hi,

i have seen a lot Nicknames and i am curious what stories are hidden behind this names.

for example my nickname derpelikan, was born, well in an act of frustration when i tried to signup an hotmail account, all the cool nicknames were already taken.
i am happy i didnt take something like superman9032w99383 which hotmail did recommend that time

so as some might now, PELIKAN is a german pen maker and i saw this pen on the desk and just tried DERPELIKAN and got my nick

there are some names which i see frequently here and i would love to know what they mean.

for example SCHMUTZIGMSP, schmutzig means dirty , but why did you chose that nickname, maybe you want to share this with us .

there are many people which names are easy to understand as they for example include a 747 or a 777 etc. like jubilee777 which we met at bali.

i did search for a thread like this, but couldnt find anything, so if there is any other thread, point me to this thread.

There is a long-standing thread where many people have posted where their "handle" came from ....

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...ghlight=handle

I had wondered if your name had anything to do with the Pen maker!

There are a couple of threads. In addition to the one above, there is

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=410094

Cheers

Thank you to the folks who rise earlier than the "mod squad" for posting links to a couple of existing threads. Since those are both lengthy and informative, I'm going to close this thread so we can continue discussion there.

(If the original poster wants me to merge his thread in with one of those, please private message me and let me know!)

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