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So what motivated your choice of screen-name?

Started by lady amarant, February 10, 2008, 03:22:08 AM

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lady amarant

"So, why Lady Amarant, I hear you all ask."

(Well, actually the silence is deafening, but I've got nothing better to do, so I thought I'd share it anyway  ::) )

Heard the new single by one of my favourite bands, Nightwish, a few months ago. The new vocalist is not as good as Tarja was, but this song just left me stunned. Since I already loved the Amaranth flower and its mythology of immortality and stuff, ... well, the rest is history!



And I love the video. Kinda echoes our own situations...

So that's me. What about y'all?
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LynnER

When I first joined Susans the name Lynn was taken... this was on a diffrent forum setup than we have today...

So I came up with LynnER...  its a play on words... Im a very dedicated multitrack but single direction person, and also a drummer...
LynnER linear... get it LoL  :)
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Buffy

I am named after my Cat .... Buffy the Mouse Slayer, to give her the full title.

She was my companion from when I started transition and along with her brother (Willow).... yeah I am a big Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan, used to put up with me practicing my voice.

I also now have a Persian called Aaragorn and a Horse called Khwanjeel.

But they are all Male, so it was Buffy!

Rebecca
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HelenW

I loved the name, "Emelye" ever since I was introduced to it from Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, specifically The Knight's Tale which I had the good fortune of first learning about in high school and then studying in University.  I formerly used another screen name which grew on me to the point of my adopting it as my real name.  I decided I'd rather use a pseudonym online so I took the opportunity to use my other favorite feminine name.

Hugs & smiles
Emelye
FKA: Emelye

Pronouns: she/her

My rarely updated blog: http://emelyes-kitchen.blogspot.com

Southwestern New York trans support: http://www.southerntiertrans.org/
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lisagurl

Simplicity in meeting the 8 character requirement.
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NicholeW.

'Cause I like it. Really, that's not just a flip answer! :)
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shanetastic

In high school I used to play tennis and this was the nickname they gave me.  So it sounded all right so I just kept it :P
trying to live life one day at a time
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tekla

Same name I use all over, music boards, political boards, academic boards (which are very boring boards).  It is the name of the person who helped me the most when I was young, and when she died in an auto wreck far before her time I thought I would honor her by using it.
FIGHT APATHY!, or don't...
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Laura91

I wanted something that was more like a screenname instead of what I had before, so I chose this. the Laura part is obvious, (duh)  :D the 91 I chose because 1991 was a very good year for me in the sense that I had found my musical niche. (its the only thing from my preteen/teen years that I can recall with any fondness), so that is why I chose that particular  number to go along with that particular name.
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Nero

Nero was the Forum Admin here at Susan's Place for several years up to the time of his death.
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NicholeW.

Quote from: Nero on February 10, 2008, 11:17:34 AM
It's what I'm known by all over the net.

You're known all over the net as a self-indulgent, somewhat-crazed Roman emperor?

:laugh: :laugh:

How cute!!
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lady amarant

Quote from: Nichole on February 10, 2008, 12:20:07 PM
You're known all over the net as a self-indulgent, somewhat-crazed Roman emperor?

:laugh: :laugh:

How cute!!

:eusa_clap: :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap:
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Natasha

natasha is my middle name.  couldn't use my first because someone else already had it ;)
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Steph

Okay - I'm so boring - my screen name is short for...

Steph(anie)
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Sheila

My name is Sheila. When I first started on Susan's, I thought I had to have my e-mail address name and that was sheila8369. Well, one of the listee's said that sounded too much like an address and she talked with Susan and they changed it to Sheila. That is my name and I love it and I'm glad to have just Sheila as my name on Susans.
Sheila
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Jordan

I use Mara cause it is my Girlfriends (SO)'s middle name and I really like it,

I dont plan on using Mara as my name, I am happy with my Given name cause its Unisex, just dont wanna put my real name out there cause of stalkers and such. LOL
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saraswatidevi

Saraswati is the goddess of knowledge and wisdom. Many sanscrit scholars and teachers take her name as part of their names.

I chose that name a couple of years ago when I was interested in the knowledge and wisdom without sexuality aspects. It really caught my attention that she could be the goddess of marital arts and asexual herself. I feel like I have both sexuality and asexuality going on in me at the same time. What fun!

The most important factor in my choice is the following. I was starting to do Sanscrit mantra; an hour or more a day.

Mantra is considered 'sacred speech'. Saraswati, as the goddess of speech in the primordial sense, represents a root to understanding of spiritual, material, and personal power through speech. Saraswati is that principle which, in Christianity, is referred to as "In the beginning was the Word." At its core mantra is magical speech and is ruled by the Saraswati principle. Saraswati is referred to as the 'essence of the Vedas' and the essence of the great Gayatri mantra for spiritual illumination (this is the one I do for an hour or more a day). She has other names in the Vedas.
. Eloquence
. Transcendental knowledge
. Speech in every aspect
. Nobel one
. Power of immense being
. Seed of the Word

In the RigVeda there is a quotation from Saraswati as follows:
" I Saraswati, as Divine Speech, make those whom I love formidable, one a Brahim, one a Rishi, another a sage. By the power of mantra they follow my path of divine speech and I enter into them."

So this is the complete answer to why I choose my screen name and also why so many sages and teachers append her name to theirs.

Devi just means goddess. And in Sanscrit sometimes a word or thought is repeated for emphasis.

Hope I haven't bored anyone to death with my explanation.
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annajasmine

I used a name I'm actually planing to use.

Here is a couple quotes from a similar topic by me about my name.

Quote from: annajasmine on January 13, 2008, 07:29:28 PM
I have always thought about feminine names for my self(testing some out on EQ). In September decided take the leap and started HRT it not like I really had any other choice. So I decided to looked up meaning of names I did not like the meaning of the female version of my name. So I went with one mom called me few times when she gets excited when we were playing the cats. She shorten my nickname to (an-a) rather than Andy. I know it is not really shorter who know why she used it but I liked it and felt like it fit. I hope this won't cause her any issues when I come out. Jasmine I thought was a beautiful name and if I used for a first name my nickname could be Jaz. Also I thought Anna Jasmine went well together.

Quote from: annajasmine on January 13, 2008, 07:45:39 PM
Actually I kept my initials too. You know the story of my first name and the middle name I looked for a J name name because my mom named all of us kids with J names for middle names. I didn't want for her to think I didn't want to be her kid.

Anna
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Sarah

Sarah is an acryonym.
It stands for Secondary Anticipated Rotating Activation Harmonie.
Or S.A.R.A.H. for short.































;D
Actually, it's just my name.LOL :laugh:

Sara
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tinkerbell

Tinkerbell is my favorite fairy, and like my title says, "the one and only fairy princess".  She can be incredibly sweet, mischievous, a total lady, a total bitch or your worst nightmare.  You decide; it is your choice!  >:D

tink :icon_chick:
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