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maydonoz Mon 19-Oct-20 14:18:49

Hi all
I sometimes ponder over the meaning of posters' usernames and thought it might be an interesting topic for a thread.
My own "maydonoz" is the Turkish word for parsley, to reflect my many years living in Turkey, previously and also enjoy cooking so use many herbs, including parsley.
Some of you may wish to share your username meaning too.

joannapiano Mon 19-Oct-20 21:04:04

My name is not Joanna, but I am originally a Cockney and I can play the piano.

Saxifrage Mon 19-Oct-20 21:00:51

Combination of my favourite instrument and a plant I happened to be planting that day.

honeyrose Mon 19-Oct-20 20:56:10

My name came about as I was looking out at the garden this summer, trying to think up a suitable name, when I spotted that the honeysuckle and roses were blooming. Hence honeyrose!

LauraNorder Mon 19-Oct-20 20:37:46

Legal background. Bit obvious.

Hellogirl1 Mon 19-Oct-20 20:32:41

I was numberplease to begin with, then Callgirl1, now Hellogirl, and all because I was once a GPO telephone operator.

mrswoo Mon 19-Oct-20 20:22:00

Mine is named after my little Jack Russell - who actually wasn’t called Mrs Woo at all - but over time, for some inexplicable reason, we used to call her “Mrs Woo from Peru, Madam ZaZa from Zanzibar”. She was actually from Shepherds Bush.

Farmor15 Mon 19-Oct-20 20:14:35

I have Swedish grandchildren and Farmor means father’s mother in Swedish. Children there have a Farmor and Farfar, Mormor and Morfar - work it out!

Curlywhirly Mon 19-Oct-20 19:57:15

Curlywhirly rhymes with part of my name and has nothing to do with having curly hair, on the contrary my hair is straight!

Ealdemodor Mon 19-Oct-20 19:39:25

I love history and words, and have a particular interest in the Anglo Saxon period.
Ealdemodor is the nearest approximation of Grandmother in old English.

phoenix Mon 19-Oct-20 19:38:37

Calendargirl is it only me that thinks Neil Sedaka has a face like a baked bean?

kittylester Mon 19-Oct-20 19:26:59

sparklefizz so do I. Being dim, it never occurred to me that it was like Ketty Lester.

kittylester Mon 19-Oct-20 19:25:10

sparkler not so up market! North Leicestershire. Actually born in Derby but moved to Leicestershire over 50 years ago. With detours!!

cornergran Mon 19-Oct-20 19:12:48

Being totally unimaginative mine describes the location of my home.

Sparklefizz Mon 19-Oct-20 19:12:47

I love Kitty Lester's song "Love Letters". I always thought your name came from that, Kitty

Spangler Mon 19-Oct-20 19:10:16

kittylester

Mine is a childhood nickname and where I come from ish!

You come from Leicester, ish? Lutterworth maybe? Kirby Muxloe perhaps? Do you know, I really thought that you were a great fan of: Revoyda Frierson, known as Ketty Lester. She's an American singer and actress known for her 1962 hit single "Love Letters." Kitty & Ketty are not that far removed.

Lucca Mon 19-Oct-20 19:09:20

Just one of the places I love in my favourite country.

Gingster Mon 19-Oct-20 19:08:45

I like gin and I used to be ginger

Toyoungtobeadamnedgran Mon 19-Oct-20 19:07:21

I love this thread ❤️

Lulubelle500 Mon 19-Oct-20 19:04:21

My family has called me Lulu for as long as I can remember. No one could ever tell me how it began - my given name is quite different. My maternal grandfather who was French always called me My little Belle so....

Spangler Mon 19-Oct-20 19:00:27

Our family name is Taylor. There's a bit of an urban myth that my mother had a crush on the 1940's Hollywood star, Robert Taylor. It's probably just that, a myth. We won't know because mother died young, she was just 33, and children would never ask a parent the question: "Did you fancy Robert Taylor?"
But I share the same name as that Hollywood legend, however, did you know that MGM gave him that name? His real name was Spangler Arlington Brugh. Doesn't exactly roll of the tongue, does it?

Toyoungtobeadamnedgran Mon 19-Oct-20 18:57:54

Every other name I tried had gone and my friends joked around and said mine to take the mik

FlyingHxndbag Mon 19-Oct-20 18:53:12

I am never without a handbag and I often fall, sending my handbag flying which made me come up with my original name of Flyinghandbag but I deleted that account due to data concerns, then came back and got locked out, I keep getting locked out and having to make new accounts, so this one is FlyingHandbag with an X as I always put an X at the end of my posts. X

Charleygirl5 Mon 19-Oct-20 18:45:55

Charley was the name of my previous cat. I added the girl to show which sex I was and 15 because that was my school number.

Sparklefizz Mon 19-Oct-20 18:28:48

I wish I could tolerate alcohol and drink champagne !

Nana3 Mon 19-Oct-20 18:20:46

Only 3 dgc when I joined, have more now.