# Name Translations...some are obvious and some are just plain weird **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 23, 2000, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-translations-some-are-obvious-and-some-are-just-plain-weird/15304 "2000-03-23T05:25:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Melin\_s\_Sympathizer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Melin\_s\_Sympathizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melin_s_Sympathizer)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-translations-some-are-obvious-and-some-are-just-plain-weird/15304/21 "2000-03-23T14:22:00Z")
I chose the uname “Melin’s Sympathizer” because I sympathize with Melin’s case. Therefore, this is my declaration to cause as much trouble for the moderators as I can without breaking the SDMB rules. Hey, I think Melin DESERVED to be voted best \, even though she wasn’t a \ when she was voted best \ \ * * * Sig Line: Censored ---
**Author:** ![Girlbysea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Girlbysea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girlbysea)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-translations-some-are-obvious-and-some-are-just-plain-weird/15304/22 "2000-03-23T14:22:00Z")
My most precious memories, from a little girl until now have been by the ocean. My dreams, my wishes, my comfort, have all come to me as I walk by the sea. Thank you mom and dad… for showing me the way… * * * * * * Girlbysea (AKA: ChiefScott’s GBS) ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-translations-some-are-obvious-and-some-are-just-plain-weird/15304/23 "2000-03-23T14:26:00Z")
I guess this shit was bound to happen. How sad. * * * **Coldfire** _Voted **Poster Most Likely To Post Drunk** _ * * * _ **"You know how complex women are"** _ - Neil Peart, **Rush** (1993) ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-translations-some-are-obvious-and-some-are-just-plain-weird/15304/24 "2000-03-23T15:07:00Z")
In a stunning moment of non-imagination, I chose my “handle” because it is my initials: C.C.C. I thought about coming up with something a little more interesting, but didn’t want to change mid-stream. After reading all this stuff about Melin, I saw some references to Contestant #3, sometimes shortened to C#3. I want to make it perfectly clear that I have no connection to that person whatsoever and I have no clue who that was or what he/she did on this board (it was obviously negative). ---
**Author:** ![Elenfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cc9497/32.png) [@Elenfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elenfair)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-translations-some-are-obvious-and-some-are-just-plain-weird/15304/25 "2000-03-23T15:13:00Z")
Zwhat my gramps calls me. 🙂 It’s a butchering of my name in Welsh. I’m also known as “ArmedWithAFork” in IRC land. It comes from my years in Iprov, where I came up with that name for a superhero character I had to invent on the spot (yes, that’s the nature of improv 😃 ) I’m a superhero in disguise… E. p.s: **Coldfire** how sad indeed… it was bound to happen. * * * “Semper Ubi Sub Ubi.” =-) ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-translations-some-are-obvious-and-some-are-just-plain-weird/15304/26 "2000-03-23T15:14:00Z")
I don’t need to spell it cout for you. Just check my signature. * * * Chaim Mattis Keller [ckeller@kozmo.com](mailto:ckeller@kozmo.com) “Sherlock Holmes once said that once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the answer. I, however, do not like to eliminate the impossible. The impossible often has a kind of integrity to it that the merely improbable lacks.” – Douglas Adams’s Dirk Gently, Holistic Detective ---
**Author:** ![SingleDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@SingleDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleDad)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-translations-some-are-obvious-and-some-are-just-plain-weird/15304/27 "2000-03-23T15:26:00Z")
My user name is both accurate and self-explanatory. Oh and thanks, M-Symp. If you win, Ed shuts down the board. I have a pair of shears you can borrow if you later decide to cut off your nose to spite your face. ---
**Author:** ![SaxFace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SaxFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaxFace)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-translations-some-are-obvious-and-some-are-just-plain-weird/15304/28 "2000-03-23T15:26:00Z")
Coldfire, I agree. What a total waste of time! My sig is a great song by a great band from California called Toledo. Those of you who know me know that my life revolves around the saxophone. Coincidentally, I found out that Adolph Sax and I share the same birthday (which also happens to be National Saxophone Day). ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-translations-some-are-obvious-and-some-are-just-plain-weird/15304/29 "2000-03-23T15:35:00Z")
WallyM7 = Ruler of 7 kingdoms, slayer of gods, virility personified, creator of worlds, possesor of infinite wisdom. I chose it because it so accurately depicts who I am. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-translations-some-are-obvious-and-some-are-just-plain-weird/15304/30 "2000-03-23T15:52:00Z")
I had a subscription to a music magazine a few years back. When the first issue came, the address label inexplicably listed my name as “Spoke M\_\_\_\_\_\_”. I gave it some thought, and decided it wasn’t a bad online nick. It is open to several interpretations, for one thing. Plus, it’s short. It’s catchy. It’s easy to type. Presto! ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Thing\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_1)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-translations-some-are-obvious-and-some-are-just-plain-weird/15304/31 "2000-03-23T16:00:00Z")
I read a lot of Dr. Seuss to my kids. Thing 1 and Thing 2 from the cat in the hat always intrighued me. * * * Then he got up on top With a tip of his hat. “I call this game FUN-IN- A-BOX” Said the cat. -The Cat in the Hat ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-translations-some-are-obvious-and-some-are-just-plain-weird/15304/32 "2000-03-23T16:04:00Z")
Sqrl = S (straight) times Q (queer) times R (reality) equals L (Life). The Cub part just describes me in a physical sense (do a search for gay bears and cubs and you will get an idea). +400 cool points for giving a useless/untrue definition on MPSIMS And now for the real one. The humble squirrel is my totem animal and the cub part is because I am a cub (that part above was accurate). HUGS! Sqrl * * * [SqrlCub’s Arizona Adventure](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/005351.html) ---
**Author:** ![Flyhalf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ea5d25/32.png) [@Flyhalf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyhalf)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-translations-some-are-obvious-and-some-are-just-plain-weird/15304/33 "2000-03-23T16:08:00Z")
New guy here. Just thought it was time to jump in with something. Flyhalf is my position on the pitch. * * * When you know that your time is close at hand Maybe then you’ll begin to understand Life down here is just a strange illusion ---
**Author:** ![Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trout_Mask_Replica)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-translations-some-are-obvious-and-some-are-just-plain-weird/15304/34 "2000-03-23T17:18:00Z")
I like Captain Beefheart. * * * TMR “You should apologize for using up oxygen and other essential supplies that are desperately needed for survival by banana slugs.” – Judith Bandsma ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-translations-some-are-obvious-and-some-are-just-plain-weird/15304/35 "2000-03-23T17:24:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Coldfire: > \*\*Cold Fire is a very slick song by _Rush_. The most important line is in my sig. > > \*\* That’s neat–I always assumed it from the Bowie song “The Pretiest Star.” My name comes from an Elvis Costello song. * * * “I was born in this town, I was raised in this town, and I’ll probably die in this town. Hell, I’ve already been hit by a car on this street, twice!”–if you recognize where this quote is from or who said it, please tell me. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-translations-some-are-obvious-and-some-are-just-plain-weird/15304/36 "2000-03-23T17:26:00Z")
“Thor’s Hammer” The “j” is pronounced like a consonant “y.” The _reason_ I picked that is rather Joycean, but I have used that handle a number of times in various places over the past 15 years. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-translations-some-are-obvious-and-some-are-just-plain-weird/15304/37 "2000-03-23T17:26:00Z")
TMR, I went a few rounds with that same album…have you ever counted how many times the good captain says “bulbous”?? ## just wondering. “My Accountz Reeceevable Posse don’t call me Tha Troubleshoota for nothin’. Suckas think I be chillin’, but I gots to represent at all times, 'cuz ain’t nobody else reeceeve accountz right but ME.” --Herbert Kornfeld ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-translations-some-are-obvious-and-some-are-just-plain-weird/15304/38 "2000-03-23T17:27:00Z")
[http://www.premier.net/~cspedale/opus/images/opus5.gif](http://www.premier.net/~cspedale/opus/images/opus5.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Bluepony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Bluepony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluepony)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-translations-some-are-obvious-and-some-are-just-plain-weird/15304/39 "2000-03-23T17:39:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by WallyM7: > \*\*WallyM7 = Ruler of 7 kingdoms, slayer of gods, virility personified, creator of worlds, possesor of infinite wisdom. > > I chose it because it so accurately depicts who I am. \*\* ## Yeah? All those super powers and you’re trying to get me to fix your parking tickets?Oh yeah, glad to see you’re doing fine! 😃 _…send lawyers, guns, and money…_ ``` Warren Zevon ``` ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-translations-some-are-obvious-and-some-are-just-plain-weird/15304/40 "2000-03-23T17:39:00Z")
I’d been through a few screen names on AOL, and decided I needed one to stick with that described me. While perusing a thesaurus for appropriate words, I found “esprit,” meaning “a vivacious, clever wit.” Trying to work it into a name, I came up with “Max Esprit” (Max=maximum). Too bulky, so I twisted it into “Esprix.” (And yes, it’s pronounced “es-PREE,” although many erroneously say “ES-priks.”) On a related note, does anyone know what song contains the words “maximum joy?” I’ll maybe post it in the lyric thread. Esprix * * * [Ask the Gay Guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001376.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-translations-some-are-obvious-and-some-are-just-plain-weird/15304.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-translations-some-are-obvious-and-some-are-just-plain-weird/15304.md?page=3)