Where did you get your username from?

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  • sodavlacsodavlac Posts: 10,607
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    Matalan.
  • An ThropologistAn Thropologist Posts: 39,854
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    I've explained mine a few times too, but not recently so:

    I love ballroom and latin, and used to dance. The Rhumba was a bit of a favourite.

    My daughter had the DVD of Cats - she watched it endlessly, but I got her to call me in whenever the RumTumTugger came on because he was rather spectacularly awesome.

    I also have a longstanding love for the poem, and for the Tugger particularly as my Father used to quote it at me when I was being particularly contrary.

    Thus - Rhumbatugger - a sort of tribute name.

    Just spotted this on my way through to chatter ( where BTW there is a 5000 post thread called user name silliness - also a part 2 but it had drifted in focus by the time it got part twoed) I have often wondered about your name Rhumbatugger. I got the Rhumba bit of course but wondered about the rest. It never seemed appropriate to ask on SCD threads. So now I know! :) See you in October. :)
  • highking1014highking1014 Posts: 1,189
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    Mine is relating to the Battle of Clontarf involving the Vikings and Irish Gaels, I would like to change it though as there were far more interesting battles than this as I was a novice on Irish-Viking history when I created the account.
  • RhumbatuggerRhumbatugger Posts: 85,713
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    Just spotted this on my way through to chatter ( where BTW there is a 5000 post thread called user name silliness - also a part 2 but it had drifted in focus by the time it got part twoed) I have often wondered about your name Rhumbatugger. I got the Rhumba bit of course but wondered about the rest. It never seemed appropriate to ask on SCD threads. So now I know! :) See you in October. :)

    Hey:) and you demonstrate your name:) Nice to see you An.

    And you certainly will see me then:D
  • Joni MJoni M Posts: 70,225
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    I've explained mine a few times too, but not recently so:

    I love ballroom and latin, and used to dance. The Rhumba was a bit of a favourite.

    My daughter had the DVD of Cats - she watched it endlessly, but I got her to call me in whenever the RumTumTugger came on because he was rather spectacularly awesome.

    I also have a longstanding love for the poem, and for the Tugger particularly as my Father used to quote it at me when I was being particularly contrary.

    Thus - Rhumbatugger - a sort of tribute name.

    So glad you're back Rhumba xxxx (We've moved to Books now):blush:

    That's interesting.

    Shmisk, yours is one I wondered about, but still not sure what it means... is it Star Wars?
  • DangerBrotherDangerBrother Posts: 1,623
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    Mine is a tribute to Rik Mayall, but I couldn't fit the ous

    I was going to use Mik Rayall, quite liked that.
  • RhumbatuggerRhumbatugger Posts: 85,713
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    Joni M wrote: »
    So glad you're back Rhumba xxxx (We've moved to Books now):blush:

    That's interesting.

    Shmisk, yours is one I wondered about, but still not sure what it means... is it Star Wars?

    Who has moved to books, darling? Not the R thread?
  • Joni MJoni M Posts: 70,225
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    Who has moved to books, darling? Not the R thread?

    Yep :)
    http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?p=73531507&posted=1#post73531507
  • RhumbatuggerRhumbatugger Posts: 85,713
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    Joni M wrote: »

    Thank you Joni, and for the welcome back:)
  • vosnevosne Posts: 14,131
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    I'm pretentious. And crimson. And French,
  • SplotSplot Posts: 600
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    From a character in the Mega Drive game Ultima IV.
  • nethwennethwen Posts: 23,374
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    No need to be funny people! was just asking how did you THINK it up not where u got it :o

    Funny is DS. ;)

    I got mine from Professor Tolkien. Sort of.
  • The 12th DoctorThe 12th Doctor Posts: 4,338
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    Eleven people got there first.
  • kampffenhoffkampffenhoff Posts: 1,556
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    Mine is part of two family names put together.
  • jrajra Posts: 48,325
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    My first name is Brett.

    My last name is Stoker.

    Simples really.

    This is what happens when you watch The Fifth Element too much.
    Cryolemon wrote: »
    Hypnodisc was awesome.

    Anyhow, I've explained my username a few times, it's a mixture of two previous ones, Cryomaniac and Lemon Flavoured Lemming. The first is intentionally ironic, because it's the opposite of a pyromaniac, which I was something of as a teenager, the second is a local slang derived joke on my tendency to fall in love with lesbians.

    And you used those criteria to arrive at a username. :eek:
    No need to be funny people! was just asking how did you THINK it up not where u got it :eek:

    There was no thinking to be done, it's my initials.
    mine just came into my head and a legend was born :-D

    Okaaaaay. Whatever you say.
  • SJ_MentalSJ_Mental Posts: 16,138
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    It was my tag in a PS2 game when I joined, The first part is the abbreviation of the clans name and the second part is what they named me as I was always gung ho.
  • shmiskshmisk Posts: 7,963
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    Joni M wrote: »
    So glad you're back Rhumba xxxx (We've moved to Books now):blush:

    That's interesting.

    Shmisk, yours is one I wondered about, but still not sure what it means... is it Star Wars?

    yes - Shmii Skywalker was Anakins mother
  • HeartacheHeartache Posts: 4,299
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    My favourite band is Rammstein, one of their albums is Herzaloid, and Heartache is a translation of that.
  • TakaeTakae Posts: 13,555
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    My birth certificate.

    It wasn't meant to be my username, though. I typed it in what I thought was a first-name box for DS administration only. I was too lazy to do anything about it once I realised my mistake. My planned username was Danny Go, the title of a track from TMGE's album Gear Blues.
  • duckymallardduckymallard Posts: 13,936
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    The character in the TV Show N.C.I.S.

    I reckoned most members would be a tad young to remember Illya Kuryakin :D
  • SaigoSaigo Posts: 7,893
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    From novel 'The Ninja' by Eric Lustbader.
  • soransoran Posts: 1,646
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    vosne wrote: »
    I'm pretentious. And crimson. And French,

    And everyone thought you just were just a wash n go product. :p

    My username? Well let's just say I am still looking for the Nexus ribbon
  • I-poo-rainbowsI-poo-rainbows Posts: 92
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    It's a medical condition i have :D
  • Sniffle774Sniffle774 Posts: 20,290
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    Way back when 56k was cutting edge I joined an online group and Sniffle774 was my assigned random user name. Just kinda kept it since then.
  • simasima Posts: 1,464
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    been me nickname all me life, surname shortened.

    wasn't till i started playing checkers/pool online (took some rime for me to figure it out), did I find out sima is also a lasses name in middle east. had all these young lads chatting me up & one nutter saying i was a terrorist, wasn't till I slagged of allah did he believe me ;o)
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