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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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Being totally unimaginative mine describes the location of my home.

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!!

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.

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

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

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.

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!

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!

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.

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.

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

Legal background. Bit obvious.

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!

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

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

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.

Luckyoldbeethoven Mon 19-Oct-20 21:30:45

Mine is a joke, a phrase I came out with one day when being driven mad by children's noise! Or maybe it was DH, you get my drift I'm sure!

Beauregard Mon 19-Oct-20 21:30:48

We bred a filly foal from our mare a few years ago and gave her a beautiful name. I always thought if we bred another horse I would love to call it Beauregard. Alas, it wasn't to be, so I decided it could be my username instead.

Tangerine Mon 19-Oct-20 21:34:04

I thought the name of a fruit was a pleasant word which didn't give any hints about me as a person, although I haven't got anything to hide.

I wanted to call myself "Satsuma" but this name was already taken.

LadyHonoriaDedlock Mon 19-Oct-20 21:39:42

A literary reference: one of the central characters of my favourite Charles Dickens novel, Bleak House. I have no place in Lincolnshire nor any connection with (Sir) Leicester) but I may or may not have a dark secret.

maddyone Mon 19-Oct-20 21:42:32

It’s my name, but my second name. The one was added because Maddy on its own was already taken.

Charleygirl5 Mon 19-Oct-20 21:48:30

LauraNorder only obvious to the dim once you explained your background.

crazyH Mon 19-Oct-20 21:52:06

Just that - I'm crazy !!!

Evangeline Mon 19-Oct-20 21:52:15

Bleak House.....brings back memories of English A level...
Evangeline Harcourt was one of my favourite parts I played when Am Dram was permitted... remember those days, long, long ago....

Anniebach Mon 19-Oct-20 22:24:13

Annie is the second part of my christian name lengthened , my grandfather called me Annie Bach, little Annie, it stuck, ok
when a child but when grown to 5’7” !