At the school where I work, pupil’s (or learner’s to use the current jargon) usernames are created as follows: first three letters of your surname, first three letters of your first name, followed by the year in which you would have started in Grade 8 at the school.
Today, I was scrolling through some user profiles on an old workstation and deleting those of learners who had left and found this username - shii-t03
I used to work with a very mild-mannered accountant whose first name began with a B and last name was Eastman. We all got a chuckle out of sending emails to the Beastman.
I always get a giggle out of an acquaintance’s email address, as her employer uses a format of first initial followed by first three letters of the last name.
In her case, that means she’s ehug.
Tee hee.
(it would be even more amusing if she worked for a truly un-cuddly company, like Canada Customs & Revenue)
I used to work with a guy whose first name began with an “S” and whose last name began with “Hite-” As most companies do, we made our e-mail addresses by (First Initial)(Last Name)@company.com. But in his case, we made an exception.
We’ve made exceptions, too, back when our convention was first three of first, first three of last. So John Smith was johsmi@company.com. I can’t remember specifics, but there were several that made us giggle, and at least one that I refused to create to standard and made in the format johnsm@company.com or else josmit@company.com instead.
I worked at a company that was “first initial” followed by “first five letters of last name” @company.com. They did make an exception for Mr. Frank Uckert.
I don’t know, I’ve only been in the job six months, so she’s before my time, but there are a significant number of Oriental students at the school, so it could have been something exotic…