Why Name/Nickname?

[muhsin]

I don't actually know the idea behind naming people as soon as they were born. Why not nameless? What do you think of that?

Again, notwithstanding ones given name, we use to also get "nickname". Why? If we agree with the idea of naming why again nickname?

Passingly, there're two question mentioned above; Name & of Nickname?

[Taliesin]

Well, we think that for example he could answer this question. We are also quite sure that he and he know the answer. It is rumoured that she is also quite well versed on the topic.
And, of course, we can't forget his famous quote about them, you know.
Have we answered your question?
Sounds, although, as we have heard it before - didn't she ask something similar?

[EAP]

I, D-503, Builder of the Integral, am only one of the mathematicians of the One State.

At least Winston had a name.

[Pensive]

Again, notwithstanding ones given name, we use to also get "nickname". Why? If we agree with the idea of naming why again nickname?
Ok. Now, you must have gotten the concept of why it is important to "name" someone. :) Now, the question is why have nick names.

There can be several reasons for it:

1: Anonymity (for internet.)

2: Not liking your name, it wasn't you who decided your name after all. And instead of getting back and changing your name in records, isn't it easier to create a username you like.

3: Your friends and relatives change your names from something to another because of your personality. :p Well, personally I think that it can be a real fun. :D

4: Your name is too long. Why spend too much time writing the whole form of it? :p

[muhsin]

Well, we think that for example he could answer this question. We are also quite sure that he and he know the answer. It is rumoured that she is also quite well versed on the topic.
And, of course, we can't forget his famous quote about them, you know.
Have we answered your question?
Sounds, although, as we have heard it before - didn't she ask something similar?


At least Winston had a name.
What a great thought you guys have done?


Ok. Now, you must have gotten the concept of why it is important to "name" someone. :) Now, the question is why have nick names.

There can be several reasons for it:

1: Anonymity (for internet.)

2: Not liking your name, it wasn't you who decided your name after all. And instead of getting back and changing your name in records, isn't it easier to create a username you like.

3: Your friends and relatives change your names from something to another because of your personality. :p Well, personally I think that it can be a real fun. :D

4: Your name is too long. Why spend too much time writing the whole form of it? :p

Well, some of your given reasons are quite......let me use that word "personal" to your look at the matter Pensive. But not really real, I suspect.

[ShoutGrace]

At least Winston had a name.


Bingo.



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[Pensive]

Well, some of your given reasons are quite......let me use that word "personal" to your look at the matter Pensive. But not really real, I suspect.
Well, yes, the reasons other than "anonymity" I gave about nick-names were my own personal views about the matter.

But anonymity is quite a "valid/real" reason as far as I can think, for choosing a nickname in the forums. I think that there will be some people in every forum who wouldn't like to reveal their real name for the sake of anonymity. For more questions about anonymity, there is always that thread "why be anonymous?" (or what was it I have forgotten the title but by some search you will absolutely find it.)

[muhsin]

Well, yes, the reasons other than "anonymity" I gave about nick-names were my own personal views about the matter.

But anonymity is quite a "valid/real" reason as far as I can think, for choosing a nickname in the forums. I think that there will be some people in every forum who wouldn't like to reveal their real name for the sake of anonymity. For more questions about anonymity, there is always that thread "why be anonymous?" (or what was it I have forgotten the title but by some search you will absolutely find it.)

I too had one on that issue but yet unsatified with all the replies posted there Pensive.
I your user name not your real name? Why.....:crash:

[mir]

nicknames and pseudonyms, i think partly because you can choose your name rather than using the name somebody else chose for you, which you may not like. i hate my real name, so i use a pseudonym "mir" that has a lot more meaning for me.

[Pensive]

I too had one on that issue but yet unsatified with all the replies posted there Pensive.
I your user name not your real name? Why.....:crash:
Because I like myself to be called "Pensive." :)

[Laindessiel]

Are you always in a pensive mood, Pense? Why the strong emotion as a "username"? Could've been anything...

As for me, I really had the thought of using my real name for this forum but instead wrote Laindessiel on the blank. I think it's acceptable 'cause it's the Elven equivalent of it.

But for the others, for the sake of anonimity, as they've said.

[Misscaroline]

Mine's not anonymous at all- anyone of my friends who stumbled across the site could probably pick me out as the writer of Miss Caroline...

Instead, my username is that of the cathouse owner, operator and sometimes employee fictional character formed in my image. Flattering, no? :sick: SO...

[mockingbird]

Nicknames, I think because people like the idea of their friends or themselves choosing their name, or they like a name derived from their personality. & at birth, the right to an idenity has got to be a main reason. Not giving a child an identity is a contavention of human rights in the UN constitution.

[kilted exile]

Not giving a child an identity is a contavention of human rights in the UN constitution.

Bah, the child will get what I tell it it can get and like it.

[Niamh]

Ok. Now, you must have gotten the concept of why it is important to "name" someone. :) Now, the question is why have nick names.

There can be several reasons for it:

1: Anonymity (for internet.)

2: Not liking your name, it wasn't you who decided your name after all. And instead of getting back and changing your name in records, isn't it easier to create a username you like.

3: Your friends and relatives change your names from something to another because of your personality. :p Well, personally I think that it can be a real fun. :D

4: Your name is too long. Why spend too much time writing the whole form of it? :p

I agree with you pensive. These i suppose are many of the reasons why people change names or give nicknames.

But on that note i'm not anon. Niamh is my real name and although i didn't really like it when i was young i do now. i use my real name because i'm proud to have it.:D
( This pride may or may not have to do with gaining an appriciation for my name after too many terrible nicknames given to me over the years. :blush: Noddy, Shorty,twits,(After Dahl) twinnie and twinnie eile to name but a few.:bawling: my current nickname is nymph after someone wrote it in a card when trying to spell my name. dont mind that one though. it goes with my faery obsession!:) )

[SummerSolstice]

I don't know if I'm just wierd this way, but a lot of what I do is actually just me figuring me out. I often try to notice things about myself that say something about who I am: maybe the CDs sitting on my stereo, from twangy country to jazz to a particularly rawky Christian rawk. :D Maybe the odd assortment of notes and fliers pinned up on my bulletin board, from an application for a job at the university newspaper to a quote by A.A. Milne. The clothes I wear, the words I use, even the facial expressions I make... they're all attempts to convey at a glance everything I know about myself.

Same deal with nicknames. My internet nicknames, at least, have included references to Elmer's glue, Narnia, Star Wars, fairies... At the heart of it, my real name means very little--it's just label on the box that holds all of this wierdness that is me. If I pull out a particular little box I particularly want to show you, it'll have a different label on it, that's all!

[Jean-Baptiste]

Welcome to the forums, mockingbird.


they like a name derived from their personality. & at birth, the right to an idenity has got to be a main reason.

I agree with that.

A name given at birth is an attempt on the part of the parents to instill in a child the personality that they would prefer.

A nickname is bestowed after the child's true personality has been discovered.

[Pensive]

Are you always in a pensive mood, Pens
No.

(I hate this stupid ten character rule.)

[muhsin]

nicknames and pseudonyms, i think partly because you can choose your name rather than using the name somebody else chose for you, which you may not like. i hate my real name, so i use a pseudonym "mir" that has a lot more meaning for me.

Gosh dear mir! Why you don't like it? Is it a personal purpose........Oh sorry to introgate you in such. But if its not please answer me.


I agree with you pensive. These i suppose are many of the reasons why people change names or give nicknames.

But on that note i'm not anon. Niamh is my real name and although i didn't really like it when i was young i do now. i use my real name because i'm proud to have it.:D
( This pride may or may not have to do with gaining an appriciation for my name after too many terrible nicknames given to me over the years. :blush: Noddy, Shorty,twits,(After Dahl) twinnie and twinnie eile to name but a few.:bawling: my current nickname is nymph after someone wrote it in a card when trying to spell my name. dont mind that one though. it goes with my faery obsession!:) )

I also partly agree with her. But why not proud of your real name for God sake dear?
niamhking absolutely impressed me here by saying same thing I almost always say concerning my name.
Although, Pensive as according to her; she's right. Yes she's!

[muhsin]

Are you always in a pensive mood, Pense? Why the strong emotion as a "username"? Could've been anything...

As for me, I really had the thought of using my real name for this forum but instead wrote Laindessiel on the blank. I think it's acceptable 'cause it's the Elven equivalent of it.

But for the others, for the sake of anonimity, as they've said.
A'a'a! Don't tease our dear Pensive, Laindeslsie.:) :p

No.

(I hate this stupid ten character rule.)

Cool!!!!:) :D

[muhsin]

I don't know if I'm just wierd this way, but a lot of what I do is actually just me figuring me out. I often try to notice things about myself that say something about who I am: maybe the CDs sitting on my stereo, from twangy country to jazz to a particularly rawky Christian rawk. :D Maybe the odd assortment of notes and fliers pinned up on my bulletin board, from an application for a job at the university newspaper to a quote by A.A. Milne. The clothes I wear, the words I use, even the facial expressions I make... they're all attempts to convey at a glance everything I know about myself.

Same deal with nicknames. My internet nicknames, at least, have included references to Elmer's glue, Narnia, Star Wars, fairies... At the heart of it, my real name means very little--it's just label on the box that holds all of this wierdness that is me. If I pull out a particular little box I particularly want to show you, it'll have a different label on it, that's all!

Its nice of you SummerSolstice. It sounds fascinating.

[B-Mental]

There were cultures where children were born and not named until they had reached a certain birthday, some 3, some 5 and whatnot. This was the result of high infant mortality rate. The western nations now believe that everyone should be accounted for, thus immediately named. I personally find the practice used by several tribes of North America of one name for a child, which is then replaced by a name that expresses their personality quite refreshing. Think "Stands with Fist" in Dances with Wolves".

[muhsin]

There were cultures where children were born and not named until they had reached a certain birthday, some 3, some 5 and whatnot. This was the result of high infant mortality rate. The western nations now believe that everyone should be accounted for, thus immediately named. I personally find the practice used by several tribes of North America of one name for a child, which is then replaced by a name that expresses their personality quite refreshing. Think "Stands with Fist" in Dances with Wolves".

Wonders never end! I had never heard of that style. Is this still practice?

[B-Mental]

I"m not sure, but the second naming would be around the age of 12 or 13 and would be the adult name. Really don't know if its still done that way.

[Shadowsarin]

I like to keep a bit of difference between myself on the internet and myself in real life. That is the main reason I use a net alias. However, for the sake of uniformity and simplicity I stick to just a few names, all with an obvious connection.

The origin of the alias I use, Sarin, is quite cute I think. Years ago, when I was around 10, my mother gave up with her attempt at Final Fantasy VII for Playstation, so I took her save file to continue where she left off. For reasons known only to herself, she had named the main character 'Sarin', and it grew on me. 'Shadowsarin' was invented on the spot when it turned out 'Sarin' had already been taken as a hotmail addy.

However, a few months ago I looked up what Sarin was in Wikipedia, and it turned out to be a Nerve Agent, and if that wasn't bad enough, it was a nerve agent developed by the Nazis. That bit wasn't quite so cute. 'Cyclosarin', the final name I might use, is taken from a varient of Sarin nerve agent.

[muhsin]

I like to keep a bit of difference between myself on the internet and myself in real life. That is the main reason I use a net alias. However, for the sake of uniformity and simplicity I stick to just a few names, all with an obvious connection.

The origin of the alias I use, Sarin, is quite cute I think. Years ago, when I was around 10, my mother gave up with her attempt at Final Fantasy VII for Playstation, so I took her save file to continue where she left off. For reasons known only to herself, she had named the main character 'Sarin', and it grew on me. 'Shadowsarin' was invented on the spot when it turned out 'Sarin' had already been taken as a hotmail addy.

However, a few months ago I looked up what Sarin was in Wikipedia, and it turned out to be a Nerve Agent, and if that wasn't bad enough, it was a nerve agent developed by the Nazis. That bit wasn't quite so cute. 'Cyclosarin', the final name I might use, is taken from a varient of Sarin nerve agent.

What one feels fit at doing other may not likely have this at doing it.

[Lily Adams]

I don't feel connected to my real names at all, really. I like my pseudonym (used here as my username) and my nicknames-Frenchie, (bestowed upon me by my Biology teacher and it has really stuck ever since) Shorty, (bestowed upon me by the 4th graders I visit every Thursday) and DEVO. (One kid in particular calls me that) They are much more me than my real name. I'm just outta sync, I guess.

[mercy_mankind]

I don't actually know the idea behind naming people as soon as they were born. Why not nameless? What do you think of that?

I think that you are kidding. :)

Everything in the world has created with a name, how to the leader of the universe to be without a name or even a nickname?
Am i understand your point or what?

[wilbur lim]

I don't actually know the idea behind naming people as soon as they were born. Why not nameless? What do you think of that?

Again, notwithstanding ones given name, we use to also get "nickname". Why? If we agree with the idea of naming why again nickname?

Passingly, there're two question mentioned above; Name & of Nickname?

It is foolhardy to muse about that,Shakespeare William have his original name,and we hitherto call him Shakespeare as a nickname.The name is productive to differ us,as we are divergent and no one has the same feature at all.This ease the detectives or policemen to catch criminals with their precise name.Being devoid of any name is gibberish.

[Annamariah]

Well, the reason for having names should at least by now be obvious to everyone.

I have never really had any real nicknames. Of course I've been called many many things, but there has never been one that I really liked or that would have lasted long. I guess the main reason is that my name Anna is already so short and because of that I don't really "need" any nicknames.