Absolutely no regrets here. It seems to be noticeable and at times an object of humour which I don't mind.
Having met a few FT'ers in the past year, I do find it interesting that even in personal conversations we will mention other FT'ers who are in the neighbourhood by their handle rather than their given names.
And to
Gargoyle even though your handle is pretty good, I think that a better handle would be
had trouble with Italian in college but now I'm fluent