amc80|1361479791|3386754 said:Mine isn't very creative- it's my initials and the year I was born.
Aoife|1361480952|3386798 said:Yenny, that's so cute!
My screen name is a variation of the nickname I've been known by for many years. My legal name is one that only my sisters call me by now, everyone else uses the nickname.
yennyfire|1361481112|3386804 said:Aoife|1361480952|3386798 said:Yenny, that's so cute!
My screen name is a variation of the nickname I've been known by for many years. My legal name is one that only my sisters call me by now, everyone else uses the nickname.
Would you mind sharing how you pronounce it? In my head I say "ay-oh-fee", but I've always wondered.
Aoife|1361481261|3386808 said:yennyfire|1361481112|3386804 said:Aoife|1361480952|3386798 said:Yenny, that's so cute!
My screen name is a variation of the nickname I've been known by for many years. My legal name is one that only my sisters call me by now, everyone else uses the nickname.
Would you mind sharing how you pronounce it? In my head I say "ay-oh-fee", but I've always wondered.
Roughly: Ay-fah
yennyfire|1361482119|3386835 said:Aoife|1361481261|3386808 said:yennyfire|1361481112|3386804 said:Aoife|1361480952|3386798 said:Yenny, that's so cute!
My screen name is a variation of the nickname I've been known by for many years. My legal name is one that only my sisters call me by now, everyone else uses the nickname.
Would you mind sharing how you pronounce it? In my head I say "ay-oh-fee", but I've always wondered.
Roughly: Ay-fah
Wow, I was WAY off!!
LibbyLA|1361481375|3386811 said:yennyfire,
I'm glad you started this thread, mainly because I always wondered about your screen name. Such a fun story!
Mine is a combination of one of the many nicknames for my given name plus the abbreviation for Louisiana. IRL, I go by Liz to everyone except my fiancé and a close male friend, both of whom use my given name or a variation of it (e.g., LizBeth). Thank goodness only some of my MS relatives still all me by the dreaded full name, LizbuTHANNN...
liz
Aoife|1361482301|3386845 said:yennyfire|1361482119|3386835 said:Aoife|1361481261|3386808 said:yennyfire|1361481112|3386804 said:Aoife|1361480952|3386798 said:Yenny, that's so cute!
My screen name is a variation of the nickname I've been known by for many years. My legal name is one that only my sisters call me by now, everyone else uses the nickname.
Would you mind sharing how you pronounce it? In my head I say "ay-oh-fee", but I've always wondered.
Roughly: Ay-fah
Wow, I was WAY off!!
I know, Irish names are the worst. There's no obvious connection between spelling and English pronunciation. In our family we call it the revenge of the Celts
Aww, that's so sweet. I had assumed it was because you were dreaming of diamonds!!Dreamer_D|1361485310|3386926 said:Mine is the name of a dog we used to own, a Dachshund named Dreamer.
yennyfire|1361482310|3386846 said:You ARE a Southren girl aren't you?? There are so many screen names I have wondered about...I hope that more people chime in!
LibbyLA|1361487375|3386958 said:yennyfire|1361482310|3386846 said:You ARE a Southren girl aren't you?? There are so many screen names I have wondered about...I hope that more people chime in!
Yup! I have a drawl but it doesn't drip honey and sweet tea like that of a lot of my relatives. And I really get to do the redneck thing on weekends. Who knew that operating construction equipment could be so much fun? I'm heck on trees with my mini excavator! It's the Swiss army knife of construction equipment.
liz
I want to come and play with you! And, I love a good drawl!!LibbyLA|1361487375|3386958 said:yennyfire|1361482310|3386846 said:You ARE a Southren girl aren't you?? There are so many screen names I have wondered about...I hope that more people chime in!
Yup! I have a drawl but it doesn't drip honey and sweet tea like that of a lot of my relatives. And I really get to do the redneck thing on weekends. Who knew that operating construction equipment could be so much fun? I'm heck on trees with my mini excavator! It's the Swiss army knife of construction equipment.
liz
That's really sad. I always imagined that it was because you were a glamorous bohemian free spirit.FrekeChild said:I was called Freak Child by a big football bully guy when I was a freshman in high school.
When I set my my first email account, I tried for FreakChild, but it was taken already. So I went with FrekeChild instead. And I pronounce it "freakchild" even though my husband insists it should be "freak-ychild". Whatever.
I respond to "Freke/Freak" in real life too, thanks to Mr. Bully guy and being from a small high school.
FrekeChild|1361487558|3386961 said:I was called Freak Child by a big football bully guy when I was a freshman in high school.
When I set my my first email account, I tried for FreakChild, but it was taken already. So I went with FrekeChild instead. And I pronounce it "freakchild" even though my husband insists it should be "freak-ychild". Whatever.
I respond to "Freke/Freak" in real life too, thanks to Mr. Bully guy and being from a small high school.
yennyfire|1361478395|3386718 said:Tell us how you got it/made it up.....
Yennyfire is what my Dad called me as a baby. My name is Jennifer (Yenny) and I had bright red hair as a baby (fire). Thank goodness the color mellowed as a got a bit older!
Your turn!
GemFever|1361489840|3386999 said:FrekeChild|1361487558|3386961 said:I was called Freak Child by a big football bully guy when I was a freshman in high school.
When I set my my first email account, I tried for FreakChild, but it was taken already. So I went with FrekeChild instead. And I pronounce it "freakchild" even though my husband insists it should be "freak-ychild". Whatever.
I respond to "Freke/Freak" in real life too, thanks to Mr. Bully guy and being from a small high school.
I would have never thought to pronounce "Freke" like "Freak"... I always mentally say Fre - Ke [Ke as in Kellog's]. And for some reason I thought it was Scandinavian. No idea why. But it's cool that you made that nickname your own though!