Why did you pick your user name?

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aquasnoz
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It was a while ago and to be honest I made the account with no intention of asking a question about aquas and never coming back 😛

Snoz use to be my nickname back in primary school. Use to play Soccer (GK) and there was an Australian GK called Bosnich and my friends combined that with the way I use to be always with snot running down my nose lol and it became snozzy.

So Aquasnoz! Definitely wanting to change it to something else though!
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Posted by aquasnoz
It was a while ago and to be honest I made the account with no intention of asking a question about aquas and never coming back 😛

Snoz use to be my nickname back in primary school. Use to play Soccer (GK) and there was an Australian GK called Bosnich and my friends combined that with the way I use to be always with snot running down my nose lol and it became snozzy.

So Aquasnoz! Definitely wanting to change it to something else though!



I like Aquasnoz! It makes me think of breathing underwater for some reason... kekeke
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antonarnia
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Posted by aquasnoz
It was a while ago and to be honest I made the account with no intention of asking a question about aquas and never coming back 😛

Snoz use to be my nickname back in primary school. Use to play Soccer (GK) and there was an Australian GK called Bosnich and my friends combined that with the way I use to be always with snot running down my nose lol and it became snozzy.

So Aquasnoz! Definitely wanting to change it to something else though!



PLEASE DON'T CHANGE IT.
I've always fancied your name.
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CuriousCancer
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Posted by truecap
Just curious to why you chose your user name. And yes, lots of you had had many, so elaborate on that as well.

I'll go first. I'm a typical capricorn, a true capricorn. So I chose truecap.



Because Im a crab and I see crabs being curious, the way they take a little side step, have a little nip and if they like it keep nipping haha 🙂

Im also curious to find out why Im so bloody attracted to a fish (pisces) haha 🙂
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enfant_terrible
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Posted by sugaries
Posted by enfant_terrible
I'm actually curious about why people in here think I chose the username that I did...?



shocking/outrageous behavior.

I remember the first time I saw you on the boards, you had some kind of sex avatar and I was thinking "The nerve of this guy...doesn't he know I'm at work—"
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Oops, sorry. But this I don't get, what difference does it make if you're at work? I mean unless you have your boss or a colleague breathing down your neck. And if that's the case, then you probably should avoid surfing privately on your work time in general because time is money, right? Is there some sort of magical "device" that sends an alarm to your boss every time your browser picks up on a dirty pic ... or why is everyone so paranoid about this? Just don't go cruising porn sites, that's all.
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aquasnoz
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Posted by betel
I've had several names. All chosen with a personal meaning. It's the way I felt at that particular moment. I'm a dork. :/


Current username- Betel- "In Vietnamese there is a saying that "the betel begins the conversation", referring to the practice of people chewing betel in formal occasions or "to break the ice" in awkward situations." Heart - shaped leaves...mild stimulant...

First name- Woglinde- rhinemaiden. From Wagner's 'Der Ring des Nibelungen'- renunciation of love, guardian of gold

Second name- Pyewacket- cat(familiar) from the movie Bell Book Candle- returning spirit

Third name- Wasis- from the Native American folklore character Mighty Wasis- a joke on water signs being crybabies Mighty Wasis


Fourth name- Ninh- Vietnamese folklore character - shoot at the moon- ode to my hades moon
Shoot at the Moon


Fifth name- Squarethecircle- do the impossible



Ahhh that's it! I was wondering why betel sounded so familiar!
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enfant_terrible
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Posted by BalmyTigress

Also, that photo...in the avatar, I can't quite see where that woman's hand is, so it looks like some sort of Leo fisting.




Looool! OMG, never thought of it that way. Thanks for the heads up. I shall have to find a new avi :-/


Kind of reminds me of this old publicity still for the 1988 thriller 'Frantic'. I don't know who the photographer was or what he thinks he was doing, but that just looks WRONG!




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TAURUSbelle
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Posted by Poisson
Posted by TAURUSbelle
LOL @ Poisson for thinking that only 2 ppl understand French here.. ADD one more!! 🙂



Actually French! LOL... I think there one Taurus male, Pecherese... and I think another that escapes me.



Yea, David IS French & I think Bullgem was born here but learned French early, and moved to France. She would speaking fluently on the boards with David.

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Posted by tiziani
Jynja is French and so am I.

If i'm not mistaken, Arthemis speaks very much like a French person too.



See, I didn't realize that. I was under the impression your were English. Admittendly, it's part of the reason I signed up on DXP. While lurking, I discovered a lot of people here came from all parts of this earth.
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Yea..If I recall, Jynja's MOM is French. And Tizi, Born in London, but a melting pot of sorts..Trini, French..etc

I myself, am of West Indian Descent.(Parents from Haiti) Before the slaves KILLED off EVERY Frenchman in 1804..the island was FULLY occupied BY the French. To this day, French is one of two main languages of the country.

So ya.. French, the language, is sprinkled just about everywhere.
Not just for the "purebreds"..(For lack of better terms)..lol

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TAURUSbelle
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Posted by Poisson
A-ha. Do speak you both French and Creole? I know this one Hatian guy and I asked him if spoke Creole. He stated that his mother didn't want him speaking Creole, just straight French... which I found a bit odd.

YES, I do speak BOTH. My conversation, and written needs work as I don't speak or write it much. but I CAN read, & listen to anything and will understand. I'm sure a few months in France will cure that IMMEDIATELY.

As for your friends mother..(I pause for BOISTEROUS laughter)

I DESPIIIISE Old school Haitians, who deny speaking Creole and deny their children from speaking it. It is The "language of the people". They feel that by speaking French, it distinguishes them as "Higher class" and it further defines their "Education level" feeling it makes them SUPERIOR compared to the strugglingcommoner who can't afford private school education to learn French.

Stupid Classism complex. Makes me SICK to see The SAME race turn their nose up at one another all because they can speak & write a Language?? What they fail to realize is that by Speaking French ONLY, does NOT make them FRENCH.

I won't even get started on the Dark - light skinned color inferior/superiority complexes.

Creole is a Language of SURVIVAL. It is a mixture of many languages.(several West African dialects,Spanish,French,Taino Indian etc..) It was a language used to CONFUSE the French in ORDER to gain the Country and Independance FROM them.

To dismiss & debase this Historic language is to spit on the blood that was shed to win over the country. I am PROUD to speak Creole and will try my damnest to teach my own future kids..

Whenever I cross paths with those type of Haitians. I tell them " You will NEVER be French."
IN Creole.
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Undine
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I picked Undine in a fraction of a second. It is a mermaid name, from a sad story I've read as a teenager. I'm a Pisces. I could have picked Lorelei, though.... another mermaid name, from a poem my parents thought me when I was a child.

It was only lately that I actually understood what made me choose Undine almost instantly. Undine is similar to Andy, the name of the Cap I was obsessed with at the time I landed on dxp, straight on the WoundedLeo's thread. That was three month ago and I'm still obsessed with him to some extent.