Origin of a Name (User Name)

emplynx · 01-20-2002, 04:32 PM

I have seen some discussion in other threads about user names. I made this thread for people to tell the origin of theirs.
The one I use on this forum is emplynx. It comes from the computer stragety game Outpost 2. The Lynx was a form of a assult vehicle and the EMP (electromagnetic pulse) was a weapon you could have on it. Hence, emplynx.

FrodoFriend · 01-20-2002, 04:35 PM

Well, uh . . . I think mine's pretty obvious.

Am madly obsessed with Frodo, etc, etc.

CardenIAntauraNauco · 01-20-2002, 04:46 PM

Look in the archives there was a post with the same purpose in there I suggest looking at it for some of the older users names.

Mine is Quneyan for Carden the Mightiest Dwarf

Renille · 01-20-2002, 05:25 PM

My name was one of those spur of the moment things...I had a longer one, but I didn't like it. So I shortened it to Renille, which I liked alot better.

fireworks19 · 01-20-2002, 05:39 PM

My name is the shortened verison of my email address (justwatchingthefireworks) which comes from the name of a song by Jimmy Eat World, a favortie band of mine. The song is Just Watch the Fireworks, and its very pretty. =) The number is just random.

emplynx · 01-20-2002, 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by FrodoFriend
Well, uh . . . I think mine's pretty obvious. Am madly obsessed with Frodo, etc, etc.

Considering you have him in your bed and all...

Alethes · 01-20-2002, 06:03 PM

I think Alethes is Greek for truth, true, or some form of the word.

I like the way it sounds (or at least the way I pronounce it, since I can't speak Greek) and the meaning, so I just picked it for my username.

Frodo's Girl · 01-20-2002, 07:15 PM

I think my name is pretty obvious too! That is since I looove Elijah Wood(Frodo)!!

***gdl96*** · 01-20-2002, 08:04 PM

gdl is my initials. My first name is Greg.

FrodoFriend · 01-20-2002, 08:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by emplynx

Considering you have him in your bed and all...

That was pure coincidence! I had no idea!!

jerseydevil · 01-20-2002, 08:22 PM

My user name comes from a New Jersey legend dating back from the early 1700's. Supposedly in 1735 a woman - Mrs. Leeds of Smithville was having a 13th child. She was tired of having children and cursed it during childbirth and said "I wish it was the devil" At which point when the child was born it sprouted wings - killed several people in the birthing room and flew out the window. Ever since it has terrorized and been seen thourghout Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. There are of course several variations on the legend - but that its the most common one.

The devil stilll resides in New Jersey within the forests of the Pine Barrens that cover nearly 1/3 of New Jersey. We used to tell horror stories about the Jersey Devil on the school bus - so I decided to use it as my user name. Also because I love New Jersey.

That, by the way, in case peope don't know - is why our professional hockey team is called the New Jersey Devils. It has nothing to do with the satanic variety - although I am waiting for an outcry from the hard core religious people.

If you want more info - check out this website -Devil Hunters

Also there is a cool movie called the Last Broadcast - it came before The Blair Witch Project and is much better - but it's about a couple of people in search of the New Jersey Devil.
Last Broadcast DVD

Oh here's a website for the Pine Barrens - for those that think that NJ is just paved from end to end and has no trees. NJ Pine Barrens

***HOBBIT*** · 01-20-2002, 09:25 PM

hehe http://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/show...highlight=user

***HOBBIT*** · 01-20-2002, 09:30 PM

This thread is cool, we have all new users and that one is archived. Just thought you might want to read it.

Wayfarer · 01-21-2002, 08:40 PM

Huh...

Wayfarer comes from the name of my Middle earth character, Edrandir the Far-traveled. That's something like 'Lone Wanderer' i.e. Wayfarer.

CardenIAntauraNauco · 01-21-2002, 09:00 PM

Quote:

Fartraveler

There are some interesting ways to divide that into syllables.

samwise of the shire · 01-21-2002, 09:24 PM

Because my favorite character is Sam Gamgee (When I used to go the Barrowdowns) I tried to put my name as just Sam but there was somebody over there who already had that name so I decided to add his homeland into my handle and thus Samwise Of The Shire.
Sam

Wayfarer · 01-21-2002, 09:33 PM

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Originally posted by CardenIAntauraNauco

There are some interesting ways to divide that into syllables.

I wonder how you managed to quote something that wasn't in my post in the first place? ]: )

Arathorn · 01-22-2002, 04:46 AM

obviously, mine comes from the fact that someone beat me to Aragorn.

Also, seeing that Arathorn gets good airtime during big Aragorn moments ("I am Aragorn son of...") it seemed to the next best thing

Aragorn · 01-22-2002, 08:10 AM

Hehe, you're too slow you old gaffer, it's not my fault! Obviously my name means cheese in Spanish!

Lightice · 01-22-2002, 09:04 AM

My last name resembles Lightice, in Finnish. It doesn't mean it, though, but I've adapted it as my tag in most places of the web.

01-20-2002, 04:32 PM	#1
emplynx Self-Appointed Lord of the Free Peoples of the General Messages Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,214	Origin of a Name (User Name) I have seen some discussion in other threads about user names. I made this thread for people to tell the origin of theirs. The one I use on this forum is emplynx. It comes from the computer stragety game Outpost 2. The Lynx was a form of a assult vehicle and the EMP (electromagnetic pulse) was a weapon you could have on it. Hence, emplynx.

01-20-2002, 04:35 PM	#2
FrodoFriend Halfwitted Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Eryn Vorn Posts: 1,659	Well, uh . . . I think mine's pretty obvious. Am madly obsessed with Frodo, etc, etc. __________________ Fingolfin lives! ... in my finger! The Crossroads of Arda - Warning. Halfwit content. Not appropriate for people with IQ of over 18. The Fellowship of the Message Board Nyáréonié - The Tale of Tears

01-20-2002, 04:46 PM	#3
CardenIAntauraNauco Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: rural oklahoma Posts: 324	Look in the archives there was a post with the same purpose in there I suggest looking at it for some of the older users names. Mine is Quneyan for Carden the Mightiest Dwarf __________________ "We will have peace","Yes we will have peace...we will have peace when you and all your works have perished - and the works of your dark lord to whom you would deliver us. You are a liar,Saruman,and a corrupter of men's hearts. You hold out your hand to me and I percieve only a finger of the claw of Mordor. Cruel and cold! Even if your war on me was just - as it was not,for were you ten times as wise you would have no right to rule me and mine, for your own profit you desired-even so, what will you say of your Torches in westfold and the children that lie dead there? And they hewed Hama's body before the gates of Hornburg, after he was dead. When you hang from a gibbet at your window for the sport of your own crows, I will have peace with you and Orthanc. So much for the House of Eorl. A lesser son of greater Sires am I, but I do not need to lick your fingers. Turn elsewither for I fear your voice has lost it's charm.

01-20-2002, 05:25 PM	#4
Renille Elven Lady of Speed-posting Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the cheese state Posts: 988	My name was one of those spur of the moment things...I had a longer one, but I didn't like it. So I shortened it to Renille, which I liked alot better. __________________ Oh the thinks you can think! Think and wonder and dream...far and wide as you dare! When your thinks have run dry, in the blink of an eye, there's another world there... (from Seussical the Musical. Listen to it...watch it...really.)

01-20-2002, 05:39 PM	#5
fireworks19 Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Indiana Posts: 156	My name is the shortened verison of my email address (justwatchingthefireworks) which comes from the name of a song by Jimmy Eat World, a favortie band of mine. The song is Just Watch the Fireworks, and its very pretty. =) The number is just random. __________________ Just Watch the Fireworks Just Meet Fireworks =)

01-20-2002, 06:03 PM	#7
Alethes Enting Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: urban Oklahoma Posts: 73	I think Alethes is Greek for truth, true, or some form of the word. I like the way it sounds (or at least the way I pronounce it, since I can't speak Greek) and the meaning, so I just picked it for my username. __________________ He who loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious will have the king for his friend. -Proverbs 22:11

01-20-2002, 07:15 PM	#8
Frodo's Girl Sapling Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 11	I think my name is pretty obvious too! That is since I looove Elijah Wood(Frodo)!! __________________ -Bounce

01-20-2002, 08:04 PM	#9
*gdl96* the greg the admin Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: NJ Posts: 2,101	gdl is my initials. My first name is Greg.

01-20-2002, 08:22 PM	#11
jerseydevil I am Freddie/UNDERCOVER/ Founder of The Great Continent of Entmoot Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Plainsboro, NJ Posts: 9,431	Origin of JerseyDevil My user name comes from a New Jersey legend dating back from the early 1700's. Supposedly in 1735 a woman - Mrs. Leeds of Smithville was having a 13th child. She was tired of having children and cursed it during childbirth and said "I wish it was the devil" At which point when the child was born it sprouted wings - killed several people in the birthing room and flew out the window. Ever since it has terrorized and been seen thourghout Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. There are of course several variations on the legend - but that its the most common one. The devil stilll resides in New Jersey within the forests of the Pine Barrens that cover nearly 1/3 of New Jersey. We used to tell horror stories about the Jersey Devil on the school bus - so I decided to use it as my user name. Also because I love New Jersey. That, by the way, in case peope don't know - is why our professional hockey team is called the New Jersey Devils. It has nothing to do with the satanic variety - although I am waiting for an outcry from the hard core religious people. If you want more info - check out this website -Devil Hunters Also there is a cool movie called the Last Broadcast - it came before The Blair Witch Project and is much better - but it's about a couple of people in search of the New Jersey Devil. Last Broadcast DVD Oh here's a website for the Pine Barrens - for those that think that NJ is just paved from end to end and has no trees. NJ Pine Barrens __________________ Come back! Come back! To Mordor we will take you! "The only thing better than a great plan is implementing a great plan" - JerseyDevil "If everyone agreed with me all the time, everything would be just fine"- JerseyDevil AboutNewJersey.com New Jersey MessageBoard Another Tolkien Forum Memorial to the Twin Towers New Jersey Map Fellowship of the Messageboard Legend of the Jersey Devil Support New Jersey's Liberty Tower Peacefire.org AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide Last edited by jerseydevil : 01-20-2002 at 09:04 PM.

01-20-2002, 09:25 PM	#12
*HOBBIT* Saviour of Entmoot Admiral Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: NC/NJ (no longer Same place as bmilder.) Posts: 61,986	hehe http://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/show...highlight=user __________________ President Emeritus (2000-2004) Private message (or email) me if you need any assistance. I am here to help! "I'm up to here with cool, ok? I'm so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis" - Zaphod Beeblebrox Latest Blog Post: Just Quit Facebook? No One Cares!

01-20-2002, 09:30 PM	#13
*HOBBIT* Saviour of Entmoot Admiral Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: NC/NJ (no longer Same place as bmilder.) Posts: 61,986	This thread is cool, we have all new users and that one is archived. Just thought you might want to read it. __________________ President Emeritus (2000-2004) Private message (or email) me if you need any assistance. I am here to help! "I'm up to here with cool, ok? I'm so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis" - Zaphod Beeblebrox Latest Blog Post: Just Quit Facebook? No One Cares!

01-21-2002, 08:40 PM	#14
Wayfarer The Insufferable Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,333	Huh... Wayfarer comes from the name of my Middle earth character, Edrandir the Far-traveled. That's something like 'Lone Wanderer' i.e. Wayfarer. __________________ Disgraced he may be, yet is not dethroned, and keeps the rags of lordship once he owned Last edited by Wayfarer : 01-21-2002 at 09:34 PM.

01-21-2002, 09:24 PM	#16
samwise of the shire Radically Tolkienited Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: If home is where the heart is, and my heart is in heaven...that should answer your question. <+>< Posts: 967	Because my favorite character is Sam Gamgee (When I used to go the Barrowdowns) I tried to put my name as just Sam but there was somebody over there who already had that name so I decided to add his homeland into my handle and thus Samwise Of The Shire. Sam __________________ Jesus is my all in all <><+<><+<><+<><+<><+<><+ People who are so concerned with escapism do have a name...we call them jailers. ~J.R.R Tolkien Radically Saved, Totally Tolkienited GOD... BLESS... AMERICA...

01-22-2002, 04:46 AM	#18
Arathorn Bard of Mangled Songs Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: West of Middle Earth...oh alright...Manila Posts: 2,679	obviously, mine comes from the fact that someone beat me to Aragorn. Also, seeing that Arathorn gets good airtime during big Aragorn moments ("I am Aragorn son of...") it seemed to the next best thing __________________ Power attracts the corruptible. Absolute power attracts the absolutely corruptible. -Missionaria Protectiva, Frank Herbert *Accio, Ash Nazg!* Elennuru s?la lúmenn' omentielvo* (The Death Star shines on the hour of our meeting) - Darth Arathorn Put aside the ranger... Start looking for Mumakil action figures...

01-22-2002, 08:10 AM	#19
Aragorn Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Anywhere but where I should be. Posts: 369	Hehe, you're too slow you old gaffer, it's not my fault! Obviously my name means cheese in Spanish! __________________ And they carried them to the flatlands But they died along the way And they built up with their bare hands What we still can't do today. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO till the day I die.

01-22-2002, 09:04 AM	#20
Lightice Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 192	My last name resembles Lightice, in Finnish. It doesn't mean it, though, but I've adapted it as my tag in most places of the web.

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