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grannysue05 Thu 10-Jan-19 11:14:46

About a year ago I opened a thread about the pseudonoms that we choose to put on Gransnet.
The freshly scented Lemongrove
The mysterious Maggiemaybe ... maybe, maybe not!
Baggs I had such an image of you until I saw your lovely picture on another thread.
MawBroon such a name of authority and we certainly respect your words.
Anniebach you must be little, yet you are not!
And I could go on and on but i won't.
There were some lovely answers and now that we have a lot of new members with equally intriguing "nom-de-plumes", I thought I would ask again what made you choose yours ?
Do you escape into a fantasy world (BlueSapphire what magic that conjures up) , or are you practical (like me) and just put your name?
Please share.

Mapleleaf Fri 11-Jan-19 11:38:31

I love maple trees/acers and the beautiful colours of their leaves as they turn in the Autumn. ?

Grandma70s Fri 11-Jan-19 11:42:22

Mine is very boring and a bit obvious. I am a grandma, I am in my 70s, and my children were born in the
1970s.

Candelle Fri 11-Jan-19 11:43:26

Candelle reads (at least, I have been told it does) as a ‘young’ name of the ‘Candy’ variety which is rather far from the truth!

In essence, Candelle is one of Mr Candelle’s initials and mine. Gettit?

Apologies if I have spoilt any illusions!

ScotinOz Fri 11-Jan-19 11:45:14

I'm a Scottish lassie from Glasgow living in Australia (wishing I still lived in Glasgow!!)

Chino Fri 11-Jan-19 11:55:20

Mine is the name of a dearly loved rescue cat who I had from the age of 12 till 17

JaneA Fri 11-Jan-19 11:56:00

Jane was my grandmother's name. Nothing like my real name.

Bijou Fri 11-Jan-19 11:57:08

My nickname. When I wasthree months old my mother took me to visit her brother in Jersey. French speaking aunt said “Quel petit bijou”.

LadyJus Fri 11-Jan-19 12:02:42

I jointly purchased a tiny piece of land in Scotland through an online auction site many years ago with my friend, it meant I'm entitled to call myself Lady! Passport, driving licence, banks, revenue and benefits departments, I'm a lady don'tcha know?!!

Borntosew Fri 11-Jan-19 12:04:48

Every time I have started a new hobby, after a time I get bored, and out comes the sewing machine to start another quilt!

lovebeigecardigans1955 Fri 11-Jan-19 12:05:58

Mine's really obvious - I am very partial to beige - but am also a lover of sky blue and other pastel shades. I put the year of my birth in as we're supposed to use numbers as well as words as a security measure. I'm not really a numbers person and that's easy to remember.

Lilyflower Fri 11-Jan-19 12:08:18

Part of my pseudonym is what my name means in Hebrew. I am not, however, much of a flower. That's ironic. I am a bit of a weed.

Streaky Fri 11-Jan-19 12:23:45

Nothing to do with bacon. It was the nickname given to me at school by my best friend when she saw me running round the gym! I was hopeless at running and all sports and hated P.E.!

squirrel5 Fri 11-Jan-19 12:28:53

My name is in memory of my dear mum,who passed away a few years ago,she lived in the country, and there were always squirrels visiting her garden,and she loved to watch them.

Legs55 Fri 11-Jan-19 12:31:20

Mine started out as a User name on other sites. Legs is my nickname from my 20s/30s (tall, slim, long legs) not quite so appropriate now but DH loved it. I originally wanted to use it on another site but it had been taken so I added year of my birth so Legs55 has stuck. I love the way user names are chosen. MawBroon I still read the Sunday Post even though I now live in Devon, first introduced to it on weekly trips from Yorkshire to Lanark Cattle Market but that's another storyconfused.

JanaNana Fri 11-Jan-19 12:36:55

Mine is derived from my Scottish grandmother's names.

quEEEniE Fri 11-Jan-19 12:45:38

I clearly see myself as something special!!!!

Menopaws Fri 11-Jan-19 12:47:53

Menopausal and have a dog, simple as that

Mouse Fri 11-Jan-19 12:57:45

I first started chatting in chat rooms and forums when such things were very new. I had a habit of joining at first as anonymous, which I couldn’t spell. I added an e. So my user name given to me by the friends I made was mouse. So mouse with various additions I have been for at least 20 years.

tavimama Fri 11-Jan-19 13:06:46

I don’t post very often - so hello! My nickname reflects where I live and the name my children call me smile

annierich Fri 11-Jan-19 13:06:55

My dear husband calls me Annie and I am definitely not rich! My surname starts with Rich - very boring!

Kernowflock Fri 11-Jan-19 13:09:21

I love Parrots and used to Foster for a rehoming charity. The house was full of bird noises (and dust, dirt and detritus). Now I share my life with my own 'flock' sadly down to 2 birds, an elderly Australian Parakeet with two broken wings and a Blue Fronted Amazon. I also love Cornwall and the Cornish for Cornwall is Kernow. We renamed the parakeet Kernow when we adopted him. Hence an amalgamation of all that. ?

TwiceAsNice Fri 11-Jan-19 13:17:05

I joined soon after my daughter gave birth to twins. We assumed she would only have one baby so when we knew it was two I chose as my user name TwiceAsNice because that's exactly what our lovely twins are

Jaycee5 Fri 11-Jan-19 13:17:40

There's nothing imaginative about mine I'm afraid. Just my initials and the 5 just because on some sites Jaycee was already used and it was added randomly.
I started out using the name headstone on other sites because it is where I live and didn't think about the other meaning so had to change it but I still have it some places. Now it just irritates me. It's probably not appropriate for sites for older people.

Hellsgrandad Fri 11-Jan-19 13:18:34

Mine sort of speaks for itself

grannydarkhair Fri 11-Jan-19 13:18:56

My "real" first name is not at all gran-like, so when my first grand-son was born, my daughter came up with granny dark-hair. His other gran is granny yellow-hair. If he was born now, 16 years later, I'd have to be granny dark/with a fair bit of white hair ?