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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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Think mine is fairly obvious!

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!

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

Actually, it's pseudonym

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

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

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

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

Flowerofthewest Fri 11-Jan-19 10:55:38

My favourite song from my favourite band...Runrig...also describes the beautiful landscape that I am in love with

GabriellaG54 Fri 11-Jan-19 10:55:50

BradfordLass72

I wish...envy sunshinesunshine
Sigh..

Purplepoppies Fri 11-Jan-19 10:59:21

Purpledaffodils, me too!!
I chose my name because purple is my favourite colour. I could have added anything to the end of it. Probably poppies because it began with P.

Saggi Fri 11-Jan-19 11:05:48

Saggi....obvious...December babe me!

Sheshyshowshum Fri 11-Jan-19 11:05:58

I was given my alternative name by a former boss and it kinda stuck, so as it was said from a good place I decided I quite liked it smile

Suebcrafty Fri 11-Jan-19 11:07:47

I chose my name when I started out on various craft forums(,my name plus first letter of surname then added crafty)as I couldn’t use just Sueb as it had already been taken so it’s just followed me around smile

sarahellenwhitney Fri 11-Jan-19 11:09:11

A combination of the names from long departed relatives and no resemblance to those on my birth and marriage certificates.

inishowen Fri 11-Jan-19 11:11:29

Mine is a place in Ireland. I wish I'd given it more thought as one person insisted on calling me "Owen". I'm not a man! Another called me "Iris".

cwasin Fri 11-Jan-19 11:13:21

When I was about 5, my little brother, then aged about 2, couldn’t quite get his tongue around Catherine. Cwasin was his version and it stuck. He died in 2003, so it’s a kind of tribute.

Disgruntled Fri 11-Jan-19 11:14:15

I chose mine without thinking. Now I regret it and wish I could change it. Which is why I hardly ever post anything.

Margs Fri 11-Jan-19 11:15:30

Aaaah, Miep1 - what a luvverlee puddytat!

Sheilasue Fri 11-Jan-19 11:16:48

Mine is quite ordinary really it’s me and my mums name which was susannah. Just came out of the blue.
Some of yours are fab.

Diggingdoris Fri 11-Jan-19 11:26:17

Doris was a nickname from work that unfortunately has stuck and I love my garden.

Jayelld Fri 11-Jan-19 11:29:29

Jayelld - the name of my business, garden designs, that never got off the ground due to a debilitating illness. Now it's used as an online name.

cangran Fri 11-Jan-19 11:29:53

Mine hints at my nationality (rather than a 'can do' gran) and the fact that I qualify with one grandchild to be here.

aggie Fri 11-Jan-19 11:30:39

Inishowen we had a mobile home on that bit of Donegal , beautiful place smile
My name came about when I joined a craft forum , I had been walking about with a broken ankle and was in AGONY lol , I stuck to it on all my online stuff

Catlover123 Fri 11-Jan-19 11:31:20

hi disgruntled, I've also fancied a change to reflect more of myself but haven't found a way of doing it!