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Post by Brit on Jul 15, 2007 5:44:36 GMT -5
I am sure we all have at one time or another been using nicknames on one board or another, and for very good and legitimate reasons, but it occurs to me that within a small group such as this community, most of us know the forenames of the rest of us.
I know it is my own fault for changing my handle so often and it is entirely my own fault for choosing ITMA as the latest re-incarnation, but I'm getting a bit fed up with being called a neutered pronoun so often!!!
So advise please my friends. Do I go back to Brit (which I rather liked and is just "Br" in front of "it") or do I re-register as George?
When you read my stuff do you think of me as Brit or George or It? Or "that pain in the ass again"?
Oh, so many things to think about and so many decisions to make on a wet summer's day in England.
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Post by booklady on Jul 15, 2007 7:10:21 GMT -5
To me you will always be Brit.
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Post by Brit on Jul 15, 2007 7:50:26 GMT -5
And to me, you will always be the lady who was so interested in ornithology.
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Post by gailkate on Jul 15, 2007 11:18:35 GMT -5
Brit, no question. I like real names, too, but some don't and some are confusing. You and Escalus are both Georges, PJ (who will never be ozski to me) and BL are both Pams - it can take too much time and typing to differentiate. But Brit - that's perfectly clear (until you start talking Glaswegian).
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Post by Trusty on Jul 15, 2007 19:03:07 GMT -5
When you read my stuff do you think of me as Brit or George or It? Or "that pain in the ass again"? Yes.
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Post by Trusty on Jul 15, 2007 19:07:41 GMT -5
No, really. You were first known as Brit (or ScotBrit) on the old CB, and first impressions mean a lot. I thought about the combo "Britma", but it just doesn't have that ring to it, so it's "Brit" to me unless you want to legally change it here - which would require a vote. (NOTE: You don't have to go through the hassle of re-registering if you want to change your name. Just get into your profile, click "modify profile" and change your "display name". Much easier.) (Now, don't EVERYBODY do that at once! (Woah - Talk about confusion...))
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Post by liriodendron on Jul 15, 2007 19:53:31 GMT -5
I always think of you as Brit. Itma is just some guy in the witness protection program.
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Post by SeattleDan on Jul 15, 2007 19:59:18 GMT -5
Thanks for the tip, trusty. I've changed my name to the one I use on other blogs and forums I comment at. I was never crazy about DanD anyway.
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Post by Trusty on Jul 15, 2007 20:24:24 GMT -5
I always think of you as Brit. Itma is just some guy in the witness protection program. Very close, Lirio. You can find the biography of the WWII British radio show "ITMA" HERE, which states: " The name of the programme derived from a topical catchphrase. Whenever Hitler made some new territorial claim, the newspaper headlines would proclaim 'It's That Man Again'." So, Brit, in case you don't want to be associated with that little German with the mustache. I strongly suggest you change your display name.
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Post by Trusty on Jul 15, 2007 20:55:49 GMT -5
Dan, I'm sure you got permission from Seattle Taz to change your name... Why, oh why, when I see "Seattle Taz" do I think of the Tasmanian Devil? How about the pronunciation of nicknames? Is "liriodendron" pronounced "lye-re-oh-DEN-dron" (like the tulip tree)? Also, and I don't know why, but when I first saw "doctork", the pronunciation "Dock-Tork" registered in my head, and I've has the hardest time trying to train myself to "Doctor Kay". (Be patient, Hon. I'll succeed someday.) (No, YOU're the doctor; I'm the patient. ;D (Gotta love English)) And, forgive my ignorance, but is it "ES-ca-lus" or "es-CA-lus"? --- Just a little housecleaning in my head. (Yes, it was empty and dusty...)
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Post by joew on Jul 15, 2007 20:57:30 GMT -5
Whatever people decide to do about their names is fine by me. I try to use the screen name, even if I know the real name, and I'd like to suggest, ever so gently, the using a person'sreal name when they have a screen name should be considered a breach of ettiquette, since it is a form of one-upmanship ("I know him/her better than you commoners who only know the screen name."), and it is confusing to those who don't know who "Bernice" actually is. Using a former screen name is a different story.
I had'nt thought, until I read this thread, how few of us use our everyday names. But I think it's a good thing to use a made-up name, as I do elsewhere. If I had not given out me actual nickname, I'd have been comfortable giving more details about my location and personal history. But when there is the possibility that someone who cared to could actualy track me down, I'm a bit cautious. I'm not sure whether Brit/itma and slb2 have a better attitude with their openness, or whether they're a little reckless.
Anyway, I'm happy to respect everyone's choice of name.
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Post by joew on Jul 15, 2007 21:00:59 GMT -5
And to answer your question directly, itma, at this point I think of you as Brit, and probably will continue to do so unless you start calling yourself George, which I'd probably get used to fairly quickly.
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Post by SeattleDan on Jul 15, 2007 21:04:18 GMT -5
"since it is a form of one-upmanship"...So you say, Bill.
Trusty, I think ST will be fine with it. Until I get Tammy to re-name herself SeattleTammy and then we'd have two ST's. But isn't Taz moving out of town?
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Post by joew on Jul 15, 2007 21:17:32 GMT -5
… Why, oh why, when I see "Seattle Taz" do I think of the Tasmanian Devil? Because it makes sense. I should have said "lee-re-oh-DEN-dron." LOL Think "Æschylus."
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Post by joew on Jul 15, 2007 21:18:46 GMT -5
"since it is a form of one-upmanship"...So you say, Bill. … So I do, Frank.
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Post by slb2 on Jul 15, 2007 23:36:02 GMT -5
Whatever people decide to do about their names is fine by me. I try to use the screen name, even if I know the real name, and I'd like to suggest, ever so gently, the using a person'sreal name when they have a screen name should be considered a breach of ettiquette, since it is a form of one-upmanship ("I know him/her better than you commoners who only know the screen name."), and it is confusing to those who don't know who "Bernice" actually is. Using a former screen name is a different story. I agree with this very much. What do you think, honey? Me? Open? Reckless? More seriously, since some of the stuff I've written here I might or have used in publication, I want to be sure that my real name is attached to it. As it is, as a writer, it can be a dangerous thing to write on the Web and esp. anonymously. If I've written something that's important to me, I'm sure to label it. Thank you joew. I prefer that others use my nick here, not my real name. But once in a while, in the right spot, yes, Susan is perfect. Also, I love to use terms of endearment and to be called as such. If someone doesn't like me to call him Trust-man, well, he'll just have to be Frank about it. Oui?
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Post by liriodendron on Jul 16, 2007 8:56:03 GMT -5
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Post by liriodendron on Jul 16, 2007 9:01:26 GMT -5
it is confusing to those who don't know who "Bernice" actually is. Wasn't "Bernice" that Viking guy who hung out at the old place a while back.
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Post by joew on Jul 16, 2007 10:12:38 GMT -5
it is confusing to those who don't know who "Bernice" actually is. Wasn't "Bernice" that Viking guy who hung out at the old place a while back. Hmmm… (tries to remember)
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Post by Trusty on Jul 16, 2007 10:34:34 GMT -5
Thanks! (I mean it wasn't a life or death problem, but I'm glad to know how to pronounce the name properly. Everyone here deserves respect - even in a nickname.) Sometimes there is a thin line (depending on the thread) between calling one by his/her display name and a "special" variation of it (or the real name). However, we don't have to walk that line with tension (like "on eggshells"), just flow with the nature of the thread and what we feel that person wants. I remember I had a little problem in the old CB when I saw Anja's (or Hart's - another past/present nickname confusion for me) calling slb2 "Suzy Q". I figured it was a term of endearment of Anj (or Hart) toward slb2, but I never knew if slb2 accepted Anja (or Hart) calling her that. I just felt like it was something between them - but also couldn't help but fear there was a clique being formed within the CB community. My feelings were VERY mixed over the use of one little personal nickname, and I'm sure others had different feelings about the use of other names. But, that's in the past. I grew up and got over it. (It's amazing how we can make problems out of the most innocent things.) I guess it also falls under that "time and place for everything" category. I mean. if I ran into slb2 at someone's funeral, I don't think I would blurt out, "Hey, Sushi. How ya doin'?" And, I'll try not to call liriodendron "Leary".
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Post by Brit on Jul 16, 2007 12:54:53 GMT -5
Well, both really.
I have nothing to hide - neither my name nor my postal address - because there is nothing in my background (that I know of) whoch I would not be afraid of facing. That's the open bit.
Now the reckless bit: I often wonder how many kids I might have sired in the 1960's. Which, being extrapolated, means how many grandchildren.
So, taking the advice from many of you, here is Brit again!
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Post by Jane on Jul 16, 2007 13:23:08 GMT -5
Welcome back! Oh, wait, it's just you....
Anyway, welcome back to your "old" name.
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Post by liriodendron on Jul 16, 2007 14:07:38 GMT -5
So, taking the advice from many of you, here is Brit again! I have exalted you for being so receptive to good advice. ;D
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Post by Brit on Jul 16, 2007 14:09:48 GMT -5
Thanks lirio! I wondered how that happened!
Everytime I've changed my name, I've lost any karma points I might have accrued!
So thanks to Trusty for the easy way to do it!!
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Post by liriodendron on Jul 16, 2007 14:13:27 GMT -5
But when there is the possibility that someone who cared to could actualy track me down, I'm a bit cautious. I'm familiar with that caution. Still, you'd be surprised at how remarkably easy it is to find people based on what they've posted.
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Post by Brit on Jul 16, 2007 14:20:48 GMT -5
Some "comments" I have made are beyond my control. In an idle moment I googled my name and discovered things I had said to a Parliamentary Group and elsewhere more than a decade ago.
Of course it is easy to find me, but I have nothing to hide. Lots to be embarrassed about maybe, but nothing from which to hide.
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Post by joew on Jul 16, 2007 15:28:03 GMT -5
For me, it's kind of like the lyric in the R.E.M. song. "Oh no! I've said too much. I haven't said enough."
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Post by joew on Jul 16, 2007 15:33:50 GMT -5
Some "comments" I have made are beyond my control. In an idle moment I googled my name and discovered things I had said to a Parliamentary Group and elsewhere more than a decade ago. Of course it is easy to find me, but I have nothing to hide. Lots to be embarrassed about maybe, but nothing from which to hide. A good attitude and well put. I exalt you.
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Post by gailkate on Jul 17, 2007 0:32:29 GMT -5
I want to exalt everybody. So, in my heart, I have.
I like slb's story about being the 2nd slb in her dorm or wherever it was. I just don't know how to pronounce it, so I think of it as 'silb.'
I thought this site was not open to the web. Isn't that true? I know that some things I wrote on the old CB were Google-able, and I didn't like that a bit - especially as I didn't want to be connected to some ugly things said by others on that site. Redboy, for example.
But I've felt comfortable here and quite willing to be known by my name. I didn't use my married name in the CB so I couldn't be easily tracked by anyone who might wish me ill - someone who might TP my crabapple tree.
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Post by booklady on Jul 17, 2007 4:57:00 GMT -5
And to me, you will always be the lady who was so interested in ornithology. Is THAT what you call it over there?
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