I'm just wondering if y'all care to explain some of your interesting pen names, why you chose them or what they mean. Mine of course is self-explanatory, but some of you have very unusual pen names, as if of another language or something. Tartugas...outis...and the like.

nobby nobbs is a character from the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobby_Nobbs

Brokenhearted,

"outis" comes from the Odyssey. It's what Odysseus claimed as his name when he fooled the Cyclops, Polyphemus. My favorite translation of the Odyssey renders it as "Noman" and my sig for the first few years I was here was


A few months after I wrote to the police about the last perp I changed to the sig line I have now. That's what Odysseus said back at home, just before he cast off the rags that disguised him as a beggar.

I had no avatar until a couple weeks ago, which I felt was ok, for an "outis." This new avatar fits with "outis" nicely as well. I took the picture in the woods behind my house.

Thanks,

Joe

... in greek mythology, selene is a full moon goddess ... part of a triple goddess aspect with artemis (waxing crescent moon) and hecate (waning moon) ... selene was the daughter of hyperion and theia and one of the deities of light during the dynasty of the titans ...

hugs,
selene

sabata....from a old weatern movie...back in the days when you had to be tough to surive...and a gun decided a lot

BH,

What a totally cool thread! I wish I had something profound to add, but, well, Trish is just my name

ROCK ON..........Trish

Very cool thread!


Beccy is the name I always used to use in games as a child. I was always 'Beccy'.....seems funny now I think about!


peace
beccy

Life can be "sweet" and life can be "sour." There are moments it can be both at the same time and I'm often perplexed by the irony of it all.

Initials. Sorry, I'm not very original. :-)

as a kid i was attached to my brother yeah like his shadow thats what they called me shadowkid