How did you choose your username?

Trollheart · 10-02-2012, 07:48 AM

Haven't seen a thread about this, and it's something I'm interested in. Some people have really interesting usernames, and it would be fun to know how they chose them. Of course, no-one has to say: if you'd rather keep it to yourself then that's your prerogative. Here's mine anyway, for those who are interested.

Some people (not surprisingly) equate my username with being a troll, in the sense of a forum troll, though people who know me will understand that's certainly not the case. I have been asked on occasion does it stand for "trolling for hearts" or "the heart of a troll"? Well, neither really.

My original name when I went onto the internet back in about 1986 was Lestat, due to my interest in and love of Anne Rice's Vampire novels, but as they became more popular, and with the release of the movie "Interview with the vampire" in 1994, more and more people started using it, so I had to look for an alternative.

Determined to use something no-one else was, I looked to my unfinished fantasy novel, in which trolls play a major part. However, unlike typical fantasy they are not slavering, murdering beasts or slow-witted simpletons: my trolls are a proud, noble people with a long lineage stretching back to the elder gods, and would probably be best compared to the Klingons in Star Trek, or maybe the Vikings.

Their best warrior, a general and a statesman, and a legend in his own lifetime, Aman Trollheart, is a central character in the novel, and I thought of using the name Trollheart. Nobody else seemed to be using it --- probably it had been heard of nowhere else --- and so it stuck. Now, it's my login, username, internet presence, email and anything else I join or am part of.

And that's the story behind my username. Anyone else want to share?

**Frownland** · 10-02-2012, 08:16 AM

My username comes from one of my favourite songs by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band. I picked it because Trout Mask Replica is my favourite album and I guess that I wanted to show my avant-garde roots. There wasn't too much thought put into my username because I originally came here to promote my own music, but that passed and I'm glad that I picked a fairly good one.

I plan on getting "my smile is stuck, I cannot go back to your Frownland" as a tattoo when I can afford it.

Surell · 10-03-2014, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

My username comes from one of my favourite songs by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band. I picked it because Trout Mask Replica is my favourite album and I guess that I wanted to show my avant-garde roots. There wasn't too much thought put into my username because I originally came here to promote my own music, but that passed and I'm glad that I picked a fairly good one.

I plan on getting "my smile is stuck, I cannot go back to your Frownland" as a tattoo when I can afford it.

That song is seriously great. I need to go back I that album, I dont have the computer I downloaded it on handy anymore tho.

My username actually comes from a book I was trying to write when I was like 11 or 12 and then it became my rapper name and now i've kept it because you losers have come to know me under this moniker. I might change it at some point tho

ThePhanastasio · 10-02-2012, 09:23 AM

Phish fans are called phans. Phish's guitarist is Trey Anastasio. My user name is a mixture of the two. ThePh(an)astasio.

CanwllCorfe · 10-02-2012, 10:10 PM

I think there's another one of these, but they're always fun, so I'm in. Mine is taken from a story I read in a ghost story book my mom got me. I don't even remember if I read any other of the stories, but when I saw "Canwll Corfe", it got my attention. Mainly because I had no idea what the hell it meant. As it turns out it means "corpse candle", and they're lights that are supposedly seen at night bobbing around graveyards. I went to look for pictures, and funnily enough, pretty much all of what came up are from things I've posted here and on Basenotes.

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 10-03-2012, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by CanwllCorfe

I think there's another one of these, but they're always fun, so I'm in. Mine is taken from a story I read in a ghost story book my mom got me. I don't even remember if I read any other of the stories, but when I saw "Canwll Corfe", it got my attention. Mainly because I had no idea what the hell it meant. As it turns out it means "corpse candle", and they're lights that are supposedly seen at night bobbing around graveyards. I went to look for pictures, and funnily enough, pretty much all of what came up are from things I've posted here and on Basenotes.

I'm sure there is too but I can't find it.

I chose my name because I thought it is a beautiful sounding word and describes my porcelain skin. I'm no Vanilla in the sack however.

Trollheart · 10-03-2012, 04:24 AM

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Originally Posted by CanwllCorfe

I think there's another one of these, but they're always fun, so I'm in. Mine is taken from a story I read in a ghost story book my mom got me. I don't even remember if I read any other of the stories, but when I saw "Canwll Corfe", it got my attention. Mainly because I had no idea what the hell it meant. As it turns out it means "corpse candle", and they're lights that are supposedly seen at night bobbing around graveyards. I went to look for pictures, and funnily enough, pretty much all of what came up are from things I've posted here and on Basenotes.

See, that's why I started the thread. Your name in particular always intrigued me, as it didn't even seem like an English word (too many consonants, not enough vowels) --- is that a Welsh word? Usually when you have "w" and two "l"'s together it tends to be from Welsh...

CanwllCorfe · 10-03-2012, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

See, that's why I started the thread. Your name in particular always intrigued me, as it didn't even seem like an English word (too many consonants, not enough vowels) --- is that a Welsh word? Usually when you have "w" and two "l"'s together it tends to be from Welsh...

Yup!

I don't know how I forgot to add that, but it's old Welsh. I think I have an idea of how to pronounce it, now that I've watched videos and read up on the phonetics. I'm not certain though.

Franco Pepe Kalle · 10-04-2012, 07:58 PM

I chose my usernames on these two masters of Congolese Music

Yes Franco and Pepe Kalle. I love congolese music so much because of Franco and Pepe Kalle.

How did really choose my username.

I am going to give another stor that led to me being FRANCO PEPE KALLE.

One of them was after getting into a major fight with some girls because they were mad at me because I was not playing enough good music for them. After that, I watched a video of Franco that I found myself laughing at so much. Franco had so much good humor.

Franco's very humerous behavoir made me smile too much and I laughed way too much. Franco's humerous behavoir drew me towards his music.

As for PEPE KALLE, it was this performance that I became addicted to PEPE KALLE.

This performance showed you that you only needed Pepe Kalle because he was the ONLY thing that people cared about. The rest are just accompanys for Pepe Kalle. Pepe Kalle was the man and he commanded the animations and he allows his female dancers to dance pretty good too. Also I heard Pepe Kalle's voice more than anyone else.

What I saw was Franco and Pepe Kalle knew how to be the masters and how they were able to command the stage and how they were the important folks. This was one of the many things that made me convinced that these two men are the masters of Congolese music. I find their music so influential to me.

That is one of the MANY factors that made Franco Pepe Kalle.

Trollheart · 10-05-2012, 05:02 AM

Could you not have mentioned Pepe Kalle's name a bit more, FPK? You only used it eleven times here, twice in the same sentence at one point!

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Originally Posted by Franco Pepe Kalle

I chose my usernames on these two masters of Congolese Music

Yes Franco and Pepe Kalle. I love congolese music so much because of Franco and Pepe Kalle.

How did really choose my username.

I am going to give another stor that led to me being FRANCO PEPE KALLE.

One of them was after getting into a major fight with some girls because they were mad at me because I was not playing enough good music for them. After that, I watched a video of Franco that I found myself laughing at so much. Franco had so much good humor.

Franco's very humerous behavoir made me smile too much and I laughed way too much. Franco's humerous behavoir drew me towards his music.

As for PEPE KALLE, it was this performance that I became addicted to PEPE KALLE.

This performance showed you that you only needed Pepe Kalle because he was the ONLY thing that people cared about. The rest are just accompanys for Pepe Kalle. Pepe Kalle was the man and he commanded the animations and he allows his female dancers to dance pretty good too. Also I heard Pepe Kalle's voice more than anyone else.

What I saw was Franco and Pepe Kalle knew how to be the masters and how they were able to command the stage and how they were the important folks. This was one of the many things that made me convinced that these two men are the masters of Congolese music. I find their music so influential to me.

That is one of the MANY factors that made Franco Pepe Kalle.

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10-02-2012, 07:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	How did you choose your username? Haven't seen a thread about this, and it's something I'm interested in. Some people have really interesting usernames, and it would be fun to know how they chose them. Of course, no-one has to say: if you'd rather keep it to yourself then that's your prerogative. Here's mine anyway, for those who are interested. Some people (not surprisingly) equate my username with being a troll, in the sense of a forum troll, though people who know me will understand that's certainly not the case. I have been asked on occasion does it stand for "trolling for hearts" or "the heart of a troll"? Well, neither really. My original name when I went onto the internet back in about 1986 was Lestat, due to my interest in and love of Anne Rice's Vampire novels, but as they became more popular, and with the release of the movie "Interview with the vampire" in 1994, more and more people started using it, so I had to look for an alternative. Determined to use something no-one else was, I looked to my unfinished fantasy novel, in which trolls play a major part. However, unlike typical fantasy they are not slavering, murdering beasts or slow-witted simpletons: my trolls are a proud, noble people with a long lineage stretching back to the elder gods, and would probably be best compared to the Klingons in Star Trek, or maybe the Vikings. Their best warrior, a general and a statesman, and a legend in his own lifetime, Aman Trollheart, is a central character in the novel, and I thought of using the name Trollheart. Nobody else seemed to be using it --- probably it had been heard of nowhere else --- and so it stuck. Now, it's my login, username, internet presence, email and anything else I join or am part of. And that's the story behind my username. Anyone else want to share? __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

10-02-2012, 08:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	My username comes from one of my favourite songs by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band. I picked it because Trout Mask Replica is my favourite album and I guess that I wanted to show my avant-garde roots. There wasn't too much thought put into my username because I originally came here to promote my own music, but that passed and I'm glad that I picked a fairly good one. I plan on getting "my smile is stuck, I cannot go back to your Frownland" as a tattoo when I can afford it. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

10-02-2012, 09:23 AM	#4 (permalink)
ThePhanastasio Killed Laura Palmer Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Ashland, KY Posts: 1,679	Phish fans are called phans. Phish's guitarist is Trey Anastasio. My user name is a mixture of the two. ThePh(an)astasio. __________________ Phish: Studio Discography Reviewed 100 Albums I Heartily Recommend My last.fm It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken Perhaps they're better left unsung

10-02-2012, 10:10 PM	#5 (permalink)
CanwllCorfe Quiet Man in the Corner Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pocono Mountains Posts: 2,480	I think there's another one of these, but they're always fun, so I'm in. Mine is taken from a story I read in a ghost story book my mom got me. I don't even remember if I read any other of the stories, but when I saw "Canwll Corfe", it got my attention. Mainly because I had no idea what the hell it meant. As it turns out it means "corpse candle", and they're lights that are supposedly seen at night bobbing around graveyards. I went to look for pictures, and funnily enough, pretty much all of what came up are from things I've posted here and on Basenotes. __________________ Your eyes were never yet let in to see the majesty and riches of the mind, but dwell in darkness; for your God is blind.

10-04-2012, 07:58 PM	#9 (permalink)
Franco Pepe Kalle Mwana Nzala Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Shakopee, Minnesota Posts: 627	I chose my usernames on these two masters of Congolese Music Yes Franco and Pepe Kalle. I love congolese music so much because of Franco and Pepe Kalle. How did really choose my username. I am going to give another stor that led to me being FRANCO PEPE KALLE. One of them was after getting into a major fight with some girls because they were mad at me because I was not playing enough good music for them. After that, I watched a video of Franco that I found myself laughing at so much. Franco had so much good humor. Franco's very humerous behavoir made me smile too much and I laughed way too much. Franco's humerous behavoir drew me towards his music. As for PEPE KALLE, it was this performance that I became addicted to PEPE KALLE. This performance showed you that you only needed Pepe Kalle because he was the ONLY thing that people cared about. The rest are just accompanys for Pepe Kalle. Pepe Kalle was the man and he commanded the animations and he allows his female dancers to dance pretty good too. Also I heard Pepe Kalle's voice more than anyone else. What I saw was Franco and Pepe Kalle knew how to be the masters and how they were able to command the stage and how they were the important folks. This was one of the many things that made me convinced that these two men are the masters of Congolese music. I find their music so influential to me. That is one of the MANY factors that made Franco Pepe Kalle. __________________ The problem with Franco Pepe Kalle is that he is a unpredictable character. There is surprising info about this man. You think he only likes Franco and Pepe Kalle but when you find out that he hears other artists, you are shock. Girls are the sexy thing that God created. Important to notice FPK.