What does it MEAN??

by rthling on Thu Jan 26, 2012 2:43 pm

I have noticed that there are others on this forum, besides myself who use an interesting name, besides the ones our parents gave us.
Whobwhate, I couldn't for the life of me figure out your name until this past Christmas. Tell me if I got it right. That's all I'll say about that.
My screen name is rthling. I pronounce it Earthling. The inspiration of this screen name, which I have used for years, on different forums and in different venues, is my favorite cartoon character, Marvin the Martian. He was always going on about earthlings. Once upon a time, I wanted personalized plates for my car, and sat for hours trying to figure out what I wanted it to say. I couldn't fit earthling on there, so I shortened it to include the phonetic sound of the first letter. Made sense at the time, and stuck with me for. the. rest. of. my. life.

So.
What does your screen name mean?

by Shannon Fennell on Thu Jan 26, 2012 2:49 pm

Earthling? Never occurred to me that's what rthling meant. I thought it was for Ruth Ling or something. But I can never figure out vanity plates either, unless they are like mine - FACEART.

by fesspenter on Thu Jan 26, 2012 2:58 pm

My name is pronounced the way my Great-Grandfather used to say things...
a Car Painter would be carpenter.
Therefore,
I am a fesspenter.
(Um, it means face painter.!)
I do not know what Whobwhate is....Who Be What E?
I DID figure out rthling right away and I was thrilled that I "got" it!
I cannot figure out personalized vanity plates on cars, though.
xoxo

by PerfectlyPaintedFaces on Thu Jan 26, 2012 3:02 pm

LOL this is a good thread... I always pronounced it as "rith-ling" in my head.

And 'fess penter'... I thought that was German for "face painter" or something.

Laughing

Mine's just my business name, how boring!

by rthling on Thu Jan 26, 2012 3:15 pm

fesspenter, I'm so happy that somebody "got it" with my silly name! How funny, but I always "got" your name, too. I'm glad to know the story behind it.
I confess, I find it fascinating to try and decipher vanity plates...

I know. I'm weird.

by squiggle on Thu Jan 26, 2012 3:44 pm

Squiggle is what my dad always called me when I was a kid so I use that as my online identity on forums and such. My daughter goes by Squirt since we always called her that when she was younger. I told her we should've named our business Squiggle and Squirt LOL!

by nancy! on Thu Jan 26, 2012 3:50 pm

I think I'm the boring type. No interesting story lol.

by Gamezgirl on Thu Jan 26, 2012 4:14 pm

Gamezgirl is just because I was a video game junkie...I have many many hundreds of games...and consoles...Atari's, Coleco, Intellivison, NES, Super NES, ok all of the nintendos including the handhelds...all of the Xboxes and Playstations except the PS3 so far...and lots of Sega stuff...drove my hubby nuts LOL Now, most places call me Games. LOL I actually like it better than what they COULD be calling me! Wink

by rthling on Thu Jan 26, 2012 4:18 pm

Nancy!, I wouldn't exactly classify you as boring, more like enthusiastic about your real name!

by maaikemeis on Thu Jan 26, 2012 4:57 pm

good topic...
maaikemeis....
maaike... thats my name... typical dutch..
meis... means girl

by Kat's FacesForFun on Thu Jan 26, 2012 5:10 pm

RTHLING! Ha!! thank you for explaining that! Marvin the Martian was always my favorite too! I even have scetches and charcoal pictures of him from high school art classes. and whobwhate.... I always pronounced that "whoa-B-wait". But when you asked the question I looked at it and thought. Ohhhh... who-b- what- ee. lol. Great thread!

by 1HappyNut on Thu Jan 26, 2012 5:21 pm

Great thread!

Love reading the meaning/reason behind the names.

Does Maaike sound just like it looks? (May-ik ?)

I always puzzled over rthling!! Haha!

My sister and I share a unique sense of humour. It's dark, inappropriate, sometimes base, silly, and always plentiful, but never mean. We look at the world through giggle-glasses, always finding stuff to grin at and find joy in. We often have random, impromptu one-word contests to see who can make the other laugh harder (picture laughing so hard that no sound comes out, rocking back and forth, clapping like a moron, possibly with your drink seeping out your nose....by the end, it's THAT kind of laughing). No one quite 'gets it' like she does, and vise-versa.
We are 'nutty', crazy, ridiculous, outrageously full of laughter...Never more so than when we are together. We have our quieter, reflective moments like any good half-introverts, and of course there are sad times too (we are not constantly euphoric fluffy-heads)...but together we are usually found enjoying much mirth and merrymaking. Thank goodness for sisters.

So I am just one happy nut!

by 1HappyNut on Thu Jan 26, 2012 5:23 pm

Oh, and I forgot to say Lisa I always said your name out loud when I saw it here...just like that... FessPenter, just for the fun way it sounds.

by fesspenter on Thu Jan 26, 2012 5:39 pm

Dear 1HappyNut:
I read it out loud, too!
I have never had a nickname before,
It was really tough to make something up.
Shannon Fennell says to just use her name.
Shannon Fennell was taken, so I couldn't use her name for this forum.
xoxo
Lisa

by a face painting mom on Thu Jan 26, 2012 5:58 pm

Mine is my business name... Rolling Eyes

describes me totally.

And 1happynut, in a few years, you will add paint wetting to that whole thing. Not so bad now that maxie pads will float an ocean Wink

...beats never laughing that hard or knowing the pleasure of finding something funny everywhere...it is the only way to live!

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