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Well you say real history... But the story of Achilles was obviously not real. Or not as real as it is made out to be. And the chance of a guy named Priam killing him is probably narrow as well. But yeah I knew who Priam was...
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I actually took my name from Peter's "Locke" in Ender's Game when I first started using the internet 7 or 8 years ago...gradually it has evolved into "johnlocke059" as you are forced to come up with more complicated names to sign into things.
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You do realize John Locke was real guy right... And Demosthenes too... They were symbolic pseudonyms (I'm not gonna try and spell that one right...). John Locke believed in tabula rosa, or a clean slate. His philosiphies were the basis for the Declaration of Independence. Demosthenes warned Athens about the coming macedonian army and was later tried for treason and before they could execute him he took poison and killed himself.
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I took my name from Tolkien's "Silmarillion", elder of the Two Trees of Valinor, original Light of the world before the Sun and the Moon.
Telperion the Silver Tree... Laurelin the Golden Tree...
Telperion was the parent to the line of White Trees passed on to the Elves as a gift from the Gods for their love of the silver tree. The Elves then gave the Numenoreans, humans allied to the Elves and the Gods, a sapling of their own. Numenor was destroyed but a scion of it's White Tree went on to it's own offspring nation, Gondor, in the city of Minas Tirith.
I chose Telperion for my love of the Valar and the Eldar, and for my own facination with silver.
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I think my name is pretty obvious. But there's more to it than just a reference to Pippin Took.
I thought it fit me, since I storm into every situation thinking I'm the most brilliant person to walk the earth, only to learn how absolutely foolish I really am.
It's also a reminder to myself that I won't learn anything if I already think I know everything.
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my name means little elf in another language, so I've been an elf long before the recent renewed interest in Rivendale, Mirkwood, and Lothlorien.
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My name is supposed to be elvish for my real name. I got it from an elvish name generator somewhere along the nets...
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Ooh..just saw this one. My name is in honor of my daughter, who sings space opera. She's six, and sings all the time. One day I caught her singing a song about her Star Wars action figures (they were singing to each other). Hence, my daughter invented space opera.
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I'm a research scientist, but in my spare time I run a fitness training business. I'm a Brit living in Canada, so FitBrit is the name of my one pro (me)personal training company.
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my name is from the book Rhapsody it's the first in a series I'm reading right now by Elizabeth Haydon and am really enjoying
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well, i just decided register today and im trying to pick a name. i look down and see im wearing a shirt with pink stripes.
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what you're seeing is my real name... which I never use online... but since I can show a separate name from my login on this site, I figured I might as well!
My login, ethuilathelas, has special significance for me. It is actually two words: ethuil, which is the elvish word for spring (literally, "budding"), and athelas, the elvish word for the flower kingsfoil, which has healing properties and is part of a prophecy that helps identify Aragorn as the true king when he uses it to heal... some people. My favorite characters in LOTR actually.
so in other words, it can be just "budding kingsfoil" or even more simply, "spring flower", or it can be a budding tool of the true king, used for healing.
I too use this screenname for just about everything on the web.... but it's such a special meaning for me i don't like to explain it often, except to say it means "budding flower."
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Many years ago, when the internet was still innocent, I conversed daily with friends in a chat room using the name 'Ammon', which is the name of a character in a future sequel in the Homecoming series. Anyway..
They were messing with me and calling me Ramen and AmmonRamen and stuff like that one day, and I decided that I liked the sound of AmmonRah and have used it for close to 10 years everywhere that I go on the web.
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well, since this thread has been resurrected, I'll throw my two cents in.
Gryphonesse - it suits my temperament. I like animals, love mythological creatures. I'va always loved sci-fi and fantasy. My favorite critter has always been the gryphon, so there you have it.
edit: not to mention, my real name is hard to pronouce and very obscure...
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This is basically a test. I've been trying to figure out how to post here for a couple of days--Site wasn't working well with Netscape... On IE now.
So, I guess I'll answer the question... Katarain is a variation of Katarina that I use on the web because Katarina is usually taken. Katarina is a name I gave myself many years ago when first coming online. I stole it from my cat, whom I named Katarina after a character on Days of our Lives... What can I say? I was young...
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My name has its own meaning, but it is also a small line from an obscure song of a semi-famous local band.
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FLCL w00t (I also like Trigun, Cowboy Bebop and Freakazoid!) Anyways... oh yeah my screen name. Well I was involved in a community theatre at one point in time and was in a heated discussion about which is better... duct tape, or crazy glue. It lead to a friend and I screaming across the stage "White Duck Tape!" and "Clear Krazy Glue!". (kinda like Snot Stew)
Is not! Is too! Isnot Istwo
You get the picture if you don't remember the book.
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My name was after one of the three wisemen that travelled to Bethlehem to visit the baby Jesus. Melchior, Balthasar, and Casper. Also, if any of you are anime watchers, The three "Maji," super computers in the anime Neon Genesis: Evangelion are named Melchior, Balthasar, and Casper. That is where I actually got the name from.
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