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I have seen so many users on codeguru who use funny, abbreviated and crappy names. We should let others know what those usernames mean?
Well, my user name is Ajay vijay. Here Ajay is my first name is Vijay is part of my complete surname: Vijayvargiya.
I think the more interesting one would be to start a poll on how many people wish they had have chosen a different name!
But for the record, Zeb is what everyone calls me, and is short for Zebulon, my actual name. If you are interested (and most are), Zebulon is a pretty standard Old Testament Jewish name, although I'm not Jewish. My parents got the name from an old TV show called "The Waltons", which had a Granfather Zebulon, or some such, and they liked it so much the thought they would **** their first-born son to a lifetime of "zebra" jokes and "that's an interesting name, where is it from?". If you haven't figured it out yet, my parents were hippies. Long hair and beard for the father, underarm hair for the mother. They have since cleaned up their act, but still refuse to give a formal apology for the **** my name caused me in primary school ;)
Oh, and for the record - I have no desires to change my nick, but I imagine there are a few ppl out there who signed up just to get a quick question answered and never realised how much time they would actually spend here!
[edit - wow, they are considered offensive words... the first one in context though shouldn't be offensive to anyone]
well, ideru is from idel which is the last 4 letters of my real name and is my nickname .
but since japanese language does not have the letter L , L becomes RU..
hence idel = ideru
“When you are in Rom do as Romans do “ so when I am actively participating in the
Code guru forum , I thought my nick name should be derived from the computer
Technology, hence most of the processors are 8086 based. So hear I am “ x8086 ”
Btw Nice Thread Ajay Vijay ….hope it will pick up ….
Regards,
x8086
My nickname is nothing else but nickname - in my highschool class there was one more guy with name like me, so my friends gave me this nick to avoid confusion. I dont think it means anything, but it sounds OK and I am using it everywhere I need some unofficial name: forums, game characters, logins, etc.
Hob
As you know Hannes is my name :rolleyes:
TheGreat doesn't mean that I'm a great programmer
I remember reading something about Alexander The Great, and started playing around with my name, so that's where TheGreat comes from, and I think too that it's because everyone always told me that I was a great guy.
Some people think I have an attitude problem, because of Me thinking I'm soo great, but as I've said - it started with Alexander The Great.
And for changing Nicknames, sometimes, I wish I could, but no.
As for nicknames at school..............! :sick:
My username is nothing fancy, just a short version of my name "Marc Grégoire" :wave:
My login id here - exterminator..nothing related to me...just couldnt find anything and this one came while signing up ...so...it is ...
I tried my nicknames but nothing would go...they rejected all saying there were people already by those names... :cry:
My real name - Abhishek Padmanabh - Where padmanabh stands for Lord Krishna - there is a concept of a lotus coming out of Lord Krishna's navel and so it is....I am from India...people here think that I am from south India...but no I am not...that was some strange last name that my father kept ..and i dont feel bad about it.
Yeh..school times are hard when people make fun of your names...but I am sure they can make fun of any name so ...not much to complain in this regard. Yeah...my last name is a bit hard to spell ... i need to tell people about the spelling everytime i pronounce it before them :D
By the way - nicknames that go for me are mostly derived from my last name -- such as Paddy (after Maddy - a character in one of the Indian Hindi films - RHTDM), Pudu (after people saw entrapment, the railway station at the end of the movie went by this name), Paddu (I hate this one - something similar in hindi to far-ting :mad: ) etc etc...These days Paddy is the most common one for me..no one calls me Padmanabh (except for my school teachers) ...parents and family people call me Abhishek itself.
Thats it for now...Nice thread... and nice to see people pouring in. By the way, can we not change our login ids to our original names ??
My nick at CG is my real name, Ejaz Anwer. Usually people with name Ejaz don't spell it like that (most commonly it is written as Ijaz or Aijaz). Infact I used to write it as Aijaz till I was in my 5th class, but my class teacher in 6th, first wrote my name as Ejaz in the attendence register. Since then, I write it as Ejaz (and can go in a fist fight, if someone don't write it as Ejaz ;) ). AFAIK, Ejaz means "Miracle".
Among friends, I wear the name "Jack". Actually, I developed a software few years back, which was code named as "Black Jack", since then my friends started calling me as "Jack" till yet. About changing my nick here....nah....I'm quite comfortable with it, besides everyone knows me with my real name here.
You know, the guy who performed this character "Maddy" is (and I guess will be) at top of my list for 3 reasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by exterminator
1) He has tan complextion.....like me :cool:
2) In the movie, he was software engineer.....like me :rolleyes:
3) He is little bulky....like me ;)
So, for him :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
My actual name is Panayotis Kalaitzoglou. I got the first name and the initial of the last name (it was the first name that yahoo prompted as login name when I wanted to create a yahoo mail, so I kept it).
I used to be smart...now I'm just dumb.
(Know the film?)
Yeah...but he aint getting any more movies these days...actually girls didnt like him for that reason ;) but since I know you from some of posts in this ChitCHat forum...you are one guy taking away all the birds..aint it??? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Ejaz
Yeah..but he had a cute smile and from you pic that i saw ...yeah ..you two have quite similar looks...are you a mechanical engineer as well? coz he was... and hence you would add up the reasons to 4.. Thanks for preferring the "Paddy" nickie for me... I kinda like it... :blush: Regards.
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Originally Posted by Ejaz
:D:p
- He was in terrific love with a gal, that you dont.
- He was a great combat (fighter), you dont have this characteristic too!
- He got opportunity to earn $12000 per-month as per his skills and experience, that you dont earn.
My username is from a book (can't remember the name though) by JR Tolkein. (sp?)
So what? There are alot of things about other heros that I don't have. Atleast with him, I have 3 things in common :p :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ajay Vijay
CILU is my nickname since I was 11. It comes from my name, Marius Bancila. In the 5th grade we where studing euglena vidiris, an unicellular organism, that uses these cilia (which in Romanian are called CIL, singular) to move. Somebody realized that it was part of my name, and called me CILU, which is some sort of THE CIL(IA). Soon, everybody start calling me like this, and I liked it, and so I remained known until I went to college. Now, only few people call me like this, but I still use my nickname for IDs.
It's from Silmarillion, my favorite book. J.R.R. Tolkien, indeed.Quote:
My username is from a book (can't remember the name though) by JR Tolkein. (sp?)
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Melian was the name of a Maia who served both Vána and Estë; she dwelt long in Lórien, tending the trees that flower in the gardens of Irmo, ere she came to Middle-earth. Nightingales sang about her wherever she went.
I just LOVE this book.Quote:
Melian was a Maia, of the race of the Valar. She dwelt in the gardens of Lórien, and among all his people there were none more beautiful than Melian, nor more wise, nor more skilled in songs of enchantment. It is told that the Valar would leave their works, and the birds of Valinor their mirth, that the bells of Valmar were silent and the fountains ceased to flow, when at the mingling of the lights Melian sang in Lórien. Nightingales went always with her, and she taught them their song; and she loved the deep shadows of the great trees. She was akin before the World was made to Yavanna herself; and in that time when the Quendi awoke beside the waters of Cuiviénen she departed from Valinor and came to the Hither Lands, and there she filled the silence of Middle-earth before the dawn with her voice and the voices of her birds.
C'mon I dont believe this...Ejaz not in love? Can't be...there must be one beauty in your place who does smoke like you do...!! :D And you taking away all the gals of your class ... nothing makes sense....Atleast I dont agree to the first two...the 3rd one (about that big a salary ..ok - I agree about that but I am sure since you are in Lahore you must be earning that much in terms of your currency, if not dollars, i.e. rupees, I guess...So in a way I dont agree to any of the 3 points raised by Ajay Vijay...Kudos Ejaz...Ejaz is in love...we want some confessions...!!!! :D :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ejaz
Well... Most people think my nickname comes from the Offspring song "no hero"... But it's completly wrong, even my first rock album was from the Offspring though. (believe it or not).
Moreover it's from a conversation I had with one of my best friends several years back... The main topic of the conversation has gone out of my mind but I remember some words like "you ain't no hero, who can get [...]". This sentence has been so obtrusive that I couldn't refuse to make it my id.
I use it everywhere. On forums, gaming, messengers, even sometimes in email accounts.
So here I am, your local anti-hero ;)
I once got detention from a teacher who spelt my name wrong. I corrected her, and she got into a big argument - "i'm dutch" she said "and the correct dutch spelling for your name" (my surname is dutch) "does not have a 'Y' in it". "Yes", I explained, "but that doesn't make you correct - my name does have a 'Y' in it.". She thought I was taking the micky and sent me to detention.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ejaz
The school gave me a lovely formal apology over the incident, although she never admitted that she was wrong.
My nic is composed as follows:
Pinky... a nickname a friend of mine gave to me when her and I met...
See i really like the "Pinky and the Brain" cartoons, and so she decided that I couldn't very well be "Brain" as that would require at least SOME level of intelligence, and so they christianed me "Pinky" instead.
98 because "Pinky" is usually taken... stems from my student no. back in university... no real significant meaning... just a random tag onto the end to make it unique.
Same here :cry:Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeb
Deniz is my real name, it's Turkish and means 'sea'.
Everyone I know pronounces it as they would pronounce 'Dennis' but having my name written down is always a drama.
when I was born, my parents had a big time to name me as I was so ugly, dumb, stoopid, cripple, sick and et cetra...so, they think, "what the heck we're gonna name him"...then, they got an idea...they named me : whaTHell...
after some times..a man from the government came to pay a visit..."you can't named him like that..and your signature goes against the law", the man said...so my parents asked him, "why we have to change his name...he deserved that name:D...but if you insisted, how?"..."leave it to me", then the man left with my new name written on a piece of paper by my parents....
after a couple of day, the child's name had been changed to mrRee...but it's not a mystery anymore after many of them noticed that mrRee's former name was whaTHell...
then 5000 amoebas went to a shoping mall...naked...they had been arrested becau...fruit! that was the different story...I'm sorry:p..............................that's how I became mrRee...the end...
Well, honestly speaking, there is nothing to confess. I swear. Don't know why, but it never happens anyway. I did like few in the past, but thats all. In school, I was crazy about basket ball, in college, I started fiddling with computers, and when I look back, sometimes, I tell me myslef "Ejaz...you know what? You are a moran" :p coz I blew my few chances when I get. I guess Ajay Vijay would still remember about them (don't know which one, but I mentioned them in some thread here).Quote:
Originally Posted by exterminator
I've always struggled with the way people pronounce my surname!Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeb
You see in South Africa we have a few surnames that start with the du prefix
Mine - du Preez
Then you also get
du Plessis
du Toit
With the last mentioned 2 people pronounce the du as de
du is pronounced "do"
So, when teachers called me de Preez instead of "do" Preez I had a fit....
I thought Johannes is your real name... :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by HanneSThEGreaT
Hmm...your last name will surely prompt to ask if you are from south India, prob Kerala or Tamil Nadu. About Abhishek the only other guy I know is Abhishek Bachan. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by exterminator
Hi Florian! :wave:Quote:
Originally Posted by NoHero
Yes Johannes is my REAL name, but all my friends (the little that I have - outside CG) call me Hannes (which is an abbreviation)
Yeah... I get the same question over and over again... I sometimes feel like saying yes rather than explaining them the whole story... :cry:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mathew Joy
Well, I am not a celebrity as is Abhishek Bachchan...hehe...he is one of my favourites though since he shares the name with me.. :)
And dont tell me you know just this abhishek and me...i had 4 people in my class by the name abhishek..abhishek kumar, abhishek singh, abhishek raj etc etc...and in college..i was the only one in my Royal Department of Civil Engineering but there were quite a few people with this name.. I am happy for one thing though - there is only one "Abhishek Padmanabh" as of now... I havent met anyone else with that name - they either have the first name part or the second name but none with the same combo...I feel good about this...that my name is a unique ID. I won't be the reason forcing people to set Primary Key on person id rather than their names.. :D
//By the way - I am from the state of Laloo...Bihar - now please dont start hating me :cry: :cry: :cry:
Has it got any relation to Johannerburg? Regards.Quote:
Originally Posted by HanneSThEGreaT
Latem = Metal backwards. And I kinda like metal music. makes sence eh? Plus it's pretty unique in that it usually isn't taken in forums or other things. And I kinda like the word, the way it looks and sounds.
Latem
Yes it does! :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by exterminator
I actually live about 80 KM from Jo'burg in a city called Vereeniging
Thanx, for noticing! :p
Aah..I spelt it wrong - I meant Johannesburg not Johannerburg..anyway...you got it...Yeah...actually we Indians are great fans of cricket and South Africa had a great team at the time of Hansie Cronje. After him they kind of struggled and when Johnty Rhodes retired they became miserable...Currently their form is also not that good as it used to be...South Africa has produced some great cricketers. And it was always great to see India and South Africa play there...Johannesburg being one of the prominent fast and bouncy pitches. Another reason why I know about that country is for diamonds..and then for Mahatma Gandhi...who started his voyage from there. Are you a native there meaning you are a born citizen or there for job or some temporary reason? South Africa seems to be one of the nicest countries with great beaches...and I would love to travel there someday...(These days my pocket won't allow...not even close :D ). Sorry to dissappoint you but I am unfamiliar with Vereeniging but since you are from there ...now I am kinda know it...and can say that yeah I know one person from Vereeniging, South Africa...cool isnt it? ;) Take care. Regards.Quote:
Originally Posted by HanneSThEGreaT
//Hannes - why are you so conscious about your looks - i saw your remarks on the CG photo album thread - I saw Desperado yesterday yet again...And I thought that you had Antonio Banderas looks...Kudos... :thumb: You look like a dude to me..also similar to a Marketting Head in my last company who went by the name - Frank Miller. :)
Just wondering, Joe :DQuote:
Originally Posted by HanneSThEGreaT
Because Hannes itself is also a valid name. One of my best friends name is Hannes.
Exterminator: Don't get me started on the VERY Pathetic state of SA cricket - I don't even watch any more, and I'm the type of guy that could sit through a 5 day testmatch, not missing one second. What SA cricket board did to Hansie, was unforgiveable.
SA is such a beautiful country, I agree, and the weather is nice too. I was born here, but I've moved alot and we have family right across SA, so it's always nice to visit family! :D
NoHero: You can call me Joe!
BTW. Johannes comes from the Bible (John the Babtist) :thumb:
About SA and Cricket: Well, apart of all that, SA crowd is also ..............................pretty nice. :p Something that distract South Asian players and not to mention expectators too :blush:
:D Yeah...Nice :D ...And Hannes ...Indian cricket team that looks so solid on paper is no better...with the recent chaos between the captain - Mr. Sourav Ganguly and Mr. Greg Chappel - everything came into light...lets hope you (SA team) and we (IND team) recover for the better of cricket...By the way, sorry for out of context posts..You all go on with your inputs about names/surnames/usernames/nicknames etc.... :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ejaz
Yeehaa, and you can call me flo ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by HanneSThEGreaT
My name actually came from a band that I started a long time ago, we since broke up and I have the rights to the name cause I thought of it :D And I like it it sounds kinda funny.
Hi all,
My nick name or pet name is first three letters of my name. Since there is only some one with Joe as user name, I thought of adding nw which stands for network. My real name is also used by somebody.
Thank You.
Mathew: My real name.
Joy: First three chars of Dad's name
Mathew Joy: My official name
Scorpion King from the movies Mummy and Scorpion King...
My username "tamsel" actually i shortened from my full name "Tamil Selvan". In college friends used to call me as Tam or tamil , i got bored about that. where the word "Tamil" is the language spoken in southern part of India especially in the state called Tamilnadu . It is one of the oldest language born 5000 years back. u might have heard about the legendary "Thirukural" like shakespere fame , it was written in tamil and it is translated in more than 150 languages. "selvan" has many meaning . one is bachelor or wealthy person or proficient in Tamil.
mehdi62b,
mehdi is my name,1362 is the birthyear,b is the first character of the last name.
1362!? Is this counted from 622? I though you guys are using the universal time.
we use persian calendar , (like Afganistan and Tajikistan).Quote:
Originally Posted by cilu
from the site:Quote:
Originally Posted by mehdi62b
that was a huge gap....why we still using the unaccurate version?...:D....I vote for Persian Calendar:thumbs:Quote:
This calendar is almost unknown in the West, although it is one of the most accurate, if not the most accurate in the world. Compared with the Gregorian calendar, which errors by one day, every 3,226 years, the Iranian calendar needs a one-day correction every 141,000 years. There are two reasons for this accuracy. The Iranian calendar uses a sophisticated intercalation system for determining the leap years. And the beginning of the year, which is a natural phenomenon (arrival of the Sun at the Vernal Equinox), is precisely determined each year by astronomical observations
Me too... :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by mrRee
//By the way - what is 1362 in the inaccurate version?
well,that calendar is related to ancient iran :)Quote:
Originally Posted by mrRee
it is 1983-1984 in Gregorian calendar.Quote:
Originally Posted by exterminator
My real name is Zeeshan Amjad
But lots of ppl found it difficult to pronounce, so almost everyone call Zee. My friends, who can pronounce my name, also started calling me Zee.
why it seems so late...you know -->1983 = 1362....is it start a bit late than the Gregorian calendar?..Quote:
Originally Posted by mehdi62b