Real names

[Mark]

Why do users of this forum use pseudonyms, Cavings not illegal or owt.
It would be nice to know whos out there.

ps: The surnames Noble

 

[bubba]

Have a look at this earlier topic:

http://ukcaving.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=35

 

[Mark]

Nice one Bubba, must really look at more of the older posts

Ps: what sort of a pseudonym's Bubba when you could call yourself owt

 

[bubba]

Bubba was originally just a joke from another forum, where I used to post in the style of a sort of Alabama redneck....can't even remember why now!!

But it's also kind of stuck because I'm a bit of a 14 stone "bubba"

I might yet change it, but I've been using it so long I don't even think about it....

 

[SamT]

yeah - Ive been trying to guess who Mrs trellis is - Im not after a public 'outing' but a few more hints may be in order.

Definately Old School local activist.

 

[hrock]

well i think all those are good resons. but i like the fun of meating cavers and then realising that you actualy "talk" often or no them.

and if you dont like that then ask and most people will tell you

 

[cap n chris]

I don't use a sussussudio-nim; this is my real name,

(My other name is a number).

 

[Lincolnshire poacher]

I use a psudo-name because as others have said there are alot of nutters out there and people could make (and have made) my life difficult if they found out who I really was!. As it is my boss doesn't like sending me to do any jobs in the Wiltshire/Mendip area coz he knows that I'll spend more time U/G than I will at work!.

Why do people pick their particular forum names?. Anyone who is familier with numbers stations and shortwave radio will understand mine....or even my sig!!.

Lincolnshire Poacher

 

[tubby two]

I dont think a bit of anonimity hurts anyone. lets face it, the forum is one of the better ones on the net! It could be more like ukclimbing where half the topics turn into ugly slanging matches and people seem to use pseudonyms to intimidate others.
It also had these little quality fellas- :scout:

Just think, a tubby two is not a big as a tubby one...

tt.

 

[seamoose]

Why do people pick their particular forum names

CB radio 'handle' from years back...

 

[JJ]

Well I have always been known as JJ in caving circles and that is for over erh 25 years.

Always been a tradition of Dales cavers being given silly nick names be it Slug, Worm, Lugger or whatever, lots of them. Folk often don't know someones real name.

So why should this board be any different.

JJ

 

[ian mckenzie]

I'm not a fan of pseudonyms, but if people think they're fun, that's okay I guess. On the other hand, how do you know this is my real name?

In Canada, a 'bubba' is a small keg of beer. (but... how do you know I'm really from Canada???)

 

[cap n chris]

Not a lot of people know this but on the small island of St. Bubbas, (about 25 miles SW of the tip of Antigua) the local dialect term "Canada" refers to a small bird, something akin to the European Ptarmigan.

I read this on a cigarette card back in 1957. Navy Cut, I recall.

 

[bubba]

 

[ian mckenzie]

Either you have a phenomenal memory, or you flip thru your cigarette card collection on a regular basis...

Did you know that the Canada Goose is not named after Canada? Both the country and the bird come from kanata, a native word meaning 'village'.

 

[SamT]

Take that andy sparrow (see original thread)

pseudonyms are educational, as well as fun.

 

[cap n chris]

Yep. You learn something new every day.

:crazy:

Occasionally it is wise* not to communicate with strangers and also not to believe everything you read.

:hi:


* "A clever man can solve problems which a wise man avoids in the first place". Also... my favourite... "The fool's bandaged finger wavered back towards the flame". :soapbox:

 

[cap n chris]

BTW, who is this Andy Sparrow who keeps getting mentioned; anyone I should know about? What's the biggie?

:evill:

 

[ian mckenzie]

Oh come on, even I know who Andy Sparrow is...

 

[paul]

Oh come on, even I know who Andy Sparrow is...

Ahh - but is it a pseudonym? :wink: