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Shinamae Thu 09-Sept-21 17:14:59

I have been on here I think for a couple of years now and I have noticed some very weird and wonderful user names
and wonder if anybody would like to share the origin of theirs?..

kittylester Fri 10-Sept-21 09:17:05

Curlywhirly

It rhymes with part of my name and was my nickname at primary school - and it has nothing to do with my hair - which is straight!

Are you me? One of my names at school was curlywhirly because of my surname and my hair is straight.

Is your name of Irish origin?

Billybob4491 Fri 10-Sept-21 08:48:25

I have mentioned before, I have two nephews William and Robert, hence Billybob

Grannyboots1 Fri 10-Sept-21 08:06:14

Because I spent many years Linedancing in my boots.

tattynan Fri 10-Sept-21 08:05:37

I am a nan and l’m tatty.

Elizabeth1 Fri 10-Sept-21 07:59:10

Oh and by the way I had a really good night last night watching the tv awards where my favourite program Line of Duty got full recognition as did the actors on it.

Well done to all they were all very good.

Elizabeth1 Fri 10-Sept-21 07:42:43

The first name which came to mind was my sisters name and that’s been my username ever since grin it’s been great fun over the years to meet up with folks and find out their real name. Thank you to those people whom I see every week on a zoom meet up. You keep me going. flowers

BlueBelle Fri 10-Sept-21 07:14:42

Because I like them

Juliet27 Fri 10-Sept-21 05:30:34

After watching the Olivia Hussey version of Juliet in the Zeffirelli film I remember sobbing all the way home. The name sticks.

Oldwoman70 Fri 10-Sept-21 05:10:34

Because I am!

DillytheGardener Thu 09-Sept-21 23:51:54

onebraincell You and me both!

onebraincell Thu 09-Sept-21 23:41:05

I chose my username because I only have one brain cell left.

Josianne Thu 09-Sept-21 23:32:21

Curlywhirly

It rhymes with part of my name and was my nickname at primary school - and it has nothing to do with my hair - which is straight!

I thought it might be to do with the chocolate bar!

Smileless2012 Thu 09-Sept-21 23:27:26

Thank you 3dognightsmile

Callistemon Thu 09-Sept-21 23:19:55

Casdon

I’m the name of a children’s toy making company which makes replicas of real household items for children to play with.

Of course
It never clicked!

DillytheGardener Thu 09-Sept-21 23:19:47

Mine is short for my middle name, Delia, known by close family as Dilly as another, and the gardener because I am a keen but bombastic gardener.

I loved hearing the meanings behind your names Curlywhirly and Lucky legs I often wondered what they meant!

CafeAuLait Thu 09-Sept-21 23:02:47

I'm not very good at thinking up usernames. So I looked around, saw the coffee in front of me, and just used that.

Casdon Thu 09-Sept-21 22:57:40

I’m the name of a children’s toy making company which makes replicas of real household items for children to play with.

cornergran Thu 09-Sept-21 22:52:20

Because I live on a corner.

Curlywhirly Thu 09-Sept-21 22:48:32

It rhymes with part of my name and was my nickname at primary school - and it has nothing to do with my hair - which is straight!

LullyDully Thu 09-Sept-21 21:49:40

Pet name of Mr LD

Shinamae Thu 09-Sept-21 21:35:16

Hellogirl1

I think we`ve done this before, but here goes.
I was a GPO telephonist many years ago, so my first username was numberplease. After difficulties getting into Gransnet a couple of years ago, I changed to callgirl1, still reminiscent of my long ago job.

Where did Shinamae come from?

Not sure,it just came into my head,would like to change it but will have to stick with it I think…

LucyLocket55 Thu 09-Sept-21 21:23:00

Named after my horse.

Grannybags Thu 09-Sept-21 21:09:59

My family nickname was ***bags. When my eldest brother phoned to congratulate me on the birth of my first GD he called me Grannybags instead so it seemed a good idea to stick with it!

Calendargirl Thu 09-Sept-21 21:05:47

Think Neil Sedaka was singing on the radio when I was trying to think up a username….

Alizarin Thu 09-Sept-21 21:01:26

Alizarin Crimson is one of my favourite paint colours.