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sonarghost
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« on: October 21, 2004, 03:15:01 PM » |
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Hello Y'all (as we say in the south, US that is..  ) There are so many interesting and informative board members here and we all seem to share something in common....very interesting usernames! How did you come up with your screen name?? What significance does it have to you? I guess I can start with myself. I got my screen name when I was first using AOL a number of years ago and they asked for a name for some reason or another (maybe it was a log in name, I can't remember) and every single thing I thought of to use as a name was taken already! I don't know if it was a glitch in the system or what since I put down some pretty insane things and they were saying someone had taken it already. I guess it would make since in hindsite though considering how many people were using aol at the time and there wasn't much competition back then... Anyways, in fusturation I looked around my computer, which was part of my music studio, and looked around for something new. I then focused my attention to one of the musical keyboards and saw the present sound on it was on was a sound named "sonarghost". This was one of my favorite sounds from this keyboard, was something I wouldn't forget, and was just weird enough to work! Well there you have it! Mystery solved, case closed  Now how about you!?!? Please share  |
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ferdinand_the_yak
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« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2004, 05:08:47 PM » |
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Well, what can I say? I tried to disguise my identity but it has come out that I am really a four legged hairy animal with horns and hooves  Looong story... but my name came from an old joke I had with one of my close friends from school. Something to do with being really really bored in history class while learning about German history. Anyhoo.. to cut a long story short - her email is Frederick the mountain yak and well, you can see what mine is! 10 points to whoever can identify the German related historical personalities we appropriated our screen names from!  I have no idea why we chose yaks though - but it was how I met Roz who introduced me to the yakshack. Needless to say - I was hooked! A site for yaks! Hurrah! |
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« Last Edit: October 21, 2004, 05:16:04 PM by ferdinand_the_yak »
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MakTheYak
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« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2004, 04:35:31 AM » |
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Yay! All yaks unite! My screen name simply comes from the name of my cartoon character. I have never seen anyone else using it so I think it's unique! So if you ever see a MakTheYak around on your internet travels, it's probably me (and don't get any ideas about impersonating me, although goodness knows why you'd want to do that!) |
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savage727
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« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2004, 03:45:33 PM » |
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My screen name comes from two sources. The Savage part is my call sign as a U.S. Marine Corps Fighter Pilot and the 727 is my birthdate July 27th. |
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Roz
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« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2004, 04:00:33 PM » |
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So in Britain we should call you Savage277 Mine's ever so exciting - My given name is Rosalind... it got shortened to Roz at school and ermmm now it's history |
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Tea_and_Fruit
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« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2004, 04:07:04 PM » |
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I am German and i have NO IDEA about any historical personality called Ferdinand. But if you learn german history it can only be a "bayrischer Kaiser" (but i do not think Bayern is a part of germany, no one can understand the dialect)
Are you sure you learn the GERMAN history and not the "Who wants to be the King of Austria" or something ??
OK maybe i sleep in this lessons.... But i can not remember to learn ANYTHING about our history except 1880-1950. Seems the german middle ages have been too boring even for the german teachers
By the way my Screen name comes from the only cool cassis juice i drink "Tea and Fruit"
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ferdinand_the_yak
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« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2004, 04:14:04 PM » |
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Hey T&F - Ferdinand is from Archduke Franz Ferdinand who was the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne and was assasinated in 1914 (in Bosnia-Herzegovina) and arguably sparked off the first world war |
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savage727
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« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2004, 04:15:25 PM » |
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Hi FTY: I think one is Frederick the Great but I do not know or remember who Ferdinand was. A guess is Frederick's wife? |
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Tea_and_Fruit
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« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2004, 04:22:23 PM » |
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Ok i definately sleep in this hour
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Tea_and_Fruit
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« Reply #10 on: October 24, 2004, 12:42:33 AM » |
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It died and as consequence its began the WW1
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savage727
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« Reply #13 on: October 24, 2004, 03:22:25 AM » |
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Hi FTY: I was just going to post the answer to Ferdinand but I see you posted the info already. I could not believe I couldn't remember this when I first posted!  |
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Trey
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« Reply #14 on: October 24, 2004, 05:31:54 AM » |
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hmmmm...my name is Tracey...nickname is Trey.......such a lame screen name compared to some  |
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Brilliant Snape.... once again you've put your keen and penetrating mind to the task and as usual come to the wrong conclusion!!
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ferdinand_the_yak
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« Reply #15 on: October 24, 2004, 07:05:40 AM » |
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we breifly learnt of this man in GSCE, i think it was a hand bomb/grenade that was meant to kill him first but that failed, or did it not They tried to do that first, but when it failed, he was shot by Gavrilo Princep Still remember when we had to do a role play at school and I played Gavrilo - I had to try and explain my actions. Pros - got rid of unpopular heir to throne. Cons - Started WW1. In hindsight, probably a bad decision  |
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Choice of Lúthien
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« Reply #17 on: October 26, 2004, 08:38:33 PM » |
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Mine is a phrase from LOTR "the choice of Lúthien"
I was trying to come up with a name for the TORN boards that was LOTR related. I thought about my favorite parts of LOTR. My favorite character is Arwen-- I'm a huge romantic and love it that she gives up her immortality for love.
The phrase is from a lovely speech of hers in the book and I just love it: ..."for mine is the choice of Lúthien, and as she so have I chosen, both the sweet and the bitter..." . So I chose it and have continued using it and on other sites as well since it seems to fit (according to friends).
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zero
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« Reply #18 on: October 27, 2004, 05:39:14 AM » |
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This is a good question!
To find my screenname ... I thought of something that replicated all the feeling I am getting from the HP cards. Well, I thought back to the time I was in fifth grade and loved everything to do with Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. In fact, I still love it so I thought something to do with it would suit me perfectly.
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mcgonagall
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« Reply #19 on: October 27, 2004, 06:23:18 AM » |
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I cheated Mcgonagall is my favorite Hp character as well as hagrid so i tried and got mcgonagall
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