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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.

GrannyMosh Fri 11-Jan-19 10:51:56

I love heavy metal and rock music, turned up to 11!

mabon1 Fri 11-Jan-19 10:50:44

The name of my present bearded collie (without the 1).

GabriellaG54 Fri 11-Jan-19 10:49:44

Actually, it's pseudonym

geera Fri 11-Jan-19 10:49:27

Way back in time my DD greeted me with "Hello Baggy". I was slightly miffed 'cos I wasn't even 50!! She explained that it was after the panther Bagheera in the Jungle Book film. A creature of lithe and elegant beauty, blessed with wonderful wisdom, so appropriate to describe me said DD! Thus mollified (easily flattered), we settled on Geera as a suitable moniker. Strangely, after the passage of many years, perhaps her first offering would be more fitting!

dublingran Fri 11-Jan-19 10:49:01

Think mine is fairly obvious!

GabriellaG54 Fri 11-Jan-19 10:48:33

Mine is my real name but the 54 is neither my age nor my birth year. It's really 1945, I tweaked it grin

Rainagaine Fri 11-Jan-19 10:47:28

I live in one of the wetter parts of the UK and when I joined it had been raining here for a very long time. Plus I liked the rhyme. I added the 'e' because it somehow made the name seem slightly less depressing.

Urmstongran Fri 11-Jan-19 10:46:43

Such wonderful names. And so many I’ve never seen on the threads before.

Matriarch Fri 11-Jan-19 10:41:56

I’m the oldest woman in our family. Although it makes me sound a bit domineering , I really hope I’m not !!!

paperbackbutterfly Fri 11-Jan-19 10:32:22

I read a lot and I'm a librarian so I have several books ' on the go' at once and flit from one to another like a butterfly with several beautiful flowers to feed from.

allsortsofbags Fri 11-Jan-19 10:32:10

Mine came from a conversation DDs had. DD1 asked DD2 if she had a certain type of bag for an occasion.

She said no but ask mum she has "all sorts of bags".

Yes I did have the type of bag DD1 needed to borrow grin

I could also have chosen "Too many scarfs" too grin

Magicmaggie Fri 11-Jan-19 10:31:48

It was my professional name for many years of entertaining
children.

missdeke Fri 11-Jan-19 10:30:53

Mine was given to me by a young Turkish lad I was helping with his English.

moggie Fri 11-Jan-19 10:30:29

Mine is nick name from my teenage years. This is Lexy my Dd’s Dog

Craftycat Fri 11-Jan-19 10:28:03

Easy- I have always had multiple cats in the house & I am a crafter.

libra10 Fri 11-Jan-19 10:27:19

Mine is my birth sign.

25Avalon Fri 11-Jan-19 10:23:46

I wasn't allowed Avalon which I wanted. Avalon is the Isles of Apples. I decided to be Silver Apples which I coded as 25Avalon.

nettyandmasey Fri 11-Jan-19 10:21:04

Mine is my name I go by rather then full name and the name of my beloved Cavalier who I bought when my partner died. It’s a different spelling of his surname. Have also lost my dog now but he got me and the children through a dark times. Xx

Horatia Fri 11-Jan-19 10:19:11

A horse known to me.

Urmstongran Fri 11-Jan-19 10:16:19

I suppose mine was practical- just the place we live. I’m curious as to why some monikers use numbers. Why? I don’t see the need really.

Coconut Fri 11-Jan-19 10:14:52

Obsessed with the smell .... shampoo, conditioner, body lotion, candles, Malibu ???

David1968 Fri 11-Jan-19 09:49:49

I'm a woman and a grandma. Being a bear of little brain, I just didn't grasp how my username would always appear - I guess I was thinking "password" at the time....
I'd change it to "the GN poster previously known as: David 1968", but I think that's too long.

Teetime Fri 11-Jan-19 09:45:29

My is very obvious - I play golf- that's where I am going now. Bye xx

baubles Fri 11-Jan-19 09:28:19

m.youtube.com/watch?v=-KiPntuPvaQ

Firstly I was my name spelled backwards but that was quickly ditched in favour of baublesbanglesandbeads, however I soon shortened it to just baubles.

BradfordLass72 Fri 11-Jan-19 06:44:56

I'm beginning to wish I hadn't chosen something so mundane but I was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire 72 years ago.
I now live in an environment about as different as it gets from that cold northern city.
I'm in the South Pacific.