Why did you choose your particular sceeen name?

[dieselplower]

it seemed appropriate.. preferring koi over goldies makes me a koi guy. the "1969" well, why not?

I have always assumed 1969 is the year you were born.

 

[dieselplower]

I thought it was 'Dieselblower'.
John

You serious?

 

[JohnHuff]

You serious?

Looks like there are lot a of dyslexics in thread this.

 

[JohnHuff]

When we came to Canada in '57, someone said "That.s not a Canadian name; here it's JOHN." So John it's been for almost 57 years,
Hans

Surely it is Johann? Or is Hans a diminutive?

 

[HARO]

Dad's birth certificate says Johannes, but he was Hans all his life, or until '57, anyway. Mine was Hans from birth. Been called a lot of other names too, but can't post those on here!
John

 

[koiguy1969]

I have always assumed 1969 is the year you were born.

I WISH... i wouldnt mind knockin' off those years!! '62 was when i was born.

 

[addy1]

I WISH... i wouldnt mind knockin' off those years!! '62 was when i was born.

a baby,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[koiguy1969]

YES ADDY, YOUR CORRECT..I WAS BORN A BABY.HOW'D YOU KNOW? AND NO, MY AVATAR IS NOT ME!!!

 

[addy1]

A good guess...............

 

[brokensword]

I use my moniker from my poetry forum days. It wasn't my first choice and I had to search for something else that 'defined' me per se, and since I'm an avid fan of LoTR, I likened myself (esp at the time as I was entering my divorce years) to the broken sword (Narsil renamed as Anduril) that Aragorn had reforged: it was what I felt I was going through. At the time (and I guess it still does, if I dwell long enough) it was something to which I could cling. The poetry helped and for a while, I used the name as my pen name for my novels. Still has some sentimental value though I've changed it up.

Anyway, I once googled and wouldn't you know? There was a video game by the same name...and at the time, when AOL was big and so too their chat rooms, I had to add 999 at the back of the name so I could get an instant messenger account. Now, those were the days...usurped now by facebook ant twitter, hey?

Michael aka BrokenSword

 

[koshki]

My maternal grandfather, who was born in Poland, called me Koshki since I was born. My real name is Katherine. I recently learned that koshki is means "cats" or "kitty", in Russian and "kitty" is a nickname for Katherine. All those years, and I never knew what it meant!

My grandfather is now gone, and the only person that still calls me Koshki is my father, which is amusing to me, because he's not Polish. None of the Polish side of my family uses it anymore.

So I use it to remind me of two guys I love.

 

[bettasngoldfish]

My screen name was pretty easy to choose. Bettas and goldfish are my favorite types of fish

 

[DrCase]

Case is half my name,The Dr came from my great great uncle
He was a shoe cobbler , that could Carve anything for feet and made it a house hold name
somehow I have always had his make what ever I want gene

 

[koiguy1969]

Dr. Case....I figured it was likely the name of your therapist.... silly me!

 

[DrCase]

Nope
I just talk to my self