed anime girl is when you use a smiley like that. Then you are a happy-pointy-eyed anime girl with a gigantic open mouth.

And sometimes you are additionally jumping in the air clasping your hands together with your knees pushed together and your feet sticking out to either side. Often making some sort of happy exclamation, such as "Yata!"
 

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Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
 
Oh yeah, and you definitely have braided pigtails at those times.
 

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Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
 
One more thing: I do hate to disappoint you but my pronunciation, while better than most, isn't perfect. I've never been able to fully master the leading "r" sound (it's not an "L," it's not an "R," what is it?). Most likely a consequence of having spent my formative years surrounded by hakujin.
 

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Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
 
If anybody called me "advice for robots" in real life I'd probably drop whatever I was carrying. Although I'm used to "afr" around here.

Have you ever said "lol" in real conversation?

Have you ever looked around for the CTRL+Z when you screwed up?
 

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Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
 
Sax, there are two 't's in Yatta.
 

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Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
 
You probably pronounce it better than me, anyhow! Besides, I just meant that everyone else seems to think it's pronounced Rye-OOO-koh. O_O

And AFR: Yes, I used to think Ctrl-Z! Ctrl-Z!! And a few times when I was a kid, before I knew shortcut keys, I tried to undo something in real life by going up to the menu.

Edit: Oh, no, not that video!!! And being a language with a different alphabet than ours, Japanese can be transliterated many different ways. Which annoys me, because sometimes Shi is transliterated as si, and confuses me. But I digress...

[ August 28, 2003, 06:15 PM: Message edited by: Ryuko ]
 

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Posted by jexx (Member # 3450) on :
 
*attempts to poke out own eyes*

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Scary Gay Japanese Men Wearing Fig Leaves Stapled to their BVDs!!!!!

evil evil hatrack
 

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Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
 
5'9"!

So, you're more like a character from Tenchi then eh?

Do you have a Cabbit/Battlecruiser?
 

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Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
 

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Sax, there are two 't's in Yatta.

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And being a language with a different alphabet than ours, Japanese can be transliterated many different ways.

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Although I called Leonide by her real name in the Parachat room once and it seemed to creep her out. Of course, she didn't know I was me, but I still wondered if that was something she didn't want being general knowledge.

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Icarus, you're silly! When was this? I don't mind people knowing, i'm just always surprised that they *remember*...that's the key! Everyone can know my real name if they want. Just as long as i don't start getting fan letters and the like. Remember that, people....I come here to take some time away from the hustle-bustle of fame.


 

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Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
 

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So, you're more like a character from Tenchi then eh? Do you have a Cabbit/Battlecruiser?

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(shudder) All points bulletin! My name is NOT, I repeat, NOT RYOKO!
 

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Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
 
That's funny, I thought mine was pretty straight-forward, but it's actually pronounced: "NEE-ock"

jk
 

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Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
 
Ryoko? O no!
 

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Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
 
I read blacwolve; usually with a side thought of either, "yay, they left off the k!" or, "darn, they used the k."
 

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Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
 
I'm used to answering to multiple names, since half of my acquaintances know me as Morgan and the other half as Anneke. It was weird, though when I got a message on my phone from Narrativium when we were trying to arrange a hike in Yellowstone and he said "Hi, Annie!"

I guess I think of myself as Annie in print, but not vocally.
 

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Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
 
Ryuko, I thought you didn't catch the reference at first.

:sigh of relief:
 

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Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
 
OK, Eslaine, if it's an anime reference, I'll probably catch it. If I know it's an anime reference, but I don't know what it is, I'll look it up.

<--- Obsessive Dweeb.

That was my 1200th post. Woo!

[ August 28, 2003, 08:04 PM: Message edited by: Ryuko ]
 

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Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
 
Are you going to have internet access when you leave for school?

Edit: You're obsessive? This is my eleventy-first post as Erik Slaine!

[ August 28, 2003, 08:11 PM: Message edited by: Erik Slaine ]
 

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Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
 
O.O Hm? Yes. I don't know when... But it'll be much faster than this is.
 

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Posted by * (Member # 4842) on :
 
Saxon, you got the pronounciation right. The problem is I can't say it right out loud. Oh well .
 

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Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
 
:envy:
 

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Posted by Julie (Member # 5580) on :
 
Hey, someone actually noticed me! Is there any way to make my real name disappear so people can actually see my screen name? I only put my real name because I thought it would be like other sites I've been at where it only shows your real name in user look-ups. Can I actually change that so my name doesn't show or should I make a new one before I get too attatched?
 

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Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
 

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How do you read your name?

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Pretty much like I read all the other words. It's tricky for some, but I've been doing it for as long as I remember.
 

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Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
 
Jules, no. You need to get a new screen name. Just resign up.
 

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Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
 
Whoo-hoo!
 

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Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
 
Kayla, that is left to right, I hope....
 

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Posted by aka pbcup (Member # 5591) on :
 
Ok, this is the member formerly known (by about two people) as Julie. I had to add a space to get the same name back.
 

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Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
 
Um, just so you know, aka is a really long-time poster. Can we just call you reese's?
 

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Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
 
Connecticut. Isn't that up near New Hampshire? You know, mack is up there. And there's lots of Jatraqueros in the NY/NJ area. Oh, and Maryland/DC. You're in good company up there.
 

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Posted by Ryan Hart (Member # 5513) on :
 
I guess I can't relate to this problem.
 

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Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
 


Is your real name Ryan Hart?
 

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Posted by aka pbcup (Member # 5591) on :
 
Yeah, you can call me reese's. The nick-name is actually from fourth grade and it never stuck but I've kept it as my e-mail address so I use it for other things randomly. And for the record, when I read akapbcup I either don't pronounce anything in my head, or I read A.K.A. P. B. Cup. Every once in a while it comes out as ak-ob-cup.

Edit: I just realized what you were talking about. I knew that, though.

[ August 28, 2003, 09:03 PM: Message edited by: aka pbcup ]
 

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Posted by Ryan Hart (Member # 5513) on :
 
Actually it's the name of this guy I completely worship. He is INCREDIBLE. I only wish I were him.
 

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Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
 
Ryan, watch it. That sounds kinda gay.

Reese, I read your name as also known as peanut butter cups. Hey, I have chocolate on the brain, what can I say.
 

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Posted by Julie (Member # 5580) on :
 
I now read my name as Julie. Very simple.
 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
kwsni, I always pronounce it "koosnee."
 

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Posted by kwsni (Member # 1831) on :
 
I used to say Icarus Eyecareus, but I saw some cirque du soliel thing whatere Icarus is a character, and they pronounced it Ickarus, and I liked that better.

Ni!
 

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Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
 
I would prefer everyone call me PSI like my fellow Jatraqueros. I get tired of people mispronouncing and misspelling my real name, but it's easy to do because my real name is not pronounced in a traditional way. My kids call me mom, you guys call me PSI (or Paula, which is fine), and my husband calls me "wifey". The few other people that I see from day to day tend to call me something other than my real name too. Wow this is freaking me out! I'm starting to realize that the only people who call me by my real name are my parents and parents-in-law. How weird! No wonder I can't get used to it!
 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 

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My kids call me mom,

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You have two sons, right?
 

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Posted by Human (Member # 2985) on :
 
I like my name. Easy to pronounce. The only thing I dont' like is when people treat me like a pequinino! For the last time, I took my name from one, but I am NOT one!
 

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Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
 
I would probably answer to "littlemissattitude" or "lma" quicker than I would to my first name, which I never use.
 

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Posted by dannyXcore (Member # 5332) on :
 
I answer to Mr. Core...
Danny...
Dan.....
Daniel.....
I like Mr. Core....
God works, also....sometimes....depends.....

And you're wrong, Emp, the 'X' is silent, not pronounced....

[ August 29, 2003, 02:49 AM: Message edited by: dannyXcore ]
 

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Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
 
I tend to always read it as T.

Only prob is we have lots of T's, it seems.

<T> Being Thor.

T. being T. Analog Kid from time to time.

T being me.

Gets confusing when I see someone say "Your a cool person, T." when in reference to TAK.
 

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Posted by dannyXcore (Member # 5332) on :
 
T_Smith's as good a name as any, so that's how I refer to you.... ^_^
 

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Posted by BelladonnaOrchid (Member # 188) on :
 
I read my name as Orchid. It throws me off when people call me Bella. Especially since there's also a Belle on Hatrack. I believe this discussion has been had before.

I only really answer to two names, one is my real name, and the other is Orchid, which I've responded to as my sn since I was 14.

I don't know, I'm starting to also respond to the call of 'Hatrack's Friendly Neighborhood Witch'.
 

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Posted by Maccabeus (Member # 3051) on :
 
Don't worry, Human. Your secret is safe with us. We won't tell the people who think you are a pequinino.
 

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Posted by Deirdre (Member # 4200) on :
 
Online I always think of myself as Deirdre. I first chose the name because it sounded funny to me (it being the default name for the comic female in Monty Python sketches) and I was trying to be all ironic and self-deprecating. But now I've gotten attached to it, and it doesn't seem ironic at all.

I'll answer to Katie, too, but only with some hesitation, partly because katharina also goes by Katie, but mostly because we Katies instinctively hesitate whenever we hear our name, unless the person calling looks us in the eye or is our mother. It's the curse of having a common name.

Oddly enough, after I took this screen name, I started working on a project with a RL Deirdre. Whenever I hear her name, or especially when I see it in an email, I always do a mental double take.
 

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Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
 
Icarus:

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You have two sons, right?

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