# The "Whats the deal with your name?" Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 16, 2002, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whats-the-deal-with-your-name-thread/119211 "2002-07-16T09:42:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![ratty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ccd318/32.png) [@ratty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratty)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whats-the-deal-with-your-name-thread/119211/81 "2002-07-18T12:43:46Z")
I like rats. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whats-the-deal-with-your-name-thread/119211/82 "2002-07-18T21:16:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 5 time champ \* > \*\*I picked **5 Time Champ** , because I could. In 2001 I became a 5 time undefeated Jeopardy! champion with winnings of $50,703 and a 2002 Chevy Tahoe. \*\* :eek: I am in total awe! I love Jeopardy and got through the try-outs one timeā€¦but life intervened so I never got to play. A five-time champā€¦ wowza! **bristlesage** : \ I now live in Central Arizona (high desert on one side of town and pine/juniper forest on the otherā€¦ go figure) but I grew up in Phoenix and I LOVE the desert! ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whats-the-deal-with-your-name-thread/119211/83 "2002-07-18T21:21:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ratty \* > \*\*I like rats. šŸ™‚ \*\* Ratty is also the coolest character in _Wind in the Willows_. On the TV show Forever Knight, there was a vampire character who fed on rats and died from an infected lab rat. At a charity auction the prop rat came up and one fan bid so frantically on it that the guest auctioneer shrieked, ā€œWho are you people?!ā€ She won, and is now known as ā€˜Libratsieā€™; the prop is affectionately known as ā€˜The Ratsie Wot Kilt Screedā€™. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whats-the-deal-with-your-name-thread/119211/84 "2002-07-18T23:12:16Z")
Mine came from the main character of The Man who Never Missed. I wasnā€™t feeling too creative when I chose it, the book was open and so I typed it in. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whats-the-deal-with-your-name-thread/119211/85 "2002-07-18T23:28:51Z")
::hangs head:: So many deeply intellectual and fascinating names here, and how did I pick mine? **Hell Comes To Frogtown** , with **Roddy Piper** as Sam Hell. hee hee Commander Toadyā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whats-the-deal-with-your-name-thread/119211/86 "2002-07-19T00:06:51Z")
I am a huge fan of professional wrestling and in particular a wrestler named Jeff Hardy. When I started out online, I found out hardygirl was taken so I changed the spelling to hardygrrl. I am also a huge punk rock fan, so the spelling ā€œgrrlā€, which became popular during the grunge era, fit nicely. ---
**Author:** ![Eran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Eran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eran)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whats-the-deal-with-your-name-thread/119211/87 "2002-07-19T00:07:39Z")
I have my very own Elven name, came up with it myself. ---
**Author:** ![Caesar\_s\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/73ab20/32.png) [@Caesar\_s\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caesar_s_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whats-the-deal-with-your-name-thread/119211/88 "2002-07-19T00:14:13Z")
Itā€™s not for the phrase ā€œGreat Caesarā€™s Ghostā€. When I signed up, in EE10 (Enriched English 10) class weā€™d just finished reading Shakespeareā€™s _Julius Caesar_. I fell in love with the play, especially Mark Antonyā€™s speech after Caesarā€™s death. My favorite character was/is Brutus, but Caesarā€™s Ghost just seemed more creative and I could never stop giggling at the idea of this poor Brutus, just going to bed, when all of a sudden the guy he killed appears, in a toga splattered with blood (usually) threatening that heā€™ll see him again at Phillipi. It cracks me up. Donā€™t know why. The performance I saw of it was especially humorous, even if it isnā€™t actually supposed to be. Poor Brutus. Brutus: Art thou any thing?.. Speak to me what thou art. GHOST: Thy evil spirit, Brutus. BRUTUS: Why comest thou? GHOST: To tell thee thou shalt see me at Philippi. BRUTUS: Well; then I shall see thee again? GHOST: Ay, at Philippi. BRUTUS: Why, I will see thee at Philippi, then. Iā€™m the evil spirit! Iā€™m the evil spirit! Yay! ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whats-the-deal-with-your-name-thread/119211/89 "2002-07-19T00:43:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 5 time champ \* > \*\*I picked **5 Time Champ** , because I could. In 2001 I became a 5 time undefeated Jeopardy! champion with winnings of $50,703 and a 2002 Chevy Tahoe. \*\* **5x** ā€¦ From now on, you must phrase all of your posts in the form of a question. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whats-the-deal-with-your-name-thread/119211/90 "2002-07-19T00:56:37Z")
Well one time I ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whats-the-deal-with-your-name-thread/119211/91 "2002-07-19T01:31:18Z")
I was reading _Don Quixote_ when I registered. ---
**Author:** ![c\_carol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@c\_carol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_carol)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whats-the-deal-with-your-name-thread/119211/92 "2002-07-19T01:54:51Z")
Mine is unimaginatively derived from my real name, though the folks on IRC used to think it meant that I s\_stuttered. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whats-the-deal-with-your-name-thread/119211/93 "2002-07-19T03:17:12Z")
Iā€™m a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism. The SCA does medieval recreations. Sort of like RenFaire, only a slightly earlier period and not for profit. In the SCA folks develop personas, and thereā€™s a slight tendency for people to have names beginning in ā€˜Aā€™, because they start reading medieval name lists and find something cool on the second or third page. So I started at the other end of the list. What I was looking for was a name that sounded slightly like my real name (Sharla), so that I would recognize it if someone called it. That part didnā€™t work, but I eventually learned to respond to Yllaria. Itā€™s a variant of Hillary, which is a tribute to laughter (think hilarity), which I find appropriate. The whole name is Lady Yllaria Gyngyvere. Gyngyvere was because I once won a medieval cooking contest with my pickled ginger. They used to ā€˜pickleā€™ it by seeping slivers of it in wine and then draining it and packing it in honey. Suitable for sprinkling over a dish of wine-poached pears. ---
**Author:** ![DeepPurple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@DeepPurple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeepPurple)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whats-the-deal-with-your-name-thread/119211/94 "2002-07-19T04:09:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lodrain \* > Yā€™see, Iā€™m a conlanger. Some people create model airplanes for fun; I create model languages, and the whole culture/history thing to back them up. Iā€™m a very lazy partaker of this particular hobby - Iā€™ve been working on the same project in various stages for the past year, but Iā€™ve come up with at least a few lexical items. _Lodrain_ means something like ā€˜kidā€™, specifically a child before puberty of either gender (maybe ā€˜lad/lassā€™ would be a better gloss). > > Simple and to the point. :::hijack::: You got a word for the children of your siblings? Iā€™d like one that includes males & females. I currently use ā€˜niblingsā€™. :::end hijack::: My name is simple, I enjoy seeing the darkest shades of purple ---
**Author:** ![Gopher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gopher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gopher)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whats-the-deal-with-your-name-thread/119211/95 "2002-07-19T06:48:36Z")
People tell me I look like a gopher. I do not. But I like the nickname. So there šŸ™‚ And no, I donā€™t go dig stuff up out of peopleā€™s gardens for fun. ---
**Author:** ![VDarlin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e56c9b/32.png) [@VDarlin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VDarlin)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whats-the-deal-with-your-name-thread/119211/96 "2002-07-19T08:16:52Z")
I hadnā€™t had a new online name in quite some time, although the one I usually use, I love, but sometimes, I just like something a little different, ya know? Well, I was signing up for a friendā€™s board when I decided to add a new personality to the list, and VDarlin was born. Itā€™s not terribly interesting, however. My SOā€™s name starts with the letter V, heā€™s from the south, and he calls me ā€œdarlinā€, so, itā€™s basically just a shortened version of ā€œVā€™s darlinā€. Where Iā€™m from, ā€œdarlingā€ is usually only used facetiously, so it took a little getting used to, but now I fully accept it, although, only from him. I think the fact that the letter ā€œVā€ is my favorite letter has a lot to do with it, as well. Donā€™t believe me? Well, if you will, all three of my children have a V in their name, orā€¦for the most part they do. My oldest sonā€™s name is actually Stephen, but he goes by ā€œSteveā€, so thereā€™s the sound, and the letter does show up in written form with the shortened version. My daughterā€™s first name starts with V(and those two, are my children with my ex-husband, no V anywhere in his name), and my babyā€™s first name also starts with V, as heā€™s named after his dad. We call him by his middle name, however. Oh, and while my baby has his dadā€™s last name, my older kidsā€™ last name starts with the letter D, so yes, essentially, my daughter is VD. Iā€™ve always joked that we should have named our son Steve with the middle name ā€œThomasā€, so weā€™d have STD and VD, but, it was only a joke. Alright, enough lunacy from me. ~V ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whats-the-deal-with-your-name-thread/119211/97 "2002-07-19T12:53:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Walloon \* > \*\* > > Did you know that singer Annie Lennox was born on Christmas? \*\* She should record the song ā€œAnnie Christmas.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Semp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Semp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Semp)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whats-the-deal-with-your-name-thread/119211/98 "2002-07-19T19:11:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gopher \* > \*\*People tell me I look like a gopher. I do not. But I like the nickname. So there šŸ™‚ > > And no, I donā€™t go dig stuff up out of peopleā€™s gardens for fun. \*\* And here I was hoping that youā€™d turn out to be Fred Grandy so you could tell us all the amusing anecdotes from behind the scenes of the Love Boat. Darn. ---
**Author:** ![Canyon\_Surfer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Canyon\_Surfer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canyon_Surfer)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whats-the-deal-with-your-name-thread/119211/99 "2002-07-19T19:49:03Z")
Mine is fairly simple. I found the SDMB shortly after I had been on a vacation. The vacation included Canyon de Chelley, Mesa Verde, Monument Valley, North Rim Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon and some other magic places. I have had several trips to that region before and it is definitely my favorite part of the U.S. We started and finished that vacation in Las Vegas, NV. I have to agree with **bristlesage** and **squish** that the desert areas are beautiful. Try Red Rock Canyon just outside Las Vegas, or try a helicopter flight over the Grand Canyon. So, I love the canyons, thus my username. ---
**Author:** ![D-bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@D-bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D-bear)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whats-the-deal-with-your-name-thread/119211/100 "2002-07-20T03:13:19Z")
Iā€™m from Denver, and Iā€™m a bear. Thus D-bear was born. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whats-the-deal-with-your-name-thread/119211.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whats-the-deal-with-your-name-thread/119211.md?page=6)