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Posted by: Avonlea22 30-Aug-2004, 04:41 PM

In my short time here on the forum, I've seen some very interesting and unique usernames. Would anyone care to explain why they chose what they did, and if it has any special meaning?

My username has a combination of meanings.

The Avonlea part is a fictional town in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, made famous by author L.M. Montgomery, in her story Anne of Green Gables (see my signature). It was also part of the name of a Canadian television series, Road to Avonlea, based on the works of the same author. I'm a very big Anne of Green Gables, Road to Avonlea, Prince Edward Island (PEI) and Canada fan.

The 22 is the day of the month I was married last year; December 22, 2003

So...how about yours?

Posted by: Macfive 30-Aug-2004, 04:56 PM

Macfive

I guess original I chose this name because I was the youngest of 5 sons. Later on did I find out that Mac means "Son of" in Gaelic, so I guess Son of Five makes sense?

Also my 3 kids, wife and self equal 5.

Posted by: MDF3530 30-Aug-2004, 05:17 PM

My username:

MDF: my initials
3530: The numbers of my two favorite Chicago White Sox players, Frank Thomas (35) and Magglio Ordoñez (30).

I've been using that as a screen name since we had AOHell.

Posted by: TheCarolinaScotsman 30-Aug-2004, 05:19 PM

I suppose mine is rather obvious. I'm proud of my heritage as a Scotsman and also a North Carolinian. Both have a rich history that my family has been a part of. And since I didn't specify North in my username, it also covers the part of my family from South Carolina.

Posted by: maggiemahone1 30-Aug-2004, 05:32 PM

Maggie Mahone is the name of my Standardbred Horse! My husband bought her for me for my 29th wedding anniversary. She's a beauty!

maggiemahone1

Posted by: gettin-away 30-Aug-2004, 05:44 PM

I've been a single parent since my daughter was three months old. Now that she's grown and on her own every chance I get I'm gettin-away.

Posted by: urian 30-Aug-2004, 06:33 PM

hmmm?
OK..here goes my try at an explanation.
Many years ago I paid very close attention to my dreams. They had gotten to the point that I was writing most of them in a journal and a lot of the were lucid.
Many were esoteric in meaning so I tried to pick all of them apart to glean what I could.
One night I had a very powerful and vivid dream where I was in a cathedral with 11 other men(all in armor) and we were all being given duties and talents. I received mine , walked outside and read the parchment given to me.
It said (at least part of it): "I am Urian" It was part of an oath I was to recite.
I took the name from that point on along with 2 others I got from dreams. One (shokar) I had been using for 5 or so years before and the second(lightbringer) I was given in a dream shortly after Urian.
Urian Shokar Lightbringer was my name. But, being the curious person I am, I started researching the names to find out what(if anything) they meant.
Much to my surprise that Urian is another name for Satan..or his right hand general(much the way Michael is god's). Lightbringer is also another name for Satan. Shokar..I have found nothing on.
THis really had me bummed that the names I'd been gifted were nicknames for ,either, Satan, or, his greatest general. Then a jewish friend of mine told me that in Kabbalistic and Jewish traditions Satan isn't evil..He shines lights on your faults and wrong doings and challenges you to improve..hence Lightbringer...

With that in mind I did (and do) take more pride in the names..

is that esoteric enough for ya?

Posted by: WizardofOwls 30-Aug-2004, 07:28 PM

How did I come up with the name wizardofowls in the first place? Well, its a long story...

Back in the old days I used to love reading fantasy novels and playing AD&D. These pursuits consumed me. Quite literally. Every waking hour of every day was spent passionately working on an imaginary world I was creating for role-playing, or reading fantasy books, or playing AD&D with my circle of friends. I even carried a note pad around with me at work in case I was inspired with some new detail for my world!

I also used to love fantasy art. One of my favorite pieces was a painting of a wizard in purple robes on a white horse. He is surrounded by a flock of owls. The painting is beautiful and done in pastel shades of pinks and blues. The name of the painting? "Wizard of the Owls." The artist's name is Janny Wurts. It was used as the cover of a fantasy book centered around the King Arthur legends... "That Way Lies Camelot."

When I first got my computer 6 years ago, I tried and tried to find an e-mail box name that I liked that hadn't already been taken. I couldn't find anything. Finally, out of desperation, I typed in the name wizardofowls, and surprise, surprise, it was accepted! I have a terrible memory, and trying to remember what sign-in name I used on different web groups is beyond me, so out of habit I always use wizardofowls. So now, not only do I have 2 e-mail boxes in that name, but I have also subscribed to 14 Yahoo Gaelic groups, 1 MSN Gaelic group, 2 Gaelic e-mail lists, a Gaelic forum, and this group, all under the name wizardofowls.

I am a Christian now, and don't mess with fantasy anymore but I still use the name since it would be such a pain to change my name on all of those lists.

I will try to attach a copy of the painting below...

Posted by: OriginalGhirl 30-Aug-2004, 08:15 PM

My username has a quite simple explanation. I would assume most of you are familiar or have heard of the Glengarry Bhoys. They are from Glengarry County, Ontario and play Celtic rock. I met them way back when there were only two of them sometime in 1997 I think. I stuck with them as the band changed and evolved and supported their growing fan base by creating and moderating a Yahoo Group for them. A group of us who hardly ever missed a gig in the NE were called the "Ghirls" (as opposed to the name of the band-Bhoys). I was the original "Ghirl" having coined the name for those of us hardcore Fhans that showed up at gigs constantly in PA, NY, NJ, and DE. So, hence I'm "OriginalGhirl"

Posted by: Iago 30-Aug-2004, 08:20 PM

Well, my first name is James...and I have never really liked it. James is to formal, I rREALLY don't like Jim and Jamie was just out. So I started going by my middle name Alex (short for Alexander). One day, I was browsing around at names (we are thinking of producing a fourth....must be nuts) and found this name (Iago) on a Welsh baby names site. It is actually a derivative of James. I thought, how cool!

Then, afterwards I was reminded of Iago from Othello.......

Posted by: Madadh 31-Aug-2004, 04:41 AM

Madadh is the name of my grey haired buddy in the avitar. it is short for Clocknaben Madadh Mor or Big dog of the fire mountain. He was born in Scotland and I miss him

Posted by: ImmortalAvalon 31-Aug-2004, 06:35 AM

Well, my explanation comes in two parts.

First, Immortal: My AOL screenname is DynamisImmortal, the Dynamis coming from a queen in the Crimea during the early Roman Empire, and the Immortal coming from my love of vampire literature and a loathing for adding a bunch of confusing numbers at the end.

Avalon got added here because I found this place while running search for stuff about King Arthur in France. It took me to the Brittany forum where I read some of the Arthurian posts, and, true to form, just had to put in my two cents worth. Of course, it didn't hurt that I just love Marion Zimmer Bradley's Mists of Avalon and the other books in that series, either, lol.

Posted by: gaberlunzie 31-Aug-2004, 06:56 AM

To answer this question I should try to explain what "gaberlunzies" are.
Scotland was a poor country...the only real wealth had always been the possess of land which was rare to get and the rich people have been the landowners.
For most of the other folk, even for advocats, teachers or craftsmen it was difficult to earn a life...and most difficult for those who didn't have the possibility to work for a life and who became beggars.
Now there have been many of them who had been soldiers who had been wounded and crippled in battles. For those villages and towns gave a permission to stay inside the municipality as beggars. They handed them small metal pieces, some round like medals, some longish, which were the official sign that the person who owns them was allowed to be a beggar. They were treated much more friendly than the "common" beggar folks, too.
Those metal pieces were called "gaberlunzies".
I loved the idea that they had been travelling the whole country, villages and towns with their owners and asked myself, "What if they could speak...which stories they could tell!"

This is why I chose this nickname.

Posted by: Ceciliastar1 31-Aug-2004, 07:47 AM

Well I am normally not very good at screennames but I like this one a lot. I decided to join a Lord of the Rings group on MSN and we needed to have a LOTR sounding name. I decided to take the English version of my name and just add star I wanted it to just be plain Ceciliastar but apparently it had already been picked so I added the one. Not a very interesting story. By the way the LOTR sight is no longet in existence, hopefully my name does not cause a jinks. LOL!

Posted by: gtrplr 31-Aug-2004, 08:44 AM

GuiTaR PLayeR

But then, you already figured that out, didn't you?

Posted by: Avonlea22 31-Aug-2004, 08:52 AM

QUOTE (gtrplr @ 31-Aug-2004, 10:44 AM)

GuiTaR PLayeR

But then, you already figured that out, didn't you?

I feel dumb, because I hadn't figured it out. I thought they were initials. Now maybe if I saw them on a license plate, I would have guessed it.

Posted by: Danann 31-Aug-2004, 10:23 AM

I recently posted the whole thing about my name on the Gaelic forum, but that was a different place! So I'll say it here too.

Danann has become my nickname for several reasons. The first is my name is Dannah, a derivation of Danu/Dana/anu if you look in the celtic books, other wise it is a conquered hill town that Joshua and the Israelites took over in Joshua 15:49. Both my sister and I were named after biblical towns/goddesses. My sister is Diane Bethany, and I am Dannah Kristine. Since I didn't want to be Deek on this board, I went with the celtic derivative of my name... but I didn't want to be too presumptuous and call myself a goddess... so I went with Danann which is short for Tuatha De Danann or people of the Goddess...

Irish legend says that the Tuatha de Danann (the people of the Goddess Danu/Dana/Anu) are the fairy folk; the fairies, pixies and brownies who inhabit the mounds, or Sidhe(Shee), of the Irish countryside. But upon closer examination, one discovers that the Tuatha de Dannan were actually a people who inhabited Ireland in times long past.

They say when the Tuatha de Danann first arrived in Ireland they landed in Connaught. Legend says that they landed on a mountain in ships of the sky that blotted out the sun for three days. Thus, from the mists they appeared. Some say that the story is simply a fabrication, while others conclude that the Tuatha upon landing, burned their ships, determined to stay in the land. My thoughts... the Tuatha de Dannan were just sick of the voyage and decided to settle down.

But the Tuatha were not welcomed by the current residents of Ireland, the Fir Bolg. After a time of negotiation, the two sides joined battle. The Fir Bolg were defeated, but they had given such a good fight that the Tuatha let them keep Connaught and took the rest of Ireland.

The Tuatha were a highly civilized people, and tradition holds that the Fir Bolg held their conquerors in high esteem. The people of the Goddess Danu possessed remarkable domestic skills; so much so, that those they conquered deemed the Tuatha magicians and gods.

The King of the Tuatha, Nuada, had lost an arm in the battle against the Fir Bolg. Tradition has it that because he was now blemished, he could no longer be King. In his place the champion of the Tuatha de Danann, Breas (part Formorian or Sea raider-can we say viking?), now became King.

Breas ruled for seven years, but in this time, he thoroughly disenchanted his people by bending to Formorian demands. The people were not well fed, the crops were poor, and the final straw came when Breas insulted a poet-and the Tuatha regared Poets and Bards as highly as they would warriors and gods. He was quickly ousted from command, and in his place returned Nuada, who now had a new arm made of silver.

Breas fled to the Hebrides, where he complained to his father, a Fomorian. A great army was again raised, so large that their ships filled the sea from Ireland to the Hebrides. Upon landing the Formorian host and Tuatha met in battle at northern Moytura, in Sligo. The Tuatha won the day and the power of the Formorians was broken forever in Ireland. Nuada died fighting the Formorians, and a hero of the battle, Lugh, became the new King of Ireland.

After Lugh, Dagda was king, and after Dagda followed his three grandsons. During the rule of the three grandsons, the Milesians came and in another great battle conquered the Tuatha de Danann. Supposedly Odin - or the man with a magic eye was the one that conquered them. The Legends say that from then on, the Tuatha were permitted to stay in Ireland, but underground only. From then on they became the fairy folk of legends.

The Tuatha's skills in the arts and domestic life were even respected by their conquerors the Milesians. It is said that the Tuatha had four great treasures or talismans that showed their skills in arts, crafts and magic. The first treasure was the Stone of Fal, which would scream whenever a true king of Ireland would place his foot on it. The next talisman was the Magic Sword of Nuada, a weapon that only inflicted mortal blows when drawn. The third treasure was the Sling-shot of the Sun God Lugh, that never missed its target. The final treasure is the Cauldron of Dagda from which an inexhaustible supply of food came forth.

ummm... oops. Sorry, bad habit... thus endeth the history lesson!

Posted by: tsargent62 31-Aug-2004, 10:47 AM

I'm afraid mine is pretty boring. My name is Todd Sargent and I was born in 1962, hence tsargent62. I've been using it for a long time on various sites since it seems to be pretty unique. I used here because, at the time, I was only interested in the music and I needed a user name, so I used my standard. Had I planned on joining the forum I would have thought of something more interesting. If wouldn't lose my post count I would've changed it a long time ago.

Posted by: deckers 31-Aug-2004, 10:55 AM

I picked Deckers as my user name because it's a noble name with a loooong mythical history that. . . oh, who am I kidding. It's my last name.

A "decker" is a mender of thatched roofs. It's Dutch, although it has its roots in Belgium. I suppose since Ireland still has some thatched roofs in use, it's appropriate.

So what's a Dutchman doing on a Celtic website? Well, not only do we share a common history (a Dutchman and a Scotsman invented copper wire when they found a penny), but we think that my mother's dad family is originally Scottish.

Erik Deckers

Posted by: cori 31-Aug-2004, 12:23 PM

I am a Christian and my name comes from the reference of my favorite Bible verse.

1 Corinthians 13:12

For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then (meaning when Christ comes to earth again) face to face: now I know in part; but then I shall know even as I also am known.

BTW, Iago, four kids is nothing. One of my best friends is the third in a family of thirteen.

It's not really a lot of people, just a big number.

Posted by: Mailagnas maqqas Dunaidonas 31-Aug-2004, 04:35 PM

Mine is the SCA name I chose to reflect my celtic ancestry. It is ancient Irish, recorded on Ogham stones from around the 4th century. The Middle Irish equivalent (and likely reflective of the original pronunciation) is likely Maelan maq Dunaed.

Posted by: A Shrule Egan 31-Aug-2004, 05:15 PM

My avatar is my g-grandfather, Patrick Egan. He was born in Shrule, Ireland, thus A Shrule Egan.

Posted by: MacEoghainn 31-Aug-2004, 06:51 PM

MacEoghainn is the Scot-Gaelic name of my Clan, MacEwen (my last name, Ewing, is some clerks attempt at spelling Eoghainn, as pronounced by one of my ancestors in his thick Scottish brogue).

It is also is a good represntation of who I am, Mac=son of, Eoghainn=Ewing, or son of Ewing(in this case a son of Edmund Robert Ewing), and I am my Father's son and proud to say so!

MacE

Posted by: Camchak 31-Aug-2004, 07:47 PM

QUOTE (urian @ 30-Aug-2004, 07:33 PM)

One night I had a very powerful and vivid dream where I was in a cathedral with 11 other men(all in armor) and we were all being given duties and talents. I received mine , walked outside and read the parchment given to me.
It said (at least part of it): "I am Urian" It was part of an oath I was to recite.
I took the name from that point on along with 2 others I got from dreams. One (shokar) I had been using for 5 or so years before and the second(lightbringer) I was given in a dream shortly after Urian.
Urian Shokar Lightbringer was my name.

Your name sounds very Gorian to me! As mine some would say! Tal, Warrior!

Posted by: Annabelle 31-Aug-2004, 08:39 PM

Well I'm one of the most boring person you will ever meet. Annabelle is my middle name, nothing special!
No imagination!

A

Posted by: single speed 31-Aug-2004, 10:00 PM

I have been an avid cyclist for almost 15 years. (WOW, time flies) I have owned several bycycles, including road bikes, mountain bikes, and my favorite, a single-speed Surley mountain bike. In addition, I have never married, (which is why I can own a half-dozen bicycles), providing some additional inspiration.

Posted by: Fearchara 01-Sep-2004, 08:33 AM

My fiance calls me "dear" quite a lot, so I chose the Scottish name, Fearchara, because that is its meaning...so I don't have a long story to go with mine, but it means a lot to me.

I have certainly enjoyed reading about all the other names; this is a great topic.

Posted by: tsargent62 01-Sep-2004, 09:14 AM

QUOTE (MacEoghainn @ 31-Aug-2004, 08:51 PM)

I hate to pick nits, but as my Scottish grandmother used to say, the Irish speak with a brogue. The Scottish speak with a burr.

Posted by: The_Spanish_Rover 01-Sep-2004, 09:33 AM

Most of you will have probabily listen to "The Irish Rover" That's not only a song or a ship, but also a way of living... The Rover, the wanderer, the tinker, the roamer, they're not travelers, they're something more :-).

I enjoy quite a lot travelling in the rambling way. Hicht-hiking, camping, sleeping where you can, meeting people on they way, playing on the streets...

I'm Spanish, so the name comes on its own... And anyway, there are too many Irish Rover

Posted by: Shamalama 01-Sep-2004, 10:54 AM

Shamalama

From the Latin "Sham al layama" meaning "never trust anyone who would eat catfish and grits for breakfast".

Actually I've been online in one way or another for about 20 years now, and it's a username I've used often. It usually gives no clues as to gender, nationality, race, or age. Meaning I can stay a bit more anonymous that the average person. It was taken from the song "Shama Lama Ding Dong" as sung by Otis Day & The Knights in the movie 'Animal House'.

Shama Lama,
ding dong.
You put the
ooh mou mou
oh oh oh oh
back into my smile, child

And NO, I have absolutely no idea what the lyrics mean.

Posted by: Herrerano 01-Sep-2004, 12:05 PM

Herrerano .... I live in the province of Herrera, on the Azuero Peninsula in the land between the seas. In Spanish it is how you say 'a man from Herrera'. This part of the country is where the oldest Spanish settlements are in the Americas, and is the heart and soul of Panama. The seat of most of the Spanish based folklore and traditions.

Leo

Posted by: Dugadelphia 01-Sep-2004, 12:07 PM

My screen name is merely an attempt at originality and has no deeper meaning. I often make up words with my kids or add endings onto real words, "delphia" being one of those. Why "Dug?" I honestly do not remember why I came up with that...but nobody else seems to use it

Posted by: sprdleyb 01-Sep-2004, 01:24 PM

My screen name is a shortened form of my nickname "Spradley Barr" from my days as a mechanic.

Slainte

Posted by: Ceciliastar1 01-Sep-2004, 01:31 PM

QUOTE (Avonlea22 @ 30-Aug-2004, 05:41 PM)

Avonlea part is a fictional town in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, made famous by author L.M. Montgomery, in her story Anne of Green Gables (see my signature). I'm a very big Anne of Green Gables, Road to Avonlea, Prince Edward Island (PEI) and Canada fan.

That's so cool! I thought I was like the only one who enjoyed Anne of Green Gables. Have you ever seen the PBS version of the story? I loved it.

Posted by: coastman 01-Sep-2004, 01:34 PM

I use coastman. I run Georgia's coastal waters from St. Catherine's Island to the tip of Little St. Simon's Island and out 20 nautical miles. Hence the name coastman. If I had used waterman that would imply that I was from the Chessapeak Bay area. I make a few dollars in the "tourist" business on occasion.

Posted by: Liriel Baenre Do'Urden 01-Sep-2004, 01:51 PM

My name is a combination of two of my favorite book chars. Liriel Baenre is the daughter of Gromph Baenre, the oldest living son of the first house of the drow. He had this child with a minor princess and when he discovered his daughter's ability to hone wizardry he had her mother killed and raised her.

Do'Urden is from Drizzt Do'Urden the secondboy of the House Do'Urden. Left the drow city when he was but a young one and went on to become the greatest ranger despite his heritage.

I had always thought that if Drizzt could have a child or apprentice it would be Liriel, simple because she wasn't as evil as her kin. But of course she didn't take on the honor that Drizzt did when he defied his mother matron.

Liriel was on her own and made her decisions not as black and white but the middle gray.

Posted by: emerald-eyedwanderer 01-Sep-2004, 01:59 PM

Well my sn is pretty obvious as well. Emerald is my birthstone as well as the color of my eyes. And green just happens to be my favorite color. My father always called me a gypsy queen because it was his way of joking about the fact that I'm always going somewhere. That I will end up being a wanderer.

Posted by: WizardofOwls 01-Sep-2004, 08:22 PM

QUOTE (emerald-eyedwanderer @ 01-Sep-2004, 03:59 PM)

Well I for one am gald that you wandered your way onto CR! Otherwise I might never have had the honor and privilege of getting to know you!

Posted by: talleyrand 01-Sep-2004, 08:25 PM

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Perigord was a French statesman, thinker, opportunist, scoundrel, etc. In college, my major went from Electrical Engineering to thinking I was going to switch schools for an intense 6 year med program (undergrad degree + MD), staying there and becoming a Chemical Engineer, realizing that while Chemistry is fun, it has nothing to do with Chemical Engineering and dangit all if programming computers is 100 times more enjoyable than anything else I could think of. So, over the years it took me to figure out what I wanted to do, the one constant in my education was my love of history and UMR has a really good history program (despite being an internationally known institute for engineering, mining and sciences) and Dr. Ridley made me fall in love with European history, specifically French and pretty much from the time of Louis XIV to modern day. Dr. Bogan also rocked because he co-taught two of the courses with Dr. Ridley, which was far cooler than I thought it'd be. Bogan is an art nut and I mean that in a complimentary, Keroauc "mad to be alive" kind of way and he showed me there was a science in painting and how it reflected and/or influenced what was going on in the world of France.

To make a long boring story short, talleyrand was one of the people I wrote a research paper on and while I don't have a Frenchman's perspective on it, I hoped that whenever they'd see someone masquerading as person from their history, they'd get a chuckle similar to seeing a US citizen who sees Grover Cleveland posting on a message board. It's had the added bonus of pretty much not being taken on any board I've come across.

Posted by: scotelass 01-Sep-2004, 09:32 PM

I have had my name for about 3 years now....ever since I started researching my family tree....my name comes from scotty and lass put together...I tried to spell it as scottylass, but that was taken so i improvised to scotelass...I'm scottish, single and a "youthful" lady...hence the name!

Posted by: Avonlea22 02-Sep-2004, 08:55 AM

QUOTE (Ceciliastar1 @ 01-Sep-2004, 03:31 PM)

That's so cool! I thought I was like the only one who enjoyed Anne of Green Gables. Have you ever seen the PBS version of the story? I loved it.

I've not only seen the PBS version, but I own all three (did you know there were three stories?) on DVD. They were produced by Sullivan Entertainment, and I feel can never be improved upon. He did a fabulous job. I've also seen the stage play 3 times on Prince Edward Island. Anne of Green Gables is Canada's longest running play.

My wife and I are currently working on obtaining all of Road to Avonlea on DVD as it's released. Season 4 is to be released real soon.

Are you a big Anne fan? There is a forum for fans. It's at www.anne3.com Just click on the forum button.

Posted by: Annabelle 02-Sep-2004, 09:02 AM

I love the "Anne" series! Can't wait for the next release!

Posted by: Avonlea22 02-Sep-2004, 09:07 AM

QUOTE (Annabelle @ 02-Sep-2004, 11:02 AM)

I love the "Anne" series! Can't wait for the next release!

Unfortunately, it doesn't look like there will be another.

Posted by: emerald-eyedwanderer 02-Sep-2004, 08:38 PM

QUOTE (WizardofOwls @ 01-Sep-2004, 09:22 PM)

Well I for one am gald that you wandered your way onto CR! Otherwise I might never have had the honor and privilege of getting to know you!

I am really glad too, Wizard. I look forward to getting on here and talking to everyone, especially good friends.

Especially you

Posted by: WizardofOwls 02-Sep-2004, 08:46 PM

QUOTE (emerald-eyedwanderer @ 02-Sep-2004, 10:38 PM)

I am really glad too, Wizard. I look forward to getting on here and talking to everyone, especially good friends.

Especially you

Awww shucks! Now look what you've done! You've gone and made me blush!

You are just too kind!

I enjoy getting on here and talking to all of you guys (and ladies) too! It makes my day so much better knowing that I have such a wonderful group of friends to chat with!

Posted by: Kahlan Eyre 03-Sep-2004, 09:02 AM

QUOTE (Liriel Baenre Do'Urden @ 01-Sep-2004, 02:51 PM)

My name is a combination of two of my favorite book chars.

Do'Urden is from Drizzt Do'Urden the secondboy of the House Do'Urden. Left the drow city when he was but a young one and went on to become the greatest ranger despite his heritage.

I knew your name looked familiar! I read the Drow books a couple of years ago, and was suprised at how much I really enjoyed them. I'd never read stuff like that before, so I was a bit leery, but then again, I'll try pretty much anything that's printed on paper.

I have serious respect for Drizzt, he was always so awesome.

As for my name? It's basically the same; I chose a combination of my two favourite book characters. The Kahlan is from the lead female character in Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series. She's a strong, intelligent woman who's not afraid to kick butt, lol. The Eyre is from the title character in Jane Eyre, one of my absolute favourite novels. I couldn't decide between the two characters, so I chose to combine them!

Posted by: CelticRose 03-Sep-2004, 09:17 AM

well, I was originally desertrose when I first came onto this site as I am a Rosemary and live in the desert. I normally use that username for all the sites I am on. However, for some reason on this site I chose to go with CelticRose because this is a celtic site. I am not sure if I did the right thing or not, but at the time wanted to keep in the theme of things here on the site.

Posted by: emerald-eyedwanderer 03-Sep-2004, 12:21 PM

QUOTE (CelticRose @ 03-Sep-2004, 10:17 AM)

However, for some reason on this site I chose to go with CelticRose because this is a celtic site. I am not sure if I did the right thing or not, but at the time wanted to keep in the theme of things here on the site.

CelticRose, I think it is a really pretty sn. Good choice.

Posted by: MacEoghainn 03-Sep-2004, 04:53 PM

QUOTE (tsargent62 @ 01-Sep-2004, 11:14 AM)

QUOTE (MacEoghainn @ 31-Aug-2004, 08:51 PM)

I hate to pick nits, but as my Scottish grandmother used to say, the Irish speak with a brogue. The Scottish speak with a burr.

Todd,

Consider your nit picked. I here by revise my original statement to "thick Scottish burr".

MacE

Posted by: orthodex 04-Sep-2004, 09:41 AM

Well, I regret now cause I write my name with o and not O (as capitol letter), and i tried but couldn't fix it, so...

Since I'm form Serbia, well there is a band Orthodox Celts, and they play realy good music, some traditional some author songs, and I was all mad bout them, so I named myself OrthoDex years ago, when I needed nickname in some games like Counter Strike, but that was years ago. And OrthoDex has another meaning, my real name is Dejan and short of it is Dex, so here goes...