What is the origin of your Cellar handle? - Page 3

wolf · 11-13-2003, 11:10 PM

wolf is the name that I first used when I signed onto the old dialup cellar.

I was confronted by that scary blinking command line cursor asking for "username":

the white characters on the black screen were taunting me.

I knew it was not a good idea to use my actual name (although I soon learned several users did) ...

and I had to type something RIGHT THEN AND THERE ...

so ...

'wolf it was.

Notice the apostrophe?

It's short for SilverWolf

Which is short for Coyote Laughs at SilverWolf.

Really.

(had I not been stunned into insensibility that way, my login would have more likely been xyzzy, plugh, or perhaps even wumpus).

greenian · 11-13-2003, 11:32 PM

Mine is a compound of the political party closest to my ideals and my real name, and it comes out like a real word.

Hubris Boy · 11-14-2003, 01:08 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by greenian
Mine is a compound of the political party closest to my ideals and my real name, and it comes out like a real word.

Heh. I guess I should change my handle to Nazike.

Undertoad · 11-14-2003, 07:49 AM

Mine is from The World According to Garp, where one of Garp's kids misunderstands "undertow" and is afraid of some mythical creature in the ocean. It becomes a personification of the anxiety that runs deeply through life. It is me: I treasure my handle.

Griff · 11-14-2003, 08:21 AM

I'm a twelve year old from Bosnia and I just finished my first book in English. I took the name from Harrys Potters' Griffindor.

russotto · 11-14-2003, 09:10 AM

Mine's my last name, though half the cellar dwellars seem to have stuck in their head the idea that my name is "Russ Otto".

elSicomoro · 11-14-2003, 09:35 AM

No HB, I think you meant Commike, you extreme leftist bastard!

Kitsune · 11-14-2003, 05:32 PM

Kitsune - japanese word for "fox", but also refers to the foxes in Japanese/Asian mythology that served as messengers to the god of the harvest, Inari. They were mischievous little bastards who enjoyed causing problems for the locals by disguising themselves as people, creating illusions, etc.

...not that I would relate to playing tricks on anyone or anything like that...

lumberjim · 11-14-2003, 11:44 PM

the one im curious about is elspode.

seems like it should say something backwards, but it comes out edopsle, which is almost as odd.

el?

daniwong · 11-16-2003, 01:47 PM

Mine is my first name combined with my last name. Which ideally isn't a very good idea - but heck - whatcha gonna do?

wolf · 11-16-2003, 02:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by lumberjim
the one im curious about is elspode.

seems like it should say something backwards, but it comes out edopsle, which is almost as odd.

el?

He collects fine china, and is Hispanic.

Torrere · 11-16-2003, 03:39 PM

Mine is a coagulation of Middle French and English, which is supposed to be "a deluge of fire". It doesn't properly fit in either language.

I had assumed, since I noticed Griff's post where he wrote "El Spode", that Elspode meant something like 'the potato". =]

xoxoxoBruce · 11-16-2003, 05:03 PM

Naw, he said in another thread that Spode was a derogatory term his High School clique made up.
Mine is Vietnamese for "Yoo hoo, GI Jane".

Elspode · 11-16-2003, 05:26 PM

I thought I'd remembered us having this topic once before...

http://www.cellar.org/showthread.php...5&pagenumber=2

My explanation is in there, along with many others, LJ...I wish the origin of mine was more interesting, but it isn't...it is just a default for me.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-16-2003, 08:12 PM

Oh well, I got the "school" part right.

11-13-2003, 11:10 PM	#31
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	wolf is the name that I first used when I signed onto the old dialup cellar. I was confronted by that scary blinking command line cursor asking for "username": the white characters on the black screen were taunting me. I knew it was not a good idea to use my actual name (although I soon learned several users did) ... and I had to type something RIGHT THEN AND THERE ... so ... 'wolf it was. Notice the apostrophe? It's short for SilverWolf Which is short for Coyote Laughs at SilverWolf. Really. (had I not been stunned into insensibility that way, my login would have more likely been xyzzy, plugh, or perhaps even wumpus). __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-14-2003, 08:21 AM	#35
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I'm a twelve year old from Bosnia and I just finished my first book in English. I took the name from Harrys Potters' Griffindor. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-14-2003, 11:44 PM	#39
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	the one im curious about is elspode. seems like it should say something backwards, but it comes out edopsle, which is almost as odd. el? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-16-2003, 01:47 PM	#40
daniwong Vice-President of Resentment Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 196	Mine is my first name combined with my last name. Which ideally isn't a very good idea - but heck - whatcha gonna do? __________________ Mistress of all that is claim related.

11-16-2003, 05:03 PM	#43
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Naw, he said in another thread that Spode was a derogatory term his High School clique made up. Mine is Vietnamese for "Yoo hoo, GI Jane". __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-13-2003, 11:32 PM	#32
greenian Simulated Simulacrum Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 39	Mine is a compound of the political party closest to my ideals and my real name, and it comes out like a real word.

11-14-2003, 07:49 AM	#34
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Mine is from The World According to Garp, where one of Garp's kids misunderstands "undertow" and is afraid of some mythical creature in the ocean. It becomes a personification of the anxiety that runs deeply through life. It is me: I treasure my handle.

11-14-2003, 09:10 AM	#36
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	Mine's my last name, though half the cellar dwellars seem to have stuck in their head the idea that my name is "Russ Otto".

11-14-2003, 09:35 AM	#37
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	No HB, I think you meant Commike, you extreme leftist bastard!

11-14-2003, 05:32 PM	#38
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Kitsune - japanese word for "fox", but also refers to the foxes in Japanese/Asian mythology that served as messengers to the god of the harvest, Inari. They were mischievous little bastards who enjoyed causing problems for the locals by disguising themselves as people, creating illusions, etc. ...not that I would relate to playing tricks on anyone or anything like that...

11-16-2003, 03:39 PM	#42
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	Mine is a coagulation of Middle French and English, which is supposed to be "a deluge of fire". It doesn't properly fit in either language. I had assumed, since I noticed Griff's post where he wrote "El Spode", that Elspode meant something like 'the potato". =]

11-16-2003, 05:26 PM	#44
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I thought I'd remembered us having this topic once before... http://www.cellar.org/showthread.php...5&pagenumber=2 My explanation is in there, along with many others, LJ...I wish the origin of mine was more interesting, but it isn't...it is just a default for me. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

11-16-2003, 08:12 PM	#45
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Oh well, I got the "school" part right. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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