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Phonetically spell your AT nickname and define where it came from....

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Colt45

Lifer
Apr 18, 2001
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Originally posted by: bmacd

45 is in reference to the gun...colt .45

-=bmacd=-


oh, I know that. but they *did* (still do maybe??) make 45 oz ones too.. to match the name.
 

Azraele

Elite Member
Nov 5, 2000
16,524
29
91
i've always thought smurfs
I had wanted "Azrael" for my B.net mage, but that nick was already taken, so I altered the spelling a bit. The name stuck (I don't think I could have Azrael here anyway, I think it's taken).
 

bmacd

Lifer
Jan 15, 2001
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Originally posted by: Azraele
i've always thought smurfs
I had wanted "Azrael" for my B.net mage, but that nick was already taken, so I altered the spelling a bit. The name stuck (I don't think I could have Azrael here anyway, I think it's taken).

if it were up to me, i'd let you have it.

-=bmacd=-
 

ElFenix

Elite Member
Super Moderator
Mar 20, 2000
102,402
8,574
126
similar thread came up a while back... lemme see if i can find my reply from that.
 

silverpig

Lifer
Jul 29, 2001
27,703
12
81
sil - ver - pig

I used to just go by silver, but that nick is used by everyone on the net. When I was in first year, my floor in res was called the pigs for all our intramural stuff. I decided to just add pig on the end to distinguish myself from all the other 'net silvers and for a bit of floor identification. Net result: silverpig.
 

pac1085

Diamond Member
Jun 27, 2000
3,456
0
76
vor·tex

It used to be ICSVortex, somone who was in the band Borknagar at the time...but the ICS part was stupid so I got rid of it and used just 'Vortex' (that was my first choice iirc but it was taken at the time)
 

Red Dawn

Elite Member
Jun 4, 2001
57,529
3
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it's funny, b/c i would have pronounced it as "ghey-fuc-ker"
What would be funny is hearing you try to pronounce anything with all your teeth missing..j/k
 

NesuD

Diamond Member
Oct 9, 1999
4,999
106
106
Nee-SuD
Last part of my last name spelled backwards
I initially wanted the phonetic to be Ne-SooD but all my friends kept calling me Nee-SuD so i just went with it.
 

Yomicron

Golden Member
Mar 5, 2002
1,735
1
81
yo-mah-krawn

Comes from combining the word 'yo' with the british pronunciation of 'omicron'. It has no meaning, I just thought it sounded (kinda) cool.
 

iamme

Lifer
Jul 21, 2001
21,058
3
0
my nick from IRC....in response to "who are you?"

I am me

i know...it's dumb...
 

CubicZirconia

Diamond Member
Nov 24, 2001
5,193
0
71
I'm Pretty sure everyone can pronounce my name. Obviously it comes from Cubic Zirconium (man made diamonds). Started using it for online gaming a few years back after seeing the cat burgler episode of the simpsons.
 

Talon02

Senior member
Mar 17, 2002
486
0
0
Ta-lon-0-2, I graduated in 2002 and I have had the handle Talon in everything on the net since I was 7 or 8, keeps things simple.