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Here is a question, where does your online name come from and is it always the same? 'Amisja' is a combination of my children's names. I use it everywhere...what about yours?

Amisja 8 Dec 28
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Level 9

I like pralines . Pralina ice cream makes me happy ?

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Level 8

My name is extracted form my favorite young childhood book: Alexander and the Magic Mouse. Although a lovely sappy story where the hero (after sacrificing his health to save the people who lived in a town that was about to be devastated by a rapid flood) is saved with a magic cookie, In real life, I long ago realized there is no magic cookie for those that place the good of others above their own survival.

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Level 8

Unfortunately I’m not creative.. it’s self explanatory.

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Level 8

Mine means 'white person' in Swahili, which is what I'm called by most people when I'm in Kenya. I guess it stuck with me. I use it on fb as well.

We na kubali Swahili, memsahib? Mimi anakoa salewa kwa Kenya.

@Petter Wapi Kenya?

@Amzungu2 hapana. Sasa hivi mimi ni kwa London, lakini nyumba yangu ni kwa Mojacar, Spain.
Wena enda Kenya mara mimgi?

@Amzungu2 I'm 3rd generation Kenyan. My grandmother had a farm at Karen, my mother farmed in Limuru.
My grandmother purchased Karen Blixen's farm, removed the coffee and installed cattle on the land.

@Petter Nimefanya safari 5 Kenya. Mimi kukaa Kayole na kufanya kazi na kliniki ya matibabu

@Petter such beautiful land there. My host family grows tea in Nyeri. Gorgeous country.

@Amzungu2 Anything to do with the Uganda developed app to test for malaria?

@Petter No, but I'm aware of it. I was so very naive about the prevalence of malaria there.

@Amzungu2 I had friends in Kericho who grew tea. I also lived in Uganda (Kampala) between 1975 and 1980.
Whenever we went to the coast we would take Paludrine, on the grounds that if you still caught malaria the docs would have their treatment options open.
Malaria is a terrible affliction.
I started my working life as a government chemist.

@Petter Yes, it most certainly is. You've certainly led an interesting life, sir!

@Amzungu2 Is there any other way to live?
You also seem to be an interesting person, with the right sort of philosophy. Pity we'll probably never meet eye to eye.

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Level 9

I got the name in Kenya in 2004. Decided to use it online years later. It is a shortening of my first and last names and is African shig talk. Kind of a hip way of using your name without saying all of it. Sometimes "Penn" is used instead. On another sight I use my middle name and do this and it might appear that I am Sean Penn's brother. This is not true as I do not know the family.

I got my name in Kenya - in 1941.

Love it
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Level 7

I am a tree. Tilia cordata. It was the tree studied by my husband as an undergraduate, and I liked the name.

Tilia Level 7 Dec 28, 2018
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Linden or lime?

@Petter Same tree actually. Both are the common names for it.

@Tilia I know. I was querying your preference.

Beautiful xx

@Petter Aaahhh. Ok, lime - as it's what I have known it as long before I heard linden used.

@Tilia Snap! Lime blossom, as used for tea, is called 'tila' in Spanish. Very close to the utterly unrelated lime tree!

@Petter so true! Great fun explaining to clients that their 'lime' tree is not of the citrus variety.
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Level 8

ANONamous BENEfactor

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Level 8

I always read your name as, I missed ya

Most people do..its actually AM for Amelia, IS for Isaac and JA for Jacob.

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Level 9

My daddy and mummy gave it to me. ?

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Level 9

My grandkids call me Gammy and I'm a redhead, so redheadedgammy was born!!!

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Level 7

Mine is the stupidest I could think of

That's not stupid, it's infinitely more intelligent than Trump!

I love it
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Level 9

Not wishing to be boastful in any way, and liking the old movie " Day of the Triphids" I combined my having 3 PhDs and the movie title for my screen name ' Triphid.'

Wow...you should boast

@DakotaNorth The movie title was The Day of the Triphids, so I did spell it correctly.
Plus, I DO have my own copy of the movie on DVD in my collection.
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Level 8

My initials; first name, second name, confirmation name and surname.

I moved from the dark side many years ago though 🙂

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Level 8

Lucyfer is a nickname at work and I have been using various spellings of it for a few years.

I've a different online user name that I have been using since the early 90's for most other things.

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Level 7

My family name is Flett.

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Level 7

I thought it was clever.

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Level 8

I didn't try to be clever or cryptic. Is an explanation really necessary?

JimG Level 8 Dec 28, 2018
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Level 8

I like spoonerisms. Duke Nukem was a popular video game back in the day. I named one of my online gaming characters Nukdookum back when the internet was young. I use it for all of my online presence. My real name is never used online except for professional context. Employers will find my LinkedIn profile, my current address and telephone number. Everything else pertains to my personal life and is none of their business.

Good answer
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Level 8

I’m not creative so mine is just my name and year of birth. Sometimes if I want to be more anonymous I’ll use crocheter

You need to change it to miracle and crochetting is very creative. Here is a recent creation of mine

@Amisja that’s beautiful!! I can’t imagine how many ends you had to weave in though! That’s the only thing I detest about crocheting! I’m working on my 2nd Pride blanket.

@Amisja totally remembering miracle_crochet for the next time I need a username! Best part will be explaining where the miracle part is from!

@Marcie1974 oh I love it!

@sweetcharlotte crochet crochet crochet

@sweetcharlotte Thank you x

@sweetcharlotte the comment I see says very attractive knitting work. Us hookers are sensitive to our craft being overlooked lol

@sweetcharlotte we’re just fine!! I totally understand how you thought I was a knitter now

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Level 8

I used, long ago, to play 'Advanced Dungeons and Dragons'. 'Toak Reon' what my second favourite playing character - a 'magic user' (sorcerer) who rode a donkey, and had a pet eagle he called 'Sparrow'.

When I was looking for a 'non real name' to use online, old 'Toakie' sprang to mind.

I would have felt wrong using my FAVOURITE playing character, Ellemir Nehar - 'cause she was a girl... ?

We wouldn't have judged you

@Amisja I'm sure you wouldn't - but it would seem a shame to associate an '17 Charisma', non-existent young lady with a 54-year-old codger like me!

@ToakReon I play online games, I have for donkey's. My experience is there are a lot of adult men who like to play female characters, its fantasy so why not? I met some men playing female avatars who were otherwise weirdly transphobic. I would have judged them.
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Level 8

Oh I don't know. Just some random letters. (-;

Hahaha
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Level 8

Mine has no meaningful thought at all...other than I like patchouli. It was the best I could come up with at the time. ?

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Level 8

A suggestion from my drill instructor, who said there were no "Pinkys" in the Marine Corp.

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