Catharsis
catch u on the flip scythe
Not really although I did eventually need to embrace being called "Cathy", which was a bit odd at first.
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Is it weird when people address you by your Forum Name?
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It just occurred to me that "Aunt Kathy" would be a great username for a Star Trek forum.*
*Reference to a particular episode of Voyager when Q's son comes to stay on the ship and insists on addressing Janeway as "Aunt Kathy".
Online, I prefer it. It's not a dealbreaker though, especially since people who know my real name tend to know me somewhat well.
Offline, everyone I know in person who knew me online I for one reason or another don't really catch up with anymore unfortunately.
Though it is funny to me when people here shorten Gorbles back to Gorb. Gorb was my nickname first, years ago (pre-CFC), and I changed it to Gorbles after years of people using Gorbles as an affectation
I don't mind it either way, but my preference these days of the two is Gorbles.
Offline, everyone I know in person who knew me online I for one reason or another don't really catch up with anymore unfortunately.
Though it is funny to me when people here shorten Gorbles back to Gorb. Gorb was my nickname first, years ago (pre-CFC), and I changed it to Gorbles after years of people using Gorbles as an affectation
I don't mind it either way, but my preference these days of the two is Gorbles.
OMG I loved that particular detail about baby/young Q. It was Q, just casually presuming to take such a liberty, and of course, automatically assuming that he was loved and adored, coupled with the fact that Janeway found it annoying just made it feel so much more authentically "Q" like.
The other think I had a little geek-giggle about was that I instantly knew who "Aunt Kathy" was even before you explained it... I was actually a little disappointed you included an explanation... it felt a little personal, like you doubted CFC community, (and my own, by extension/implication) geek/Trekkie chops.
Gori the Grey
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I'll add to my earlier answer:
1) just don't call me late for dinner and
2) I actually love it. And not the formal Gori the Grey, but Gori and Gor. I lurked for a long time, and what kept me from posting is that everybody already seemed to know everybody else: their previous posting history, their politics, things about their personal lives they'd revealed. I liked listening in on the degree of camaraderie, but didn't know how I could share in it. Eventually, I just started posting (duh), not assuming anyone would much react, and they didn't at first. But you post enough (the royal you) and now you have a posting history, people know your politics, etc. And you start to be on the inside of that camaraderie.
1) just don't call me late for dinner and
2) I actually love it. And not the formal Gori the Grey, but Gori and Gor. I lurked for a long time, and what kept me from posting is that everybody already seemed to know everybody else: their previous posting history, their politics, things about their personal lives they'd revealed. I liked listening in on the degree of camaraderie, but didn't know how I could share in it. Eventually, I just started posting (duh), not assuming anyone would much react, and they didn't at first. But you post enough (the royal you) and now you have a posting history, people know your politics, etc. And you start to be on the inside of that camaraderie.
I don't think it's weird to be addressed in this forum by my name...
In RL nobody does, because nobody knows.
We had some Zoom calls for stuff related to the forum, and that is a bit strange.
In RL nobody does, because nobody knows.
We had some Zoom calls for stuff related to the forum, and that is a bit strange.
Hygro
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I don’t like people addressing me by my irl name online.
I will generally address everyone by their usernames or a derivative.
the real question is how many people can I get to call em Hygro IRL
I will generally address everyone by their usernames or a derivative.
the real question is how many people can I get to call em Hygro IRL
OMG I loved that particular detail about baby/young Q. It was Q, just casually presuming to take such a liberty, and of course, automatically assuming that he was loved and adored, coupled with the fact that Janeway found it annoying just made it feel so much more authentically "Q" like.
The other think I had a little geek-giggle about was that I instantly knew who "Aunt Kathy" was even before you explained it... I was actually a little disappointed you included an explanation... it felt a little personal, like you doubted CFC community, (and my own, by extension/implication) geek/Trekkie chops.
No doubt there are Star Trek Voyager fans here. I wouldn't have included an explanation if this had been posted in the All Things Star Trek thread in A&E.
But even on TrekBBS there are people who don't like that show or haven't seen it. I have no idea what anyone's talking about with the shows I don't watch (the Picard episode where they killed off Icheb so gruesomely is the last modern Trek I've watched and have decided not to bother with the rest of it).
GoodEnoughForMe
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I’ve heard it now aloud for so many years and read it for so many years that it’s just like a normal nickname or something so not really. There is that awkward moment when you first meet someone from online in person and are kind of like “so… usernames or real names?” But otherwise I’m pretty used to it.
I don't know anyone IRL who calls me smellincoffee, (except when they're referring to my email address) but I do use "SC" as my initials when I'm at a restaurant and waiting for my order. People used to call me that on the 3DO forums 20+ years ago and I liked it.
I love it when people call me Abaddon, sigh when people call me Abbadon, and otherwise engage with the misspellings and drifts to Aiken Drumn as needs be.
Angst
Rambling and inconsistent
i love being called angst. it's why i went with it.
Angst
Rambling and inconsistent
i prefer referring to you as abby <3
Sure thing LJ
Catharsis
catch u on the flip scythe
If I knew you IRL I wouldn't be able to call you Arakhor because I don't know how to pronounce it.
Is it Arra-CORE or uh-RAHker or something else?
Its clearly the former, or my name ain't Johnny Mc'Guessypants
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In my head I pronounce it uh-RAK-or, with a very distinctly pronounced (though short) "o" sound in the final syllable (so not quite your second option, Catharsis (whom I would never think to call Cathy)).
There are others like this. I once wrote a rap on the pronunciation of Hygro's name. Well, a raplet:
There is a poster to whom I live close enough, that I've sometimes entertained the notion of driving to his town, tracking him down and just casually walking by and calling him by his username. Sounds creepy, maybe, but the person in question would look at me for one second and say: waaaaaaaait . . Gori the Grey?! (It would click, because I have grey hair.)
There are others like this. I once wrote a rap on the pronunciation of Hygro's name. Well, a raplet:
Own Poetry Showcase
Hig-ro? Hi-gro? How the hell do I know? Dude's so cool he'd make the Nile into an ice floe. Tunes in his sig show his music has a nice flow. Gretchen says "second best rapper on the site, yo." Boiling things down till they're simple as a pie dough. Gotta get accustomed to his California vibe...
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There is a poster to whom I live close enough, that I've sometimes entertained the notion of driving to his town, tracking him down and just casually walking by and calling him by his username. Sounds creepy, maybe, but the person in question would look at me for one second and say: waaaaaaaait . . Gori the Grey?! (It would click, because I have grey hair.)
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Sommerswerd is absolutely on the money, though I will concede that you might more naturally pronounce it a-RAK-ur, with the final sound being a schwa (like British English is so fond of employing).
There's a moderator over at TrekBBS who goes by "trampledamage".
I defy anyone to look at that and figure it out:
trample damage
trample da mage
trampled a mage
tramp led a mage
I finally asked which was the right way to read it, but would have to go back to see the answer (I forgot over the years; that person hasn't been active in a long time).
Next to that, most names here aren't so frustrating.
Oh, and @Arakhor: My inner voice says it's "ARA-khor (as in core)". I can't unhear that. Sorry.
I defy anyone to look at that and figure it out:
trample damage
trample da mage
trampled a mage
tramp led a mage
I finally asked which was the right way to read it, but would have to go back to see the answer (I forgot over the years; that person hasn't been active in a long time).
Next to that, most names here aren't so frustrating.
Oh, and @Arakhor: My inner voice says it's "ARA-khor (as in core)". I can't unhear that. Sorry.
