Moniker madness!

[TalkMonkey]

Hey all,

I love reading all the interesting and creative ideas that so many people have contributed to this site. In all of my perusing, I have found much wonder and intrigue in the screen names or monikers that members of the forum have chosen. Anyone care to share where their chosen screen name comes from? Not asking for any personal or private info, just curious as to how you came up wth your nom-d'keyboard, as it were. Feel free to share as much or as little as you wish.

Peace all,
Talk Monkey (aka. Nick)

[grumpybear]

Just cause everyone calls me grumpy, I am not sure why . That is family and co workers

[BobP]

Nothing special just my name and initial.

[csadn]

My first pickup truck which I owned from new was a '95 Dodge Ram -- the first generation of the "miniature semi" drop-fender body style. One of the car magazines referred to it as a "redneck battleship". That was a *little* too long to put on a license plate, so I managed to shorten it thus:

-- The "redneck" stereotype comes from the Southern US; that area was once known as the "Confederate States of America", or "CSA".
-- The first example of what most people know as a "battleship", with a single-calibre of main gun, was HMS _Dreadnought_; later examples were refered to as "dreadnoughts", or "DN".

Since then, the license plate for my pickups has read "CSA DN", or "Redneck Battleship".... ;)

[Rebel]

Simple really. My initials are R.E.B so from reb to rebel just seemed appropriate.

[Hedeby]

I do an awful lot of viking inspired stuff away from the drome and had Hedeby (viking trading town) as a log in for a few things. When i joined there were a few other Chris's - Hedeby just stuck.
Its funny I have two circles of friends both of whom call me something completely different - I am known locally as Sedge. (However my wife thinks its all stupid and that we should grow up - I passed on her comments to Weirdo, Baffy, Stacker, Pash, Cyber, Huggy, Frosty and Steve the Git - who obviously agreed with her, lol)

[Dieter W.]

I am taking German and one of my old teachers had us pick a German name for ourselves and the one I picked was Dieter. The W is just the initial of my last name.

[Saylug]

Saylug is my last name backwards.

John Gulyas

[gully_raker]

My gully_raker was my CB Call sign when I did lots of round Australia off road trips in the late 70's & all through the 80's.
It is a saying used in both Australia & the USA for strong winds or gales that rake the gullys.
It was also used to indicate cattle duffers who raked the gullys to steal unbranded stock.

[Naharaht]

I like to leave mine as a mystery for people to work out. I think that only two people have solved it so far.

[Setarius]

Mine comes from the game Everquest. Setarius was one of my characters, a Vah Shir. The Vah Shir were a race of Feline that lived on the moon. They were close to 7 ft tall and massive like a feline that size would be.
Setarius was a very oversized Bengal Tiger.

[Teaticket]

Teaticket is where I lived for 25+ years. I think I'll change my moniker when I move next year.

[flash]

Mine was simply my nickname when I was a kid and tied in nicely with a certain era related comic character. What's the story behind yours Nick ?

[TalkMonkey]

My moniker actually comes from a joke between myself and a coworker. It's kind of turned into the unofficial name of my studio as well.

I'm a voice actor and was working on a project one day and the recording engineer did something masterful and I complimented him on his work. He said "nah, I'm just a punch-monkey, hitting keys on the keyboard." So I said "if you are just a punch-monkey, then I guess that would make me a talk-monkey, saying words that were given to me." And we had a good laugh about it and he told me it would be a good name for an LLC or something. So I thought, yeah, it will be memorable, if nothing else. One day, I'll get it on some business cards or something. So that's me, a Talk Monkey.

I am loving the stories so far. Keep 'em coming!

Nick

[milcoll73]

my unpronounceable appellation stems from my primary hobby of the last 44 years. MILitaria COLLector 1973 ie milcoll73.

[Dan-Sam]

I am Daniel in real life and my scout nickname is Sam. Sometimes I have a strong feeling that I'm somewhere in the middle between these two names. That why Dan-Sam

[Nightbomber]

"Nightbomber" nick is derived from my first beloved airwar boardgame Duel in the Night, during which I used to play the Lanc or Wimpy. An amazing game, truly.
Happy Jammer was given by Herr Oberst himself during Origins 2016 after I drew 4 jam cards IN A ROW but managed to score a kill and survived the game.

[Flying Officer Kyte]

Merry-Go-Round.


This programme, although not strictly broadcast in the 1950's, is included as it was the forerunner of several other famous radio series which continued into the '50s.
'The Army, the Navy and the Air Force' whistled by a forces audience opened this show which 'week by week goes round the services bringing music and fun to boys and girls in khaki and two shades of blue'.
Originally 'Mediterranean Merry-Go-Round', then 'Middle East Merry-Go-Round', the show expanded to all forces 'serving afloat or overseas' from January 1945. The Naval Edition was written by its star, Sub-Lieutenant Eric 'Hearthrob' Barker, and was set in HMS Waterlogged at Sinking-in-the-Ooze. Wren Meg Merryfield introduced the show produced in collaboration with the Personal Services Department of the Admiralty by David Manderson.

The Air Force edition featured visits to Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh, a remote fighter base in Laughter Command, written by its stars, Flight Lieutenant Richard Murdoch and Wing Commander Kenneth Horne (as the AOC). Flight Sergeant Anne Grisewood compered and Pilot Officer Roy Rich conducted the 'Double or Quits Quiz'.

The Army section, Studio Stand Easy, was written by its star, Sergeant Charlie Chester whose 'happy band of Other Cranks' from Stars in Battledress included Arthur Haynes, Kenny Morris, Raymond St. Clair, Len Marten (one of the voices of 'Tish and Tosh'), Joe Giggs and Louise Gainsborough or Corporal Sally 'Click-Click' Rogers. The 'Double or Quits Quiz' was conducted by Will Hay.

After 'demobilisation' Much-Binding-in-the Marsh and Stand Easy became series under their own titles, while Merry-Go-Round remained the name for Eric Barker's naval-based series. HMS Waterlogged became Waterlogged Spa, still at Sinking-in-the-Ooze. Jon Pertwee, a wartime discovery, was the main character man (Commander Highprice, Robin Fly), and Humphrey Lestocq arrived as Flying Officer Kyte. Thus the 200th programme was broadcast from Waterlogged Spa (via Radiolympia) in September 1947.

And thus my moniker.

Kyte.

[NewFlyBoy]

Teaticket is where I lived for 25+ years. I think I'll change my moniker when I move next year.

And I had it all worked out in my mind that it had to do with some romantic story of how you met your wife.....

[Flying Helmut]

With my intention to fly for Germany on joining the Forum, I just wanted a WW1-sounding name with a German locus, and a 'flying helmet' simply became Flying Helmut

[flash]

... So I said "if you are just a punch-monkey, then I guess that would make me a talk-monkey, saying words that were given to me." ....

That's a neat story Nick, perhaps we should be grateful you were not .... some other kind of actor....!

[TalkMonkey]

That's a neat story Nick, perhaps we should be grateful you were not .... some other kind of actor....!

Yeah, thank goodness. Those other kinds of actors are such a pain...

... wait, what other kind of actor are we talking about?

[Guntruck]

My club gave me my nickname about 15 years ago when we wanted to do a Vietnam convoy game but nobody at the time made any of the armoured guntrucks in 15mm. Three months and 15 scratchbuilt trucks later, I had just about bored the arse off everyone on the subject of said vehicles.

[Flying Officer Kyte]

Yeah, thank goodness. Those other kinds of actors are such a pain...

... wait, what other kind of actor are we talking about?

I would love to find out Nick. Apparently according to the Squadron's pilots I am some other type of Artist, but I never quite caught the last bit of what they said in the Mess.

Kyte.

[flash]

Fire Rob, surely you're the fire artist ... so you'd be a FireMonkey.

[TalkMonkey]

Fire Rob, surely you're the fire artist ... so you'd be a FireMonkey.

Sounds like the name of a good whiskey...

[Jager]

Mine comes from a few sources; I'm in AWI reenactment, wherein I am a Hessan Jaeger (1st Co. 6-DEC-1776).
I also have a liking for SP-AT guns in WW2, hence PanzerJaegers.
If I had to name myself now, I would spell it more properly, but I have too much gear to change now.
Karl

[Jager]

Sounds like the name of a good whiskey...

Gin, Lad. Kyte is a G&T man
Karl

[TalkMonkey]

Gin, Lad. Kyte is a G&T man
Karl

Ah, my apologies then good sirs. Never developed the refined palate for the stuff myself. But which ever bevie does the job for you, right?

[Kubajs]

These are great stories mens.
My nick is a family version of Jakub (Jacob), that is my real first name
Its not unique, Kubajs is very often use version of my name in Bohemia.
In my case my older brother started using it when I was newborn. And it stuck to me in all groups where I live except my office.

[Lt. S.Kafloc]

Skafloc was my first D&D character and has stuck with me to this day.

[Tokhuah]

Tokhuah is the name of the trickster from the Mataco, a South American indigenous tribe. It is the spirit that guides me when I fly.

[Rebel]

Skafloc was my first D&D character and has stuck with me to this day.

My first D & D name was Dlaniger, or Reginald spelt backwards!

[Stumptonian]

One of the nicknames for Portland, Oregon, is Stumptown.
I used Stumptonian on sites that demanded a username and so threw that at this site when I signed on in 2014.
I didn't expect to be here much ....

i should have used the moniker I had playing Red Baron 3D nearly 20 years ago: Kanon Fodder
I was a member of Jasta 18 - hence my avatar selection.

[milcoll73]

My first D & D name was Dlaniger, or Reginald spelt backwards!

my 1st d n d characters name was aedore. my favorite characters name is thurin. hes a multi class elf thats basically an archer/mage.

[mikeemagnus]

Nickname from former students. The Mikee bit was either based on Monsters Inc or The Godfather, depending on the group