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Old Jun 23rd 2004, 11:05 pm
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Nicked this idea from the American Expats site while being nosy!

So what does your user name mean or where did you get it from? There are a few interesting ones on here... so lets hear em.

Mines boring Matt being my first name and Butt being part of my surname....
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Old Jun 23rd 2004, 11:50 pm
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The Snorkmaiden was a character in a kids programme(The Moomins) which my husband describes as post hippy animated puppetry, and I really liked her.

The show was pretty strange, and I liked strange a lot, and it was the first name that came to mind when I was registering
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Old Jun 24th 2004, 12:05 am
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mine is also boring, im ant and my wife is jen - no imagination here im afraid

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Old Jun 24th 2004, 12:09 am
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A Conan O'Brien sketch is where I got my name from. He does a late night talk show on NBC after Leno. Saw the show first on NBC super channel about 6 or 7 years ago.
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Originally posted by mattbutt
Nicked this idea from the American Expats site while being nosy!

So what does your user name mean or where did you get it from? There are a few interesting ones on here... so lets hear em.

Mines boring Matt being my first name and Butt being part of my surname....
Hey, you're not the Matt Button who I used to know vaguely when I was a kid in Cambridge, are you?

Oh, and my user name is really dull - it's the same one I've used since the first day I went online at University
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Jambo = nickname for supporters of Hearts F.C.
Also means hello in swahili...I beleive.:lecture:
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Old Jun 24th 2004, 12:25 am
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Originally posted by dbj1000
Hey, you're not the Matt Button who I used to know vaguely when I was a kid in Cambridge, are you?

Oh, and my user name is really dull - it's the same one I've used since the first day I went online at University
No im not from the ton family, im from the tery family, always raises a chuckle here that.
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Old Jun 24th 2004, 12:43 am
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total lack of immagination here I'm Jan and i live in Michigan ... funny that eh ?

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Old Jun 24th 2004, 12:47 am
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There is a long story to mine but to keep it to a few simple words:

rincewind = Pratchett Fan

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Old Jun 24th 2004, 1:01 am
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Mine's a cutdown version of my full name and was blessed upon me by some friends years ago.

David A(xxxxx)d = Dave Atcha = Datcha

Curiously "datcha" means "summerhouse" in I think German and Russian. Its also the name of a Jawa in the Star Wars novels - kinda ironic as I'm a big fan of the original movies and also love collecting stuff, rather like Jawas. Nice.

Oh and its my music-producing moniker also =)


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Old Jun 24th 2004, 1:16 am
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Originally posted by jan_michigan
total lack of immagination here I'm Jan and i live in Michigan ... funny that eh ?

Jan
My thoughts exactly Mine does have the Yanks confused though.
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Old Jun 24th 2004, 3:09 am
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Originally posted by jan_michigan
total lack of immagination here I'm Jan and i live in Michigan ... funny that eh ?

Jan
Heres another one with a lack of imagination... My names Ash (well ashley) I'm from the UK I moved to the US hence Ash UK/US

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Well years ago I used to have a Suzie Quatro haircut and was nicknamed SuzieQ and it stuck.
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Old Jun 24th 2004, 4:32 am
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Hehe

Ive had many people online comment that they liked my name, thinking it was a play on bugs bunny (?) somehow, but actually, it was a nickname given to me when I was younger by my dad and brother (not sure who came up with it).

They thought I had goofy teeth, and when I was younger my ears gave me trouble and were often waxy, hence waxwabbit!

Personally I love the alliteration, makes it catchy!

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Old Jun 24th 2004, 5:11 am
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Default Re: Whats yours mean?

Originally posted by mattbutt
Nicked this idea from the American Expats site while being nosy!

So what does your user name mean or where did you get it from? There are a few interesting ones on here... so lets hear em.

Mines boring Matt being my first name and Butt being part of my surname....
Mine is actually my grandmothers name, shortened from Euphemia, same as my first name although I do not go by that.
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