There are a lot of Dopers who have user names that I’m interested in learning the origins of. For example, MagicalSilverKey, where did your name come from?
GingerOfTheNorth is an easy one - she’s from Canada! Eh?
And MrCynical - I bet your name is attributed to the fact that, hey, you’re cynical!
iampunha is an easy one, too- you’re a punha! Whatever that is.
So some user names are easier to decipher than others. But there are some really mystifying and cryptic ones out there.
When I considered joining the SDMB, I was torn over what to use as my “handle”…I wanted something that expressed my curiousity and yearning for knowledge, something that sounded pretty and that had “meaning”. Something that showed my idealistic optimistic nature in the regards that I believe that I will find what I’m looking for. And long names are kind of nice. Tada. That’s me.
-swivels spotlight on Civil Defense and shoves microphone under his nose- How about YOU, sir?
When I was married, we had a collection of celestial things. The first screen name was on AOL, and Skystruck was the only thing that was available. A combination of being awe struck of the sky. Well, I am divorced, but kept my email address (ex was lame and never used computer anyway) so, I shortened it on the few Ubb’s I go to. Sky sounds femine enough for me I suppose.
Boring Story I must admit. I have thought about changeing it, but would not know to what…sigh
Someone actually started calling me Sky the other night. Does it really sound feminine? I guess I’ll have to take that up with her, seeing as how I’m a guy and all…hmmmm Forbin reminds me of a character in a Phish song…Good ole colonol Forbin…
I know I’m new, I’m answering anyway. I’m a cowboy(mostly at heart currently, not having the room for horses) who loves celtic design, music, just about anything along those lines. A friend noticed the contradiction in my clothing one day, the hat and boots and wranglers, and the celtic design shirt and belt buckle…the rest is history, or would be if anyone cared enough to right it down.
When I was quite small (2, maybe 2.5), I had a Paddington Bear doll. I could not at this point say “Paddington Bear from Darkest Peru”, so I said “punha”, only more like “p’nha”.
My first email address (punha@hotmail.com) I wanted to be something nobody else would ever think of. And who, really, has ever thought of “punha” as a screen name?
Hotmail bites hairy ass pustules, so I switched before long and went, after a while, to netscape email. For some reason, punha@netscape.net was taken. Don’t ask me why. So I thought to myself "I am punha"@hotmail.com, and I forewent the spaces.
I like to keep things simple when I can. So I try to keep the same Screen Name everywhere I go (exceptions being espn and AIM). So when I signed up for the dope I became iampunha. People usually just call me:
’punha
'pun
Pun
Punha
Poon
Punny
Poona
Puhna
Originally a few called me “iam”, but they graduated to punha after a while.
So that’s (again . . .good gravy, don’t you know how to do a freakin’ search, man?;)) how I became iampunha.
and that had “meaning”. Something that showed my idealistic optimistic nature in the regards that I believe that I will find what I’m looking for. And long names are kind of nice. Tada. That’s me.
I’m a cowboy(mostly at heart currently, not having the room for horses) who loves celtic design, music, just about anything along those lines. A friend noticed the contradiction in my clothing one day, the hat and boots and wranglers, and the celtic design shirt and belt buckle…the rest is history, or would be if anyone cared enough to right it down.