Vista - nicknames

**usmc_nam_vet** · 08-31-2008

What is yours and how did you get it. Me 30 years ago when I started at Roadway as a mechanic, my first day a guy said YUCK when he first saw me and it stuck. Now people call my wife Mrs Yuck and she wants to kill me.

**Axon** · 08-31-2008

My first nickname was Sh00t3r, then I played UT2004 and I saw the Xan-like robot named Axon.

And there we go, Axon it has been from 2004-... .

**locoeng** · 08-31-2008

When I started on forums a few years ago I was a locomotive engineer (the guy who drives the trains) and I shortened it up to locoeng. I just never changed it when signing up to new forums as that was what I'd become used to.

**johngalt** · 08-31-2008

Mine is easy.

My RL nickname is simply a shortened form of my name (it seems that Americans are fond of shortening names to something they can pronounce instead of just pronouncing the name- and my name is only 5 letters long). But the nick I use in all forums is John L Galt, a bastardization of John Galt, the Hero from Ayn Rand's Objectivist novel Atlas Shrugged

**Bare Foot Kid** · 08-31-2008

Hello all!

I first got tagged as "The Bare Foot Kid" when I started driving trucks way back in
the day as a CB (Citizens Band) radio handle.
When I first started with the first company I drove for, another driver saw me get
out of my truck with no shoes on and said, hey barefoot and it stuck.
I've always thought it is one of the coolest 'handles' I've ever heard.

Later

Ted

**Dwarf** · 09-02-2008

My user name for this forum (and others of which I am also a member) stems back to when I was at college in the early 1980s and we were playing 'Dungeons and Dragons'. We had to draw the name for our characters out of the proverbial hat. There were a number of names available, such as Fiend, Goblin, Dwarf, etc, and the one that I drew out was Dwarf and I have been using that ever since. I am just glad that I didn't draw one of the other names, 'Fairy', as I don't think that I would have been able to live it down if I had!

**Fumz** · 09-02-2008

Joined an online gaming clan back in 1998, chose the name Fumigator. Been with the same clan and had the same name ever since. Over time they've shortened it to either Fumi, Fumz... or when the battle is real intense and time can't be sparred, Fum.

Pronouced Fumee, fumes or fume.

**xguntherc** · 09-02-2008

hm... my handle is xguntherc. Back in high school I had a Computer and Internet class and the teacher had us all make email addresses to use to send stuff back and forth. Everyone had to set it up as followed:

x(your nast name, then first initial) so thats mine xguntherc@blablabla.

My nickname is actually Gunther, it's my last name. (Yes I'm German) and all my friends call my by that. people at work, even my managers do.

**Nez** · 09-04-2008

Nez comes from my niece and nephew being sarcastic....Neil's extra zest.That was when I played a game called Chookie Egg,on my Spectrum ZX Plus,in the 80's,and after I had reached a certain game-level,they used to say "Nez..way to go" etc.So the name just stuck for each forum I go on.Sad,but true.

08-31-2008	#1 (permalink)
usmc_nam_vet vista home premium 64 oem 164 posts	nicknames What is yours and how did you get it. Me 30 years ago when I started at Roadway as a mechanic, my first day a guy said YUCK when he first saw me and it stuck. Now people call my wife Mrs Yuck and she wants to kill me.
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08-31-2008	#2 (permalink)
Axon Vista™ Ultimate x64 286 posts	Re: nicknames My first nickname was Sh00t3r, then I played UT2004 and I saw the Xan-like robot named Axon. And there we go, Axon it has been from 2004-... .
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08-31-2008	#3 (permalink)
locoeng Vista Ultimate 32/64 bit 446 posts	Re: nicknames When I started on forums a few years ago I was a locomotive engineer (the guy who drives the trains) and I shortened it up to locoeng. I just never changed it when signing up to new forums as that was what I'd become used to.
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08-31-2008	#4 (permalink)
johngalt Vista Ultimate x64 MAK, OpenSolaris 5, Gentoo 2008.1.... 3,848 posts	Re: nicknames Mine is easy. My RL nickname is simply a shortened form of my name (it seems that Americans are fond of shortening names to something they can pronounce instead of just pronouncing the name- and my name is only 5 letters long). But the nick I use in all forums is John L Galt, a bastardization of John Galt, the Hero from Ayn Rand's Objectivist novel Atlas Shrugged
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08-31-2008	#5 (permalink)
Bare Foot Kid Vista 64-bit Ultimate Win7 64-bit Ultimate XP SP3 32-bit Pro 2,126 posts	Re: nicknames Hello all! I first got tagged as "The Bare Foot Kid" when I started driving trucks way back in the day as a CB (Citizens Band) radio handle. When I first started with the first company I drove for, another driver saw me get out of my truck with no shoes on and said, hey barefoot and it stuck. I've always thought it is one of the coolest 'handles' I've ever heard. Later Ted
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09-02-2008	#6 (permalink)
Dwarf Vista Home Premium 32-bit & Vista Ultimate 64-bit both Service Pack 2 W7 Pro RTM 7600 32 & 64 2,190 posts	Re: nicknames My user name for this forum (and others of which I am also a member) stems back to when I was at college in the early 1980s and we were playing 'Dungeons and Dragons'. We had to draw the name for our characters out of the proverbial hat. There were a number of names available, such as Fiend, Goblin, Dwarf, etc, and the one that I drew out was Dwarf and I have been using that ever since. I am just glad that I didn't draw one of the other names, 'Fairy', as I don't think that I would have been able to live it down if I had!
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09-02-2008	#7 (permalink)
Fumz Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 878 posts	Re: nicknames Joined an online gaming clan back in 1998, chose the name Fumigator. Been with the same clan and had the same name ever since. Over time they've shortened it to either Fumi, Fumz... or when the battle is real intense and time can't be sparred, Fum. Pronouced Fumee, fumes or fume.
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09-02-2008	#8 (permalink)
xguntherc Vista Ultimate x64 1,210 posts	Re: nicknames hm... my handle is xguntherc. Back in high school I had a Computer and Internet class and the teacher had us all make email addresses to use to send stuff back and forth. Everyone had to set it up as followed: x(your nast name, then first initial) so thats mine xguntherc@blablabla. My nickname is actually Gunther, it's my last name. (Yes I'm German) and all my friends call my by that. people at work, even my managers do.
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09-04-2008	#9 (permalink)
Nez Vista Home Premium x86 47 posts	Re: nicknames Nez comes from my niece and nephew being sarcastic....Neil's extra zest.That was when I played a game called Chookie Egg,on my Spectrum ZX Plus,in the 80's,and after I had reached a certain game-level,they used to say "Nez..way to go" etc.So the name just stuck for each forum I go on.Sad,but true.
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