# What's the meaning of your userne? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 3, 2014, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398 "2014-02-03T03:47:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/81 "2014-02-03T20:36:02Z")
The cynical romantic and optimistic pessimist. (Also, it’s a very indirect reference to a magical system in a novel.) ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/82 "2014-02-03T20:54:12Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Crap. You’re not ambidextrous? I’d give my left arm to be ambidextrous!! My name is from an obscure character in Jack Vance’s “The Palace of Love” novel. Actually, not even a character, but a personification embedded in a poem written by one of the novel’s characters. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/83 "2014-02-03T21:01:19Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > My name is from an obscure character in Jack Vance’s “The Palace of Love” novel. Actually, not even a character, but a personification embedded in a poem written by one of the novel’s characters. I just assumed you were Rig’s brother. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/84 "2014-02-03T21:23:12Z")
There have been multitudes of “explain your username” threads, and I think I’ve responded to most of them. But hey, I like to talk about myself! “Fach” is German for “compartment, cubbyhole, pigeonhole, subject, etc.” In German opera houses, the Fach system is used to categorize voices by range and weight so that singers can be matched up easily to roles. “Verwirrt” is confused. I spent most of my early singing life wavering between baritone and tenor, so it seemed appropriate. For the last ten years, I have actually been pretty solidly a baritone. Prophetically, however, the name became relevant again as my new teacher has actually successfully turned me into an actual tenor, although the transition is ongoing and will take a while longer. Once the transition is full and complete, I suspect I will finally retire the name. ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/85 "2014-02-03T21:33:38Z")
As a legitimist royalist and stuartist, a regard for John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee, the great jacobite hero. I keep to the name anywhere registered on the Web. Technically, in 17th century Scots, it’s pronounced **Clavers** [_clayv-vers_]; but I adhere to the regular _klaa-ver-house_ sounding. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/86 "2014-02-03T21:33:40Z")
The parts of the Internet where I hung out when I joined this board were full of spoiler whores (people who wanted to know all about their favorite T.V. show before it aired). I, on the other hand, want nothing to do with spoilers, hence Spoiler Virgin. ---
**Author:** ![runningdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@runningdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runningdude)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/87 "2014-02-03T21:46:10Z")
> [@demian\_travis](#): > > Demian is one of the main character of my favourite book - Demian, by Herman Hesse. Travis is just Tardis written on a very different way. What bout you dopers? I am a dude. I like to run. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/88 "2014-02-03T21:56:35Z")
I’m an academic. It is my main professional identity- being a professor/researcher. I never wanted to leave college and I basically never have. ---
**Author:** ![Strangeland64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@Strangeland64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strangeland64)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/89 "2014-02-03T22:07:14Z")
I couldn’t think of anything other than I feel like a stranger in a strange land. Then I added a number significant to me. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/90 "2014-02-03T22:17:16Z")
**Bob Ducca** is a character played by Seth Morris that originated on the Comedy Bang Bang podcast, which I’m a big fan of (or used to be anyway, don’t listen much anymore.) He’s also appeared in character on the television, [which you can see here.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWv5LCYs9ak) ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/91 "2014-02-03T22:24:06Z")
When I was young and stupider, I had a real thing for Lynn Truss’ brand of snarky prescriptivism. I got over it, but it was too late for the name. Someday, I’ll probably change it if I can ever think of what a better name would be. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/92 "2014-02-03T22:25:38Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Spanish for hummingbird, the subject of my doctoral thesis in Panama. Easier to spell than Huitzilopochtli. It’s also French for hummingbird. My username is just my name and my last initial, as some may have guessed. Though I sometimes wonder if I should change it to something that makes it less easy to track me down. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/93 "2014-02-03T22:28:53Z")
The character played by the late, great Pete Postlethwaite in _The Usual Suspects_. I originally put in just ‘Kobayashi’, but that was taken. Liked the way he had such presence without so much as lifting a finger. As it was in the film he actually introduces himself [as ‘Mr. Kobayashi’](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l39Cvj8iUZg) so it worked out in the end, and I joined the many Dopers with ‘Mr.’ in their name. If the original was an active poster I’d probably have changed my name to avoid confusion. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/94 "2014-02-03T22:31:37Z")
I’m mercurial. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/95 "2014-02-03T22:36:55Z")
It’s my name (Peter K. Beitz). How original, huh?:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/96 "2014-02-03T22:37:43Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > It’s also French for hummingbird. It originally came from Taino, the language of the indigenous people of most of the West Indies. In German it’s Kolibri. ---
**Author:** ![jrsone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jrsone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrsone)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/97 "2014-02-03T22:38:56Z")
My initials are JRS. I enjoy the music of Old School Hip-Hop Artist KRS-One, So I combined the two to make Jrsone. It’s clever, you see. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/98 "2014-02-03T22:40:47Z")
I grew up in rural Illinois and have a habit of watching storm clouds for signs of rotation. It’s also my go-to name for Bards in RPGs. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/99 "2014-02-03T22:58:42Z")
My father built me wings of wax, and I flew too close to the sun - metaphorically speaking. ---
**Author:** ![ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryan)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/100 "2014-02-03T23:19:35Z")
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