How did you decide on your CC handle?

[COLLEYBERRY]

I am often intrigued by CC names ,and wonder how the different handles were decided upon.

Some are obvious ,others I am sure have an interesting story. Mine is simply a family nickname that I acquired as a child :D

Care to share your CC handle story ?

Colleen

[JimVrhovac]

We just use my name.

 

Too old and honrey to hide behind a false image.

 

OR The age wher we no longer try to impress everyone.

 

Ruth & Jim

 

HAVE SURVIVED THE YEARS AND PROUD OF IT

[kellygarrett]

I took my dads name ----I though it was a wonderful name when I was a little girl and still do,

[gooselace]

I am often intrigued by CC names ,and wonder how the different handles were decided upon.

Some are obvious ,others I am sure have an interesting story. Mine is simply a family nickname that I acquired as a child :D

 

Care to share your CC handle story ?

 

Colleen

 

Mine is also a childhood nickname given to me by a friend who couldn't quite pronounce my actual name. Unfortunately when I first signed on to this board, I slightly misspelled it, so it makes less sense, even to those who know my given name. :o

[RevNeal]

I've used the name RevNeal since I first joined Compuserve in 1990 and AOL in 1992. It's the screen name I've used on theological debate and discussion boards for years.

 

Every once-in-a-while I'll come across other "RevNeal" handles ... there's a Baptist pastor who uses that screen name on other boards and, sometimes, things that he has said have been attributed to me (and, I'm told, visa versa). But, for the most part, "RevNeal" is me. :)

[dandro]

The "d" is the first initial of the hubby's name, the "and" is self explanatory and the "ro" is the first 2 letters of my first name.

Henceforth "d and ro" = dandro

[chopper65]

chopper I used to fly helicopters 65 my age when I selected the name

[jrzebird]

I have used jrzebird in several chat rooms, and once as a screen name, since I first logged onto the Internet in 1995.

 

I'm from New Jersey and I have parrots, hence Jrzebird!

[LynnObie]

First name + nickname derived from my last name strung together. Have used it here & some other boards.

[Copper10-8]

It's been my job since 1980 - 10-8 is cop code for "in service" (10-7 is "out of service) copy that? 10-4?:cool:

[Storylady]

I'm retired children's librarian. I still work part time to earn money for our cruises. We have weekly storytimes at my library and one of the little girls in attendance started calling me the Storylady. So I have been the Storylady ever since.

[sapper1]

Military engineers are referred to as "sappers" My father was a career officer in the Royal Canadian Engineers and he used to refer to me as "Sapper Number One" and to my sister as "Sapper Number Two".

[Krazy Kruizers]

Our name -- because we are crazy about cruising.

[Randyk47]

Nothing real special about my handle. First name is Randy, the "k" is the first letter of my last name, and the "47" is my birth year. Goes back to my very first AOL account back in the early 90's.

[Colakid]

Mine comes from the situation of an earlier passion of collecting Coca-Cola products. I generally use this handle when signing in on boards. Colakid.

[velvetred]

My favorite cake is red velvet cake. On another board I wanted to use redvelvet but the handle was already taken and so I just switched it around. To make remembering my handle on different sites simple, I kept the reversal even though my husband says it sounds like I work in the porn industry - lol. Also, I have red hair (well, with age I need a little help now but that is my natural color mixed with some gray).

[user8]

When I initially found CC and tried to set up my account, I made a mistake in how I rgistered. I had been using user8 as a password and when I e-mailed Laura on what I had done, she set me up with user8 instead of what I originally wanted. But, since it got me on the boards, I decided to just keep it. :confused:

[Boytjie]

Mine is South African slang, a mix of English and Afrikaans which literally meaning "little boy" and is pronounced "boy-key". It is often used as "guy" such as "what a guy"/"what a boytjie". When I first signed up for things on the Internet it was usually available as a user id, not so much anymore.

 

I guess it is not easy to figure out the proniunciation so at the CC meet-and-greet on the QM2 when I introduced myself some responded with "oh, the scuba guy!' :)

[COLLEYBERRY]

I love all these handle stories, I knew they'd be interesting:)

Thanks for sharing....I have to go to work now...darn:(

[kiberkid]

When our daughter was little she pronounced our last name as "Kiber". My Aunt started calling her "KiberKid". It stuck. Twenty some years later, my Aunt is still calling her KiberKid.

[Sailkeywest]

Hubby and I were married at sunset sailing on a yacht off the shore of Key West. :)

[momatibm]

I was called Mom at work -- ergo -- mom at ibm.

[operafan]

When I first found CC I had planned on just signing up and probably not visiting too often so I used the first thing that came into my head, Operafan, since I had just finished chatting with an old friend on an opera board. Who knew I'd be on here every day.........

[Spendogirl]

My original nickname was "captain spendo" aptly named for my passion to shop:p but peeps always thought I was a dude, so it was renamed to "spendogirl" which I've had on all my email, internet boards, and I have one friend who only calls me "spendo".. :rolleyes: I always get a chuckle because women can really relate to the name.. LOL..

[booboo29]

My nick-name as a kid was Boo Boo because I guess I was a Boo Boo:cool: