Nicknames?

[Finistere]

We have had quite a few threads over the years asking about how members have chosen their usernames.

Mine started when I was in the Apache Instructor Pilot course. I seemed to have a way of explaining complex aerodynamic principals in a way that even a child could understand so I was dubbed Mr. Wizard after Don Herbert of the TV show "Mr. Wizard" fame. I carried the Mr. Wizard callsign for the rest of my career.

When I came up to Canada I started using The Wizard of BC. The BC part coming from British Columbia. A play on words. "Pay no attention to that guy behind the curtain."

I figured it sounded better than the name I was given as Head of Research, Design & Tooling at Current Designs Kayaks. I was the oldest guy in the plant so was given Neandertool,

Thank you for your kind reply, it hadn't occurred to me that the username could be a nickname, my username is the county I live in here in France. Kit

[lesko]

I rarely ever had nicknames given by others, I think Motormouth is an exception. Cadets and military personnel usually call me a short form of my surname. Others have shortened my given names. Oh, and slurs in regards to the fact that I have a knack for saying what shouldn't be said.