How did you come up with your username?

mr.sinha · 26th September 2011, 06:17

Ah, I wish I could have come up with something fancier, something less pedestrian. But I was more busy figuring out what to write in the other fields for membership acceptance. Sinha is my last name of course.

RabidBull · 5th October 2011, 18:22

Bought a bullet that has the 'bite'.
And ofcourse wanted the handle to sound similar.

An office colleague suggested BullDawg (Snoop Dawg beware) instead for he did not know what Rabid meant.

rajivanoj · 5th October 2011, 19:18

since i have the present id in mails, other e-commerce sites, i chose to have an common name, which i can remember, if not i would forget in meantime

navan49 · 13th October 2011, 18:49

Navan is a part of my name. 49 is my birth year.I use it as user name for my user ids with out financial transaction sites. It is easy to remember. Most of the sites ask with alpha numeric user name. That too is a reason to come up with my user name.

faustus77 · 14th October 2011, 00:55

faustus is the fictional character(first created by christopher marlowe 17th century,followed by goethe and lastly by thomas mann) who makes a pact with the devil to exchange his soul after death for love power and money.
It means lucky in latin
as faustus76(year i started my business) was taken i opted for the next viz77
therefore faustus77
rgds

silverado · 16th October 2011, 03:09

I used to like CHEVY SILVERADO PICKUP truck when i joined T-Bhp

avingodb · 16th October 2011, 08:42

My name is Avinash Godbole; hence my user name. Actually this is also a part of my mail id. I would have liked to use avi with part of surname but did not want it to sound avigod

BoneCollector · 17th October 2011, 13:34

I'm an Orthopaedic surgeon,thats why the name.

plimsollmark · 22nd October 2011, 22:00

I am a sailor and the plimsollmark holds a lot of significance to us Sailors. These marks which are marked on all ships were introduced by a gentleman named Samuel Plimsoll to prevent illegal overloading of ships by greedy owners, these overloaded ships were highly unsafe on the high seas and quite a few of them sank in mid 19th century. Today it is illegal all over the world to allow a ship to submerge beyond these marks.

For those who want to know more - here's the wiki link.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterline

Cheers

P.S. Another username I did want was roughseas as I seem to be getting a lot of these in the last 18 years at sea ! But this had already been taken by a friend.

Dr.Suraj · 23rd October 2011, 00:15

Do I really need to explain !

Dr.Suraj · 23rd October 2011, 00:18

Yeah - maybe I can clarify the DP - its the Logo of my brand - 'Sunshine Homeopathy Clinic'.
Thats 'Sunny' the official mascot & logo - befitting the tagline - 'spreading Hope, Cheer & Joy'.

Its a trademarked & registered brand name & logo. Hence....

I was originally looking for LoneWarrior or H@wK.
(my usual - in CS, or other such forums)
But then later skipped it due to the shift in priorities overall.

*Note - Mods if this is considered advertising, then I am sorry & please delete the post.
No such intention.
But I followed up with this post - simply because I had a doubt - that my earlier post 'maybe' considered too short & a meaningless addition.
So did not want to flout any rules.
If you feel I should edit & merge - I shall be more than happy to.
Sorry.

46TheDoctor · 23rd October 2011, 09:08

I am a huge fan of Valentino Rossi.

benz220 · 25th October 2011, 20:02

Pretty simple...my daily driver in Pune

GunMo · 26th October 2011, 09:38

That's my name! Well, pet name, of course!! My brothers & cousins use to butcher my real name this way in childhood days.

Cheers,
Mohan

Renjith Rajan · 26th October 2011, 22:59

When I joined team-bhp I didnt have a internet pseudonym and just used my real name for my username.

26th September 2011, 06:17	#976
mr.sinha BHPian Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: NJ & Kolkata Posts: 191 Thanked: 845 Times	Re: How did you come up with your username? Ah, I wish I could have come up with something fancier, something less pedestrian. But I was more busy figuring out what to write in the other fields for membership acceptance. Sinha is my last name of course.
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5th October 2011, 18:22	#977
RabidBull BHPian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Gurgaon Posts: 37 Thanked: 22 Times	Re: How did you come up with your username? Bought a bullet that has the 'bite'. And ofcourse wanted the handle to sound similar. An office colleague suggested BullDawg (Snoop Dawg beware) instead for he did not know what Rabid meant.
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5th October 2011, 19:18	#978
rajivanoj BANNED Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Coimbatore Posts: 398 Thanked: 52 Times View My Garage	Re: How did you come up with your username? since i have the present id in mails, other e-commerce sites, i chose to have an common name, which i can remember, if not i would forget in meantime
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13th October 2011, 18:49	#979
navan49 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: CHENNAI Posts: 1,000 Thanked: 73 Times View My Garage	Re: How did you come up with your username? Navan is a part of my name. 49 is my birth year.I use it as user name for my user ids with out financial transaction sites. It is easy to remember. Most of the sites ask with alpha numeric user name. That too is a reason to come up with my user name.
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14th October 2011, 00:55	#980
faustus77 BHPian Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: mumbai Posts: 467 Thanked: 189 Times	Re: How did you come up with your username? faustus is the fictional character(first created by christopher marlowe 17th century,followed by goethe and lastly by thomas mann) who makes a pact with the devil to exchange his soul after death for love power and money. It means lucky in latin as faustus76(year i started my business) was taken i opted for the next viz77 therefore faustus77 rgds
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16th October 2011, 03:09	#981
silverado Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Mumbai-Pune Posts: 1,783 Thanked: 2,285 Times View My Garage	Re: How did you come up with your username? I used to like CHEVY SILVERADO PICKUP truck when i joined T-Bhp
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16th October 2011, 08:42	#982
avingodb BHPian Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Delhi/Mumbai Posts: 700 Thanked: 764 Times	Re: How did you come up with your username? My name is Avinash Godbole; hence my user name. Actually this is also a part of my mail id. I would have liked to use avi with part of surname but did not want it to sound avigod
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17th October 2011, 13:34	#983
BoneCollector Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: ..... Posts: 3,336 Thanked: 11,390 Times View My Garage	Re: How did you come up with your username? I'm an Orthopaedic surgeon,thats why the name.
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22nd October 2011, 22:00	#984
plimsollmark BHPian Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Pune/ Abu Dhabi Posts: 104 Thanked: 89 Times View My Garage	I am a sailor and the plimsollmark holds a lot of significance to us Sailors. These marks which are marked on all ships were introduced by a gentleman named Samuel Plimsoll to prevent illegal overloading of ships by greedy owners, these overloaded ships were highly unsafe on the high seas and quite a few of them sank in mid 19th century. Today it is illegal all over the world to allow a ship to submerge beyond these marks. For those who want to know more - here's the wiki link. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterline Cheers P.S. Another username I did want was roughseas as I seem to be getting a lot of these in the last 18 years at sea ! But this had already been taken by a friend. Last edited by plimsollmark : 22nd October 2011 at 22:07.
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23rd October 2011, 00:15	#985
Dr.Suraj BHPian Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Mumbai Posts: 725 Thanked: 1,778 Times View My Garage	Re: How did you come up with your username? Do I really need to explain !
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23rd October 2011, 00:18	#986
Dr.Suraj BHPian Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Mumbai Posts: 725 Thanked: 1,778 Times View My Garage	Re: How did you come up with your username? Yeah - maybe I can clarify the DP - its the Logo of my brand - 'Sunshine Homeopathy Clinic'. Thats 'Sunny' the official mascot & logo - befitting the tagline - 'spreading Hope, Cheer & Joy'. Its a trademarked & registered brand name & logo. Hence.... I was originally looking for LoneWarrior or H@wK. (my usual - in CS, or other such forums) But then later skipped it due to the shift in priorities overall. *Note - Mods if this is considered advertising, then I am sorry & please delete the post. No such intention. But I followed up with this post - simply because I had a doubt - that my earlier post 'maybe' considered too short & a meaningless addition. So did not want to flout any rules. If you feel I should edit & merge - I shall be more than happy to. Sorry.
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23rd October 2011, 09:08	#987
46TheDoctor BHPian Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Pune Posts: 366 Thanked: 808 Times View My Garage	Re: How did you come up with your username? I am a huge fan of Valentino Rossi.
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25th October 2011, 20:02	#988
benz220 BHPian Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Pune Posts: 104 Thanked: 74 Times	Re: How did you come up with your username? Pretty simple...my daily driver in Pune
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26th October 2011, 09:38	#989
GunMo BHPian Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Chennai Posts: 115 Thanked: 44 Times	That's my name! Well, pet name, of course!! My brothers & cousins use to butcher my real name this way in childhood days. Cheers, Mohan
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26th October 2011, 22:59	#990
Renjith Rajan BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Cochin Posts: 47 Thanked: 56 Times	Re: How did you come up with your username? When I joined team-bhp I didnt have a internet pseudonym and just used my real name for my username.
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