# Story Behind Your SD "Handle"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 19, 2007, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-behind-your-sd-handle/400771 "2007-04-19T11:09:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-behind-your-sd-handle/400771/61 "2007-04-19T16:17:53Z")
I’ve had too. The current one is taken from my old AoHell screen name, itself derived from a character in my unpublished fantasy novel (not one I’ve ever mentioned on her), in inspired by the [these guys](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skald). The old one is a reference to the fantasy novel I am trying to sell know that I used to go on and on on the boards about. I posted right below Mika! I feel all special. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-behind-your-sd-handle/400771/62 "2007-04-19T16:19:06Z")
[QUOTE=Hung Mung] This li’l guy [here](http://jubal.westnet.com/hyperdiscordia/apostles.html). [/QUOTE] Ah, I’d been wondering about that. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-behind-your-sd-handle/400771/63 "2007-04-19T16:22:49Z")
This big dude came up behind me and told me take it or else. Honestly, it wasn’t my first choice. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-behind-your-sd-handle/400771/64 "2007-04-19T16:25:20Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] I’ve had too. [/QUOTE] _Two._ 😛 I forgot, my old handle was Elenia which I grabbed from David Eddings novels. _waits for **Gaudere** to strike_ ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-behind-your-sd-handle/400771/65 "2007-04-19T16:26:06Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] Anaamika means “the girl with no name” in Hindi, or more colloquially, “anonymous”. Seemed appropriate for a message board. [/QUOTE] And I always thought it was a play on the name “Anna” plus “amiko”, which is similar to “friend” in assorted Romance-based languages (and means “friend” in Esperanto). It also seems vaguely Japanese to me. It’s through **Spoons** that I first heard of the art of musical spoons, which otherwise never would have occurred to me. When I see the name **Kalhoun** , I always think of some kind of Old Western traveller, in hat and oilskin duster, combined with a Colonel-Sanders-type Southern gentleman, though with sandy brown hair and not as old as the Colonel. I gather from at least one other thread that this is not at all what **Kalhoun** is actually like. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-behind-your-sd-handle/400771/66 "2007-04-19T16:27:39Z")
Mine has absolutely nothing to do with the Star Trek series, but is the name of a starship in a novel which I’ve been editing for ages. It long predates the show, and even TNG. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-behind-your-sd-handle/400771/67 "2007-04-19T16:35:22Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] _Two._ 😛 I forgot, my old handle was Elenia which I grabbed from David Eddings novels. _waits for **Gaudere** to strike_ [/QUOTE] :: eyes widening in shock and pain:: I don’t believe it. You – YOU – are pointing out my typos ? I thought we meant MORE to one another than that. ::weeping bitter, rage-filled tears :: Okay, mourning over. Now for the revenge. :: spins wheel o’vengeance to find a scapegoat for **Anaamika** :: ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-behind-your-sd-handle/400771/68 "2007-04-19T16:36:32Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] :: eyes widening in shock and pain:: I don’t believe it. You – YOU – are pointing out my typos ? I thought we meant MORE to one another than that. ::weeping bitter, rage-filled tears :: Okay, mourning over. Now for the revenge. :: spins wheel o’vengeance to find a scapegoat for **Anaamika** :: [/QUOTE] Now you’ve done it, **Anaamika**. You’ve scalded the Rhymer. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-behind-your-sd-handle/400771/69 "2007-04-19T16:39:29Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] :: eyes widening in shock and pain:: I don’t believe it. You – YOU – are pointing out my typos ? I thought we meant MORE to one another than that. ::weeping bitter, rage-filled tears :: Okay, mourning over. Now for the revenge. :: spins wheel o’vengeance to find a scapegoat for **Anaamika** :: [/QUOTE] Actually, on the contrary - I only point out typos of people I love. _groan_ OneCentStamp, that was horrible. You ought to be ashamed of yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-behind-your-sd-handle/400771/70 "2007-04-19T16:42:55Z")
When I signed up The Poochie episode of The Simpsons was on in the background. “Gangster Octopus” was one of the possible options given when they were trying to decide on a new character to bring into the Itchy & Scratchy universe. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-behind-your-sd-handle/400771/71 "2007-04-19T16:54:11Z")
[QUOTE=SnakesCatLady] I love cats and am currently owned by nine of them. When I first joined the boards I signed up as “Snakescatlady”, but a few posters seemed to think I had a fetish for snake poop. So I asked and was granted permission to capitalize a few letters to clear up the matter. [/QUOTE] I have to be honest. While the capitals certainly help, I still hear it the other way in my head. And, for the record, it still gives me a grin. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WreckingCrew](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wreckingcrew/32/4080_2.png) [@WreckingCrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WreckingCrew)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-behind-your-sd-handle/400771/72 "2007-04-19T16:57:22Z")
Got my name from the LA studio musicians from the 1960s. Originally used for a softball team, it has come in handy on many occassions. [The Wrecking Crew](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrecking_Crew_%28music%29) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-behind-your-sd-handle/400771/73 "2007-04-19T17:02:23Z")
It’s just a name that came to me. I was reading a book on Renaissance Italy at the time. Borgia seemed a little pretentious, so I thought Larry would balance it. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-behind-your-sd-handle/400771/74 "2007-04-19T17:05:07Z")
I’m small pinkish and my Dad is an ex-Major Is that sufficient explanation? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-behind-your-sd-handle/400771/75 "2007-04-19T17:07:19Z")
[QUOTE=Small Clanger] I’m small pinkish and my Dad is an ex-Major Is that sufficient explanation? [/QUOTE] Unfortunately, no. 🙂 This may be one of those cross-pond incomprehensions. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-behind-your-sd-handle/400771/76 "2007-04-19T17:08:29Z")
I took my name from a character in _Children of Dune_ by Frank Herbert. It sounds ever so vaguely like my real name. I had used it in a couple other places before that. Unfortunately, since I signed up, a miniseries was made and they cast a pretty hot chick as Ghanima and now I can’t get the name on other boards and stuff anymore. I usually use a variation now, **Ghanimatrix**. Stupid SciFi channel. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-behind-your-sd-handle/400771/77 "2007-04-19T17:09:44Z")
**Small Clanger** features in [this](http://stuffucanuse.com/fake_moon_landings/moon_landings.htm) searing expose of the conspiracy behind the “moon landings”. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-behind-your-sd-handle/400771/78 "2007-04-19T17:13:33Z")
A play on great dane. Being 6’9", I wanted Big Dave, as that is one of many nicknames, but it was taken. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-behind-your-sd-handle/400771/79 "2007-04-19T17:24:42Z")
I’m gnamed for [Gary Gnu](http://www.tgscoaster.com/char/gnu/gnupictures.html) of _The Great Space Coaster_ TV show of my childhood. It’s where [Kevin Clash](http://www.tgscoaster.com/bios/kevin.html) (Elmo) got his start (playing Goriddle Gorilla). ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-behind-your-sd-handle/400771/80 "2007-04-19T17:30:40Z")
Mine is rather boring and uncreative, just my initials followed by the year in which I was born. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-behind-your-sd-handle/400771.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-behind-your-sd-handle/400771.md?page=5)