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Title: Username?
Post by: Leave a Whisper on March 03, 2015, 10:51:28 AM
What made you choose it? Got a story behind it?

I chose Leave a Whisper because one I wanted something pretty and unique and two I first heard the phrase "Leave a whisper and nothing more" in a fantastic fanfic and really liked it.
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Post by: melodys_angel on March 03, 2015, 10:53:58 AM
I thinkt here was a thread like this awhile back :)

Mines..complicated but involves what was happening around the time I chose it and has to do with a particular video game, and music :)
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Post by: mopthebunny on March 03, 2015, 10:56:57 AM
Mine comes from a joke email address my brother and I made ages ago. After my old email address got hacked, I decided to start using the unused joke 'mopthebunny' one.

'Mop' is actually a toy rabbit of my brothers that I made XD
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Post by: Sora on March 03, 2015, 10:58:47 AM
Kingdom Hearts. I'm the least creative when it comes to usernames :silly:
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Post by: kaoskat on March 03, 2015, 10:59:15 AM
*shrugs* It just is.
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Post by: UrocyonFox on March 03, 2015, 11:12:45 AM
urocyon cinereoargenteus, funny enough was taken as an email on gmail so I kept the genus and changed the species to just fox. It worked on almost everything, I have gotten urocyonfox on almost everything I've ever signed up for now!
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Post by: SourdoughStomper on March 03, 2015, 11:16:37 AM
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The name of my old square dancing group up in Whitehorse. :)
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Post by: Harmonie on March 03, 2015, 11:18:30 AM
It came from a My Little Pony name generator some time ago, and I remember thinking "Hey, I actually like that! =P", and then when joining here it felt like the most appropriate username.
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Post by: Miniature Sheep on March 03, 2015, 11:25:58 AM
Mine is taken from my pony character's name, which in turn came from the initial root that a plant puts down before it starts building a full root system in the ground. It's also a reference to a nu-metal band because I make a lot of tongue-in-cheek references to early 00s music in some short, silly and very surreal stories. :drunk:
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Post by: Pheasant on March 03, 2015, 12:03:52 PM
Sundown was the name of an old MLP character I created in my teens. I've considered changing it multiple times, but quite a few people know me by this name so I think I'll stick with it.
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Post by: Shimmer Mist on March 03, 2015, 12:25:36 PM
Pony OC of mine.
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Post by: Kiwi on March 03, 2015, 12:32:48 PM
Mine came from my persona - I created her first, playing around in MS Paint. Then when I signed up here I just used that. :)
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Post by: hathorcat on March 03, 2015, 12:34:08 PM
My beloved kitty's name :) And that fact she is no longer with me makes the name a lovely memorial.

Plus Ancient Egypt myths and legends and history rocks :P
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Post by: mlp4me on March 03, 2015, 12:38:12 PM
Hmmm... It's an easy one. MLP's are for me! (Yup, yup!)
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Post by: Skeen on March 03, 2015, 01:22:53 PM
"Skeen" is the protagonist of a series of terrible books I read in high school. 
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Post by: CoonhoundBetty on March 03, 2015, 01:47:28 PM
"Skeen" is the protagonist of a series of terrible books I read in high school.
Huh, I always thought it was a play on a skein of yarn, since you sew lol

Mine just sounds good in my head LOL I have 2 Plott hounds, and 'Betty' flowed well haha
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Post by: Skeen on March 03, 2015, 02:47:36 PM
"Skeen" is the protagonist of a series of terrible books I read in high school.
Huh, I always thought it was a play on a skein of yarn, since you sew lol

Mine just sounds good in my head LOL I have 2 Plott hounds, and 'Betty' flowed well haha

Nah, I wasn't aware I could sew til like a year ago.  Plus I'm not that clever!  XD
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Post by: ponylady on March 03, 2015, 02:58:24 PM
When I first started collecting my hubby started referring to me as "ponylady" instead of calling me by my first name.
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Post by: Sukey on March 03, 2015, 03:00:08 PM
Mine is a nickname from high school.
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Post by: CadePony on March 03, 2015, 03:02:28 PM
The "Cade" portion of my username is a nickname that I gave to one of my favorite Transformers characters (Barricade from the live-action movies). As for the "Pony" portion of my username... *shrugs* I don't know why, I just added it to "Cade" and left it at that.
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Post by: zombienixon on March 03, 2015, 03:03:25 PM
I can't remember exactly, but it may have come from an assignment I had to write for English class in my Junior year of high school. I think it had something to do with what the future would be like, and I wrote down something about Newscorp resurrecting Richard Nixon as a zombie to run against a cyborg Al Gore in that year's presidential election. I started using the name for a few games, but now I use it in some form for a lot of websites.
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Post by: lochnessmomster on March 03, 2015, 03:09:49 PM
I was living in Scotland when I first became a member here and had three kids at the time (now four).  I once joked to my children that my angry self was a "momster," so it just sorta clicked.  ^.^
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Post by: PrincessStarlily on March 03, 2015, 04:04:14 PM
Princess Starlily is a character that lives in the Ponyland my cousin and I made up when we were little. ^.^ Queens Star Catcher and Lily Lightly ruled the country (we loved the G1 cartoons, so Megan was also a main character), and I made the two of them Starlily's grandmothers. (Get it? Star...lily? :P) Not only is she the first-ever winged unicorn in my world, but also Ponyland's historian and recorder, as I love history and genealogy.

Really it's a nostalgic name for me, as I came up with it when I was like ten and have never considered changing it...even after adding three more ponysonas to the ranks, Starlily will always remain in my heart as the first and best. :heart:
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Post by: Diamond on March 03, 2015, 05:15:44 PM
Mine is simple, it comes from my birthstone...
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Post by: northstar3184 on March 03, 2015, 08:47:03 PM
northstar is a synonym for the name of a favorite Marvel superhero: Polaris. The 3184 are the 4 digits in my six-digit birthday: 10-31-84.
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Post by: princessluna11706 on March 03, 2015, 08:50:59 PM
Mine is Sailor Moon based, the FIM character is an awesome coincidence!  I'm a huge moonie, and way back I had named my cat Luna after the cat in the show.  Usagi/Serena is the moon princess, and luna also means moon, so I put those together, added my then zip code (no real reason, to be unique maybe? lol) and there ya go!

A few peeps I know here call me "princessluna buncha numbers" and I actually kinda like that :heart:
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Post by: Rainbowrific Renia on March 04, 2015, 06:16:49 AM
Mine is the name of my one and only pony OC.

Although I've been thinking of requesting to change my username to my actual first name, since I'm 99% sure no one else on here has the same name as me irl.  :lol:
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Post by: Strawberry Swirl on March 04, 2015, 06:45:47 AM
Well I AM Sapphire Rain so!
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Post by: Tribble79 on March 04, 2015, 07:42:48 AM
I'm a huge trekkie!! My favorite star trek critter is a tribble. I feel it identifies me as a trekkie and sci fi lover. 79 is my birth year. I use this name all over the internet.
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Post by: elvenwine26 on March 04, 2015, 08:34:26 AM
My screen name is old as dirt.  I like elves, though I liked wine(I actually hate wine, gin for life!) my bday is on the 26th day or the month. P:  Pretty dull but I never have to fight anyone for my screen name so it's mines.
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Post by: Libelle on March 04, 2015, 09:22:30 AM
My favourite pony is G1 High Flyer which sports a dragonfly as its symbol. "Libelle" is German for "dragonfly". Simple as that. :P
Title: Re: Username?
Post by: Leave a Whisper on March 04, 2015, 09:37:32 AM
I can't remember exactly, but it may have come from an assignment I had to write for English class in my Junior year of high school. I think it had something to do with what the future would be like, and I wrote down something about Newscorp resurrecting Richard Nixon as a zombie to run against a cyborg Al Gore in that year's presidential election. I started using the name for a few games, but now I use it in some form for a lot of websites.

 :haha: That sounds awesomely funny
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Post by: Ivaness on March 04, 2015, 10:51:50 AM
Ivan is my son's name, and ESS is a feminine suffix, I guess.  Ivaness originally came to life on World of Warcraft. :D
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Post by: Carrehz on March 04, 2015, 05:04:36 PM
Mine's derived from the name I used to go by on the internet, Carrie. I used it when I was making a deviantART account and for some reason it just stuck. -shrug-
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Post by: invaderhorizongreen on March 04, 2015, 06:36:36 PM
For me I see myself as a person from another world, as for the other half, it is from a magical stone in an choose your own adventure book.
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Post by: Marlin on March 04, 2015, 09:03:24 PM
Marlin is my boy cat  :)  And I just like the name  :blush:
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Post by: Ponykit on March 04, 2015, 09:32:06 PM
I actually didn't give myself this username, but the 'kit' comes from Warriors (really young cats have -kit as part of their name, like Leafkit) and the Pony part is obvious.
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Post by: Teddy on March 04, 2015, 11:52:05 PM
Mine is my favorite Tales character. ;)

The first time I went into a MLP chatroom (DreamValley, back in 1999) I had to think of a username. My first thought was Teddy because I was obsessed with him and the Tales series. The name stuck and I've been known as "Teddy" everywhere in the MLP world ever since.
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Post by: buddyboymama on March 05, 2015, 12:28:13 AM
Love this thread! I think I first used buddyboymama as my Words With Friends username, and it stuck. At the time, I didn't have any non-furry kids, and I treated my dog like a kid (still do sometimes). Now I have two non-furry kids ... both girls. I've thought of changing it to something pony related, but I use it everywhere.
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Post by: mylittleponysparkle on March 05, 2015, 03:21:32 PM
I love ponies with sparkly hair like Birthday pony G1 is one of my favorites so that's why I choose mylittleponysparkle : )
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Post by: Sprinklecupcake on March 06, 2015, 03:04:51 AM
Oooh what a fun thread! :biggrin:

Well... I created a while ago this evil character in some video game and wanted to give it a girly cute name. I named it cupcake....but that was taken. sprinkle cupcake.... wasnt taken LOL so from there i used it on everything, every username. I used to add 'puff' to the end of it to make it more riduculous. Nowadays, I go by 'Princess Lala Sprinklecupcake' as im often refered to a Disney princess by family, friends, and coworkers and Lala has been my nickname since 7th grade because Lari is apparently too hard to remember and not (as) cute as Lala.
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Post by: Miss_Pompon on March 06, 2015, 03:15:04 AM
Mine is the nickname my grand mother gave me when I was 2 years old, much easier to use than the one my mom gave me (mon petit agneau/my little lamb) at least on non pony boards :D
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Post by: Artemesia's Garden on March 06, 2015, 03:19:37 AM
My name was an old facebook name I was using, after Artemisia Gentileschi.  She painted a rather stirring picture of two women be-hedding a man with a rusty sword. I had a break up issue.
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Post by: Aerora on March 06, 2015, 03:40:21 AM
Kingdom Hearts. I'm the least creative when it comes to usernames :silly:

... yeah, same  :yikes:

Aerora is a spell from KH/Final Fantasy! It's also kind of close to what I was almost named, but I don't remember if that was related to why I started using it.
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Post by: barbgirl1999 on March 06, 2015, 10:20:58 AM
If I take the time to capitalize mine correctly, it's BarBGirl1999...but most sites revert it back to all lower case, so I don't bother anymore, lol.  It's "BarBie Girl" because I've been a Barbie collector for as long as I can remember and 1999 is the year I graduated High School. 

Fun fact - BarBGirl was my first email address EVER, back when you still had to pay for an AOL address, haha!  I added the 1999 after high school and I've used it ever since.  Everywhere.  If you google it, you get like, 40 pages of my stuff, LOL!
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Post by: Ivaness on March 06, 2015, 04:00:39 PM
My name was an old facebook name I was using, after Artemisia Gentileschi.  She painted a rather stirring picture of two women be-hedding a man with a rusty sword. I had a break up issue.
I have a book about her. I loved reading it!  So, when I saw your name, that was who I immediately thought of. :)
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Post by: HelloGoodbye on March 06, 2015, 09:28:37 PM
The Beatles are far and away my favorite band (my avatar is also evidence of that) so I like using Beatle inspired things for my user names.  HelloGoodbye is definitely my most common username because a). it's a great song and b). it just has a nice ring to it.  I used PennyLane for a while on some other websites, but that name is often taken, so I just switched over to using HelloGoodbye as my first choice.  It's not the most creative name, but I quite like it :)
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Post by: QueenNatalie on March 08, 2015, 08:53:23 AM
Mine is kind of a long story.  ^^; When I was a kid I used to write stories and then my friends and I would act them out with ponies. One of the characters was named Natalie and she was kind of a spoiled brat. Hence, Queen Natalie.  ^.^ Also, her pony actor was Cool Breeze, which is why she is my avatar.
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Post by: STLGusty on March 08, 2015, 09:30:41 AM
Back when Dream Valley's chat was around, I used the handle of Gusty while in the chat.  With Gusty being a rather popular pony at the time (and now, still, I guess!), I just added a STL in front of it (as that's the nearest big city to me and I love all of the St. Louis sports teams).  I toyed with making my user name HockeyPony, as that used to be part of my signature in the old mail groups (I think it was like Gusty/Glory the HockeyPony <\___~  or something weird like that).  Instead, I stuck with STLGusty and had the arena modify my title to be HockeyPony :)
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Post by: DazzleKitty on March 08, 2015, 10:52:38 AM
I've been using this name as an online alias for years. i just think it sounds really pretty.
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Post by: Lady_Manson on March 08, 2015, 06:57:25 PM
I got my user name on here from Marilyn Manson I used to be a Big Fan of his  I Still like him and everything but I am a Big Fan of Black Veil Bride's Now
 But I am still having to use The Manson one though
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Post by: nemubones on March 08, 2015, 09:29:18 PM
I took some Japanese courses in college and always remember nemu or nemui as being the verb or adjective meaning to sleep. My job course is late at night so I end up sleeping my work days away like a lazybones. Don't worry I get up on my days off, life's too short not to have fun.
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Post by: Haruna on March 08, 2015, 09:52:37 PM
My favorite manga series is High School Debut, and the main character's name is Haruna. :)
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Post by: Truly on March 10, 2015, 12:07:11 AM
From a so soft truly my very best friend got me, she saw Truly and had to get her for me "because she's just like you!" As I adore doves and have an albino dove :) also the super soft fur is great to touch, and my friend knows I have difficulty in feeling/touching things (difficult to explain, but when I touch something I feel like it's not actually there) and thought that as I get better I can feel the soft fur :)
In other words, Truly will always be special to me because of a great friend! So what could be a better username? :)
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Post by: lochnessmomster on March 11, 2015, 01:40:48 PM
From a so soft truly my very best friend got me, she saw Truly and had to get her for me "because she's just like you!" As I adore doves and have an albino dove :) also the super soft fur is great to touch, and my friend knows I have difficulty in feeling/touching things (difficult to explain, but when I touch something I feel like it's not actually there) and thought that as I get better I can feel the soft fur :)
In other words, Truly will always be special to me because of a great friend! So what could be a better username? :)

Such a sweet story behind your username. :heart:
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Post by: ringwraith10 on March 13, 2015, 01:45:33 PM
Everyone thought there were 9 Ringwraiths... but I'm the forgotten tenth. ;) I've had this username on every website ever since the early 2000s. I would start using a different one, but this is what everyone on the whole internet knows me as, so that would be difficult!

I can say when I first used it, though: on the really old Nintendo forums you were allowed to use special characters in your username, so I made up Ringwraith#10. But then all of the other websites I used didn't allow special characters, so the # sign went away.
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Post by: Iris Patch on March 13, 2015, 08:19:36 PM
I have gone by Growly or Denali all over the internet for the longest time, but I wanted a pony-specific username for here, so I used my ponysona. :)
Iris Patch's name works on multiple levels- I like purple, patches because I sew, iris patch is a bit of a pun itself, and Iris was the song my husband and I danced to at our wedding. ^_^
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Post by: SilverHealer on March 16, 2015, 06:53:16 AM
I started writing this fantasy story when I was 13, and it evolved five years later into an epic trilogy (never finished :( ).  A sect of extremely powerful unicorns trained to hone in on and fine-tune their magic were called Silver Healers, with their "graduates" being called White Healers.  They did pretty much everything in their herd groups. 
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Post by: SourdoughStomper on March 16, 2015, 06:57:02 AM
:tackleglomp: Silver! Good to see you again. I was thinking about you just the other day.

I never did get to finish reading that Fanfic you'd written, back in the day.
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