This is bad

[Zyzzyx]

I have always liked that name actually... Or any name with a Z or an X.

So, my forum name oughta do just fine for ya. ;)

Definitely not my real name, but I've been using it in online forums and gaming for so long that I will answer to it.

[MacWage]

Stop saying that word! Say it again, and I shall send my minions, the hairballs clogged in your drains, and the dust bunnies under your furniture to attack you.

REPEAT!!!! ONE AND ALL!!!!!
Shandy, Shandy, Shandy!!!!

[Dreadbelly]

Seriously, all jokes aside... I really hate that name. I am only laughing about it because that is the only way I have to deal with it.

You have NO idea how bad it was growing up with that name. Nothing but painful memories there.

[Dirk Skene]

Seriously, all jokes aside... I really hate that name. ........

I'll never tease you my friend Your name is Dreadbelly to me

[KiltedKnight]

Seriously, all jokes aside... I really hate that name. I am only laughing about it because that is the only way I have to deal with it.

You have NO idea how bad it was growing up with that name. Nothing but painful memories there.

Being named Christopher I was labled with the nick name "Christy" for many years and I hated that name with a passion and was still being addressed by it well into my days in the Army by my oldest brother, only out of habit, but it finally was left by the wayside with the passing of time.

I had almost forgotten about it until my little niece started calling me "Tio Christy" and I have to admit that it was one of the most beautiful things that I have ever heard in my life and now that she's older and has forgotten it, I miss being called "Tio Christy".

Chris.

[SnakeEyes]

My youngest sister has a man's name, Dale, for her middle name. It's kind of a tradition in my family now, as my aunt's middle name was Dale as well.

If I ever have a daughter I hope to name he Ophelia Dale, though that might take some convincing of the missus...

[The F-H.C.A.G.]

question: If you met other board members, would you be offended if they called you by your xmarks name?

second question: Would you respond?

How could I possibly be offended by "Goddess" ? Which is, of course the shortening of my online name. Then again, I have gone through a lot of names in my life, and sometimes I get confused about what to respond to. Born Jennifer Star, I was called Jenny as a child. When we moved when I was 13, I made sure no one called me Jenny anymore (a jenny is a female donkey!). Then when I went to college, I decided to go by my middle name, since pretty much every female born in 1970 is named Jennifer. I have been Star for so long now, that I actually no longer respond to Jennifer (unless it's my mother's voice). My favorite name though is the one that starts with Doctor, since I earned that one!

My youngest sister has a man's name, Dale, for her middle name. It's kind of a tradition in my family now, as my aunt's middle name was Dale as well.

If I ever have a daughter I hope to name he Ophelia Dale, though that might take some convincing of the missus...

Dale, like Devon and Morgan, is not a man's name, and at least it can't be shortened! Keep fighting for the name.

Be well,

[KiltedKnight]

My youngest sister has a man's name, Dale, for her middle name. It's kind of a tradition in my family now, as my aunt's middle name was Dale as well.

If I ever have a daughter I hope to name he Ophelia Dale, though that might take some convincing of the missus...

I think that the late Dale Evans, the wife of the late Roy Rogers would have given you an arguement about "Dale" being a mans name.

Chris.

[SnakeEyes]

I think that the late Dale Evans, the wife of the late Roy Rogers would have given you an arguement about "Dale" being a mans name.

Chris.

A valid point (even if it was a bit smarmy ). I guess the only people I've ever met named Dale have been men. My aunt and my sister were named after a man, but that doesn't mean only men are named Dale.

Maybe I should have been more open minded, after all... I have an aunt and an uncle named Beverly!!!

[Dirka Skene]

Actually Dread, I have a male cousin with that name. I always thought it was pretty darn cool.