Sun Feb 21, 2021, 08:05 AM

Maeve (40,446 posts)

So how did you choose your username?

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Since we have the chance to change, why did you originally pick what you did? Here's my story.

Maeve was the queen of Connacht (west coast of Ireland). She and her husband disagreed over who was the richer of the two and so counted their possessions. Equal, equal, equal...until it came to their cattle herds. He had one great bull that she had no match for, so she attempted to gain one from Ulster, the Great Brown Bull of Cooley (Donn Cuailnge). The king refused and so a great battle was fought which ended in much slaughter and the death of both great animals. (The story is known as an epic, The Tain)

I entered the political online fight because I was outraged by the stupidity of Dubya and his crew...and took on the name of the first great Irishwoman to go to war over a large amount of bull.

And I'm sticking by it.

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167 replies	Author	Time	Post
So how did you choose your username? (Original post)	Maeve	Feb 21	OP
My username has been a mantra of mine since childhood.	no_hypocrisy	Feb 21	#1
Mine was the first initial of my first name and a part of my last name.	MarineCombatEngineer	Feb 21	#2
Were an old Irish family	snowybirdie	Feb 21	#3
I'm a fan of sci fi and fantasy so	Turin_C3PO	Feb 21	#4
And that's not a bad thing!	Maeve	Feb 21	#8
I know a young woman whose first name is Eowyn	Fortinbras Armstrong	Feb 21	#25
Another daughter is mad that we didin't name her Shana Galadriel	Maeve	Feb 21	#31
Love those middle names!	Turin_C3PO	Feb 21	#27
My son used names from his favorite	PatSeg	Feb 21	#45
Mine is based on my love of Star Trek....	FarPoint	Feb 21	#5
Oh yes	PatSeg	Feb 21	#46
Thank you....	FarPoint	Feb 21	#72
What a great series debut	PatSeg	Feb 21	#86
Great debut 2 parter. Very clever idea.	electric_blue68	Feb 22	#160
We had the television on and we were watching Showtime.	NurseJackie	Feb 21	#6
I looked up from my desk and chose the first item that caught my eye.	lamp_shade	Feb 21	#7
I love lamp. (Steve Carrell)	tblue37	Feb 21	#33
THX-1138	thx64536	Feb 21	#9
Welcome to the board Thx64536	True Blue American	Feb 21	#18
A pox on you for the ear worm!	central scrutinizer	Feb 21	#63
It's my name	Dave in VA	Feb 21	#10
I chose mine because..	luvs2sing	Feb 21	#11
HABANERO, my passion. 9-1-1 was my job	HAB911	Feb 21	#12
Around 1970 I had an anti-war political button with the single word ENOUGH.	enough	Feb 21	#13
I might still have mine. Got a bunch of political buttons.	electric_blue68	Feb 22	#161
I know mine is long but it seemed to fit	True Blue American	Feb 21	#14
Maeve, your name always reminds me of that tale	nuxvomica	Feb 21	#15
I'm glad! I do tell tales from the Tain	Maeve	Feb 21	#38
Maeve I did not know that about you.	seaglass	Feb 21	#53
I prefer in-person telling	Maeve	Feb 21	#56
You're the second professional storyteller I know.	nolabear	Feb 21	#77
,,,	Pas-de-Calais	Feb 21	#16
N_E_1 for Tennis...	N_E_1 for Tennis	Feb 21	#17
From this	central scrutinizer	Feb 21	#19
That's one I recognized! Hubby's a big Zappa fan	Maeve	Feb 21	#23
Great record!	Turin_C3PO	Feb 21	#24
I actually volunteered for a place like Joe Exotic and helped the big cats.	Maraya1969	Feb 21	#20
Hey! I almost worked for someone in the more responsible part of that field.	nolabear	Feb 21	#80
Love cats (tigers are just BIG kitties) and love my country.	TigressDem	Feb 21	#21
A mishmash of "The Scarlet Letter" and "flaming liberal"	scarletlib	Feb 21	#22
i was making political buttons when i signed up.	mopinko	Feb 21	#26
Because we are all just Bozos on this bus.	JustABozoOnThisBus	Feb 21	#28
Also a fan of Firesign Theatre	Maeve	Feb 21	#32
Shoes for the Dead	Throckmorton	Feb 21	#50
And there is cabage	edhopper	Feb 21	#61
In Mystic Connecticut	Throckmorton	Feb 21	#144
Bob Hope joke	edhopper	Feb 21	#145
"Antelope Freeway 1/512th Mile"	hatrack	Feb 21	#69
I saw a documentary of sharks and seagulls working together	Baitball Blogger	Feb 21	#29
I once worked for a company that did not allow employees to publish articles under their own names.	Fortinbras Armstrong	Feb 21	#30
I thought you were a Hamlet fan...	hlthe2b	Feb 21	#124
Oh, I am a fan of Hamlet, as well as most of Shakespeare.	Fortinbras Armstrong	Feb 23	#165
Mine was, and is, descriptive of how I have been	UpInArms	Feb 21	#34
Pretty much had that one figured	Maeve	Feb 21	#35
Thanks for being on this journey	UpInArms	Feb 21	#40
It has been my pleasure and my privilege	Maeve	Feb 21	#42
Laziness!	ProfessorGAC	Feb 21	#36
When I first signed onto DU in 2004	PatSeg	Feb 21	#49
Makes Sense	ProfessorGAC	Feb 21	#112
Oh, I agree, definitely not anonymous at all	PatSeg	Feb 21	#116
Scientist, Not An Academic	ProfessorGAC	Feb 21	#127
Well, it's a good nickname	PatSeg	Feb 21	#129
It's my name and a number I like.	tblue37	Feb 21	#37
I chose the name I have now to escape from...	Hugin	Feb 21	#39
I am a freemason , And the 357 is not for the weapon , It is a secret ...	stonecutter357	Feb 21	#41
Tell me all the Mason secrets!	Wawannabe	Feb 21	#107
Try checking Google.	ChazII	Feb 21	#115
Oh. I've googled.	Wawannabe	Feb 21	#118
It chose me. Unix user name on uni computer.	mwooldri	Feb 21	#43
My one and only tattoo is a Phoenix and I like the year 1961. nt	Phoenix61	Feb 21	#44
I think it should be how did you choose your name	Meowmee	Feb 21	#47
You are right--spelling before my second cuppa is a mistake	Maeve	Feb 21	#120
Yes I knew it was an error, lol	Meowmee	Feb 21	#153
Mine is related to work	blaze	Feb 21	#48
Mine is for my niece's triplets, who were babies when I joined.	greatauntoftriplets	Feb 21	#51
Good to see you again!	Maeve	Feb 21	#52
Wow, what a reminder how much time	PatSeg	Feb 21	#104
Tikki was my late doggie. When I signed up it was suggested to use a name you wouldn't	Tikki	Feb 21	#54
Very complex methodology.........	Nevilledog	Feb 21	#55
It's my name, all lowercase because I'm lazy.	hunter	Feb 21	#57
It grew out of my totem animal...	Wounded Bear	Feb 21	#58
Funny story there...	bif	Feb 21	#59
I believe in delivering, maintaining and improving health, so while my name reminds me to	hlthe2b	Feb 21	#60
After two decades, I JUST "got" your name	Thtwudbeme	Feb 21	#97
So, can you let me in on your secret?	hlthe2b	Feb 21	#125
1996, Portland Oregon	Thtwudbeme	Feb 22	#158
Love it!	hlthe2b	Feb 22	#162
The painter	edhopper	Feb 21	#62
One of my favorites!	smirkymonkey	Feb 21	#96
Thanks	edhopper	Feb 21	#111
Mine is a combination of my kid's names	Danmel	Feb 21	#64
Mine was the old trademark of the company i worked for with my race car number added.	gibraltar72	Feb 21	#65
I chose my name while trying to keep perspective about the 2004 election.	intheflow	Feb 21	#66
I've gardened for decades, but at the time I chose this name	Hortensis	Feb 21	#67
It's what I do for a hobby.	GemDigger	Feb 21	#68
Quote from my grandfather (b. 1905)	many a good man	Feb 21	#70
What an incredible story	PatSeg	Feb 21	#101
Because I'm new at everything	tenderfoot	Feb 21	#71
I grew up near NO and lived there for years. And I love bears.	nolabear	Feb 21	#73
I got my name from an album that I was listening to	Leith	Feb 21	#74
The name of the sword used by the character in my profile pic	sakabatou	Feb 21	#75
I wanted to be Hip and I'm a chick	HipChick	Feb 21	#76
Love Monty Python, and love frogs. Pretty straightforward.	Crunchy Frog	Feb 21	#78
I couldn't think of anything clever, so Grey for our African Grey,	Greybnk48	Feb 21	#79
Mine is pretty obvious... don't think any further explanation is necessary :) N/T	AndrewRN	Feb 21	#81
When I first got into DU, I was very much into mountain biking	Trailrider1951	Feb 21	#82
My mother suggested it to me.	boston bean	Feb 21	#83
It's based from my college days, 45+ years ago	MurrayDelph	Feb 21	#84
Mine was a play on Bain Capital	iemanja	Feb 21	#85
Mine isn't very imaginary so....	KentuckyWoman	Feb 21	#87
Mine is my "Holy Name."	Brother Mythos	Feb 21	#88
Mine is a star in Ursa Majoris (UMa).	Talitha	Feb 21	#89
I like bears -- gay community variety.	Politicub	Feb 21	#90
Texas, and the Brazos County purged me three times.	PurgedVoter	Feb 21	#91
Toads have been my buddies for as long as I can remember	Ms. Toad	Feb 21	#92
I've always been an obsessive animal lover, but it was only when I saw my father in later years	hlthe2b	Feb 21	#128
It does.	Ms. Toad	Feb 21	#131
Hi Maeve!	mvd	Feb 21	#93
I chose my username after President Obama was elected.	A Brand New World	Feb 21	#94
Don Quixote was a favorite novel of many of the Founding Fathers	Quixote1818	Feb 21	#95
Mine was kind of a joke name for GWB, who I thought at the time was the worst person	smirkymonkey	Feb 21	#98
I like your name	PatSeg	Feb 21	#99
I have 3 beagles and love them so much!!	beaglelover	Feb 21	#100
I needed to be incognito	Claire Oh Nette	Feb 21	#102
Loved the song	Peacetrain	Feb 21	#103
Great names!	Mossfern	Feb 21	#105
Mine is obvious	LeftInTX	Feb 21	#106
I kept the same user name I used to post on sports message boards	SoonerPride	Feb 21	#108
It's a mythological video game	Polybius	Feb 21	#109
This	Wawannabe	Feb 21	#110
It's my «Incredibles» superhero name and superpower	Neurotica	Feb 21	#113
FSogol	FSogol	Feb 21	#114
My real name is Joe, but for many years some close friends have called me "Jones".	Progressive Jones	Feb 21	#117
In 1988 I had to choose a username for this brand-new computer thingie,	PCIntern	Feb 21	#119
My parents and my heritage chose it.	skip fox	Feb 21	#121
Firesign Theatre - Mark Time	Doc_Technical	Feb 21	#122
Vinca is a common perennial plant with pretty lilac/blue flowers. Aka periwinkle.	Vinca	Feb 21	#123
I chose one - denied, then another - denied...	lame54	Feb 21	#126
I was also denied the first couple of names I submitted back in 2003.	Elwood P Dowd	Feb 21	#130
I have always been very fond of that pooka	Maeve	Feb 21	#134
It was used as some character's last name in an old NatLamp, if memory serves	ironflange	Feb 21	#132
My old gamer name..	denbot	Feb 21	#133
The place I love the most and the year of my birth.	GulfCoast66	Feb 21	#135
I chose this name because Beaglelover was already taken	MustLoveBeagles	Feb 21	#136
It's what I have used since the mid 90s.	tonedevil	Feb 21	#137
Skittles was 25 pounds of solid back feline fur	Skittles	Feb 21	#138
Hi Skittles	AKwannabe	Feb 21	#139
I love them too	Skittles	Feb 21	#140
...	AKwannabe	Feb 21	#141
During the bush era I tried to sign up on Free Republic to comment about him....	George II	Feb 21	#142
My name is reality based.	Kingofalldems	Feb 21	#143
I was going to be theoriginal	theneworiginal	Feb 21	#146
I have owned several	countingbluecars	Feb 21	#147
Love your origin story & would love to hear your storytelling...	Hekate	Feb 21	#148
I was originally known as WakeMeUp	AwakeAtLast	Feb 21	#149
Mr. Show. nt	Guy Whitey Corngood	Feb 21	#150
It's the title of a song that came to mind after "the former guy" won in 2016.	BluesRunTheGame	Feb 21	#151
Place and Time	CRK7376	Feb 21	#152
I was born this way.	Solly Mack	Feb 21	#154
When President Obama won the election	ecstatic	Feb 22	#155
My name plus my hometown's area code	jml510	Feb 22	#156
I love the rain 💦 but it's rare in Southern California	Raine	Feb 22	#157
I was a la izquierda...	róisín_dubh	Feb 22	#159
Michael Son of Edward A tribute to days of old when people identified with their lineage	MichaelSoE	Feb 22	#163
Half moose half lucifer. Just a silly name.	mucifer	Feb 22	#164
Happened to have the funnies from the Sunday paper beside me when I was signing up	Dagstead Bumwood	Feb 23	#166
My usual music site's political off-topic sub-forum was slowing down...	electric_blue68	Feb 24	#167

Response to Maeve (Original post)

Sun Feb 21, 2021, 08:12 AM

no_hypocrisy (37,879 posts)

1. My username has been a mantra of mine since childhood.

I recognized hypocrisy from my parents, whom I decided had no business utilizing it as role models. (I was a precocious child.) I recognized hypocrisy on the playground and in the classroom. And I just don't have the patience for disingenuous discourse. (Excuse the alliteration.) I believe I even cited my distaste for hypocrisy in my HS yearbook entry.

When I joined DU, it was an easy choice for me.

So how did you choose your username?

1. My username has been a mantra of mine since childhood.

2. Mine was the first initial of my first name and a part of my last name.

3. Were an old Irish family

4. I'm a fan of sci fi and fantasy so

8. And that's not a bad thing!

25. I know a young woman whose first name is Eowyn

31. Another daughter is mad that we didin't name her Shana Galadriel

27. Love those middle names!

45. My son used names from his favorite

5. Mine is based on my love of Star Trek....

46. Oh yes

72. Thank you....

86. What a great series debut

160. Great debut 2 parter. Very clever idea.

6. We had the television on and we were watching Showtime.

7. I looked up from my desk and chose the first item that caught my eye.

33. I love lamp. (Steve Carrell)

9. THX-1138

18. Welcome to the board Thx64536

63. A pox on you for the ear worm!

10. It's my name

11. I chose mine because..

12. HABANERO, my passion. 9-1-1 was my job

13. Around 1970 I had an anti-war political button with the single word ENOUGH.

161. I might still have mine. Got a bunch of political buttons.

14. I know mine is long but it seemed to fit

15. Maeve, your name always reminds me of that tale

38. I'm glad! I do tell tales from the Tain

53. Maeve I did not know that about you.

56. I prefer in-person telling

77. You're the second professional storyteller I know.

16. ,,,

17. N_E_1 for Tennis...

19. From this

23. That's one I recognized! Hubby's a big Zappa fan

24. Great record!

20. I actually volunteered for a place like Joe Exotic and helped the big cats.

80. Hey! I almost worked for someone in the more responsible part of that field.

21. Love cats (tigers are just BIG kitties) and love my country.

22. A mishmash of "The Scarlet Letter" and "flaming liberal"

26. i was making political buttons when i signed up.

28. Because we are all just Bozos on this bus.

32. Also a fan of Firesign Theatre

50. Shoes for the Dead

61. And there is cabage

144. In Mystic Connecticut

145. Bob Hope joke

69. "Antelope Freeway 1/512th Mile"

29. I saw a documentary of sharks and seagulls working together

30. I once worked for a company that did not allow employees to publish articles under their own names.

124. I thought you were a Hamlet fan...

165. Oh, I am a fan of Hamlet, as well as most of Shakespeare.

34. Mine was, and is, descriptive of how I have been

35. Pretty much had that one figured

40. Thanks for being on this journey

42. It has been my pleasure and my privilege

36. Laziness!

49. When I first signed onto DU in 2004

112. Makes Sense

116. Oh, I agree, definitely not anonymous at all

127. Scientist, Not An Academic

129. Well, it's a good nickname

37. It's my name and a number I like.

39. I chose the name I have now to escape from...

41. I am a freemason , And the 357 is not for the weapon , It is a secret ...

107. Tell me all the Mason secrets!

115. Try checking Google.

118. Oh. I've googled.

43. It chose me. Unix user name on uni computer.

44. My one and only tattoo is a Phoenix and I like the year 1961. nt

47. I think it should be how did you choose your name

120. You are right--spelling before my second cuppa is a mistake

153. Yes I knew it was an error, lol

48. Mine is related to work

51. Mine is for my niece's triplets, who were babies when I joined.

52. Good to see you again!

104. Wow, what a reminder how much time

54. Tikki was my late doggie. When I signed up it was suggested to use a name you wouldn't

55. Very complex methodology.........