What does your user-name mean?

Baldur said:
If I may put my two cents in: you should consider how you intend to use Zoochat in the future.

If you only plan to fool around here for years to come, by all means keep this ridiculous username. But if you have any desire to be taken seriously around here, I suggest you let Ben change your username for you.

I for one cannot take you seriously while you use this absurd nickname, no matter how common sense your posts may be. I know you are young and will mature as a person and zoo enthusiast as time passes (I did and heck I'm still maturing and learning) but there are users here your age or even younger whose maturity and way of thinking really amazes me.
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Fair enough......one complaint so I will change it. Time to contact Ben then
 
How Did You Choose Your User Name?

It's simple really, the title says it all. How or why did you choose your user name?
I decided on Brum because I'm from Birmingham and if you're from the UK and live in Birmingham people call you Brummies. I (for some unknown reason) decided that I would be known as Brum. It no longer seems such an inspired idea but I'm sticking with it.

Anybody else care to share their particular reasoning?
 
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I've never seen that thread, I may just copy and paste my answer there instead! :p
 
This has been discussed a while ago here: http://www.zoochat.com/25/what-does-your-user-name-mean-145899/

Mine is the nickname I had at school (zooboy), to which I added 28 when I got an email account ten years ago (and "zooboy" by itself wasn't available). So I just use zooboy28 as my user name for this and a few other sites. It is still my email address, and I feel a bit weird when quoting it for official things, like banking, etc. :D
 
Hey Mods, can we merge the two threads please?

Well, I had tried signing up with the username 'UrMumzAGoat', but unfortunately it was already taken. I had to settle with 'nanoboy' instead. ;)
 
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Several months prior to joining the forum I was drafting a fictional zoo called the Anaheim Zoo. When I signed up, that's the only possible name that came to mind.

Since then my "zoo" has undergone a number of changes and is now located in Orlando. Should I join again as OrlandoZoo? :D
 
AnaheimZoo said:
Several months prior to joining the forum I was drafting a fictional zoo called the Anaheim Zoo. When I signed up, that's the only possible name that came to mind.

Since then my "zoo" has undergone a number of changes and is now located in Orlando. Should I join again as OrlandoZoo? :D
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if the zoo is undergoing a growth spurt, you could call yourself OrlandoBloom
 
AnaheimZoo said:
Several months prior to joining the forum I was drafting a fictional zoo called the Anaheim Zoo. When I signed up, that's the only possible name that came to mind.

Since then my "zoo" has undergone a number of changes and is now located in Orlando. Should I join again as OrlandoZoo? :D
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Anaheim...Orlando...got your mouse ears on? :D
 
It's easy to tell what mine is. Obviously, I'm one of those who believe the Thylacine is still alive (or was until more recently). The nickname Thylo comes from when I was called "Thylo" by someone on here a while back and I liked it. Many people just abbreviate my name as "TA", though.

@HGibbins- Based on what you originally posted it seems you have changed your name from then to now so can you please say what the new meaning is (although I have a feeling it's just your first initial, last name). Sorry if you've already done so but I've not seen it.

~Thylo:cool:
 
Ituri said:
Anaheim...Orlando...got your mouse ears on? :D
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Actually, Disneyland was one of the reasons I originally decided to use Anaheim as a possibility in the first place; Anaheim was full of tourist attractions, so I figured "why not?"

I later found that Anaheim already had a zoo nearby, so I figured I'd move the zoo elsewhere. Orlando seemed to have the climate that I was looking for, so I went along with it. Disney World just so happened to be about a forty-minute drive away from the location I picked. :D

Might as well put the ears on now! Haha
 
zooboy28 said:
Are you from NZ? Or did you see her in England on the Zoo TV show? What is your connection to Nisha?
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I'm a Brit... met her through The Zoo when it was shown over here (no longer shown in UK for some reason)

Had never had much of an interest in zoos or wildlife before that - the fact they couldn't breed her for lack of a male (at the time, this was the year before the eventual male was imported) suprised me.... I'd always assumed there were loads of Tigers in zoos and plenty to go around. Anyway... logged onto the net to find out the eventual outcome of the story and started to research other species in the process... I got hooked (although I didn't find this site for another few years)

She inspired me to think twice about wildlife and the plight of Sumatran Tigers... I carry the name as a tribute and to thank her for that inspiration. Haven't made it to Auckland just yet, but hopefully one day I will :)
 
Nisha said:
I'm a Brit... met her through The Zoo when it was shown over here (no longer shown in UK for some reason)

Had never had much of an interest in zoos or wildlife before that - the fact they couldn't breed her for lack of a male (at the time, this was the year before the eventual male was imported) suprised me.... I'd always assumed there were loads of Tigers in zoos and plenty to go around. Anyway... logged onto the net to find out the eventual outcome of the story and started to research other species in the process... I got hooked (although I didn't find this site for another few years)

She inspired me to think twice about wildlife and the plight of Sumatran Tigers... I carry the name as a tribute and to thank her for that inspiration. Haven't made it to Auckland just yet, but hopefully one day I will :)
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That's a great story! :D I hope you do make it to Auckland Zoo sometime, I'm sure you will enjoy it. Its sad they no longer show The Zoo in the UK - maybe you could buy the DVD online?
 
Vogel means bird in Dutch ( and in German too ) and this because birds are the group of animals I've the most experience with. Commando is a part of the dutch armee which is in english known as the special forces. During my time in the armee I was in the special forces and one of our 'goals' was to observe the enimy - at that time ( beginning 1980-ties ) this were the Russians. Because very few walked around in the Netherlands at that time ;) I spend much time observing birds and among the other soldiers I became known as 'de vogel-commando'.
 
What does your user-name mean

Shorthand for Fairy Bluebird in the daily log at a collection not far away.
 
vogelcommando said:
Vogel means bird in Dutch ( and in German too ) and this because birds are the group of animals I've the most experience with. Commando is a part of the dutch armee which is in english known as the special forces. During my time in the armee I was in the special forces and one of our 'goals' was to observe the enimy - at that time ( beginning 1980-ties ) this were the Russians. Because very few walked around in the Netherlands at that time ;) I spend much time observing birds and among the other soldiers I became known as 'de vogel-commando'.
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That is so cool! I thought that because I was 'special' I could join the special forces. Turns out that it doesn't work like that for some reason....

Have you ever killed anyone? Have you been on any cool missions?
 
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