How did you decide on your 606v2 name?

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Just for a bit of fun...

I did this artical back on the old 606 to try and find out how posters came by their various names. Quite a laugh at the time as some of the explainations were hilarious. I think it is time to remind everyone again.

Just to get the ball rolling: The two great loves in my life are Heavy Metal music & Leicester Tigers (don't tell the wife & kids!!!) so it was a case of putting the two together.

So Metal Tiger was born.

How did you get your monicker?

No prizes for guessing what my name is all about! Definitely a contender for most boring name on 606v2.

I wanted to change it when I joined here but wanted people to recognise me from the old 606, so kept it!

Ummm,

Im from Wales, and I was on 606 - Hence Wales606 (I believe I was in the running for most logical name when this was done on old 606)

I suppose I should chance it to Wales606v2 now...

doctornickolas wrote:Apparently mine was a character on The Simpsons that I just started getting called. Real name is Nick though.

Don't watch it so its probably derogatory but never mind ..

Not at all. Altho he was a dodgy surgeon with an East European accent! He died in the Movie when a huge piece of glass fell on him!

RDW_Scotland wrote:No prizes for guessing what my name is all about! Definitely a contender for most boring name on 606v2.

I wanted to change it when I joined here but wanted people to recognise me from the old 606, so kept it!

Most boring name - pick me, pick me...

My team mates used to yell "offload" at me so much I actually thought it was my name.

In fact it's a short version of my full name which is "Offload the ******* ball you ****".

Over the years I've learned to answer to just Offload - makes communication easier.

Surname is Ngan.
Mates called me versions of that my whole life. At 31 was starting to feel old so ran off to China for 10 years (about 12 years ago). Got myself a hotmail address and called myself nganboy to make myself feel young.
Still use it today as not any younger/

Well, my name is pretty simple too. If you can't figure it out, you qualify to run the RFU (well almost)..........

doctor_grey wrote:Well, my name is pretty simple too. If you can't figure it out, you qualify to run the RFU (well almost)..........

Doctor grey....the fit one off Grey's anatomy..didn't know she liked rugger

Uh, yeah - that's it. Me and the chick from Grey's Anatomy. Of course she wants a rugger. What woman wouldn't? Probably the best thing she could ever have.

Actually Grey is part of my first name. And no, Ghost is not my surname.....

DOD wrote:In a previous existence on 606 i was SmugEddie i joined around the time of the 2007 world cup and there was an article about Eddie O'Sullivan in the paper which made note of that.

With the change in mgmt for Ireland i went for DOD which = Deaglan O'Duain. Figure it out for yourselves

Is Duain Gaelic for Kidney?

RDW_Scotland wrote:No prizes for guessing what my name is all about! Definitely a contender for most boring name on 606v2.

I wanted to change it when I joined here but wanted people to recognise me from the old 606, so kept it!

What does RDW stand for?

wales606 wrote:Ummm,

Im from Wales, and I was on 606 - Hence Wales606 (I believe I was in the running for most logical name when this was done on old 606)

I suppose I should chance it to Wales606v2 now...

Ummm is back!

Glas a du wrote:

wales606 wrote:Ummm,

Im from Wales, and I was on 606 - Hence Wales606 (I believe I was in the running for most logical name when this was done on old 606)

I suppose I should chance it to Wales606v2 now...

Ummm is back!

Ummm was an excellent poster on 606. It's a shame he never came across...

Thank you everyone that has taken the time to comment so far.

Some funny stories in there and a nice bit of banter.

No squabbles, just fun. How it should be.

I love you all.

Thundercats

Local town to where I live in NZ

well it's my surname and my birthday so I think I would be competative in the boring name stakes...

Cari wrote:

Mickado wrote:Mickado is the English form of the Irish word “Mhic a daugh” which means “handsome man with 3 legs”.

Mine was "Cariadwr" - the Welsh word for Lover. Then it got abbreviated by familiar people...

Or the over-familiar?!

Rory_Gallagher wrote:

kiakahaaotearoa wrote:kia kaha means be strong. It´s what my hometown Christchurch is doing in terms of the aftermath of the earthquakes and countless aftershocks but I meant it more for my country - Aotearoa or New Zealand - in the wake of 24 years without World Cup success and all those people who thought it reasonable to say NZ hadn´t done anything special as it hadn´t won a RWC in the professional era. Then when we do win, the ref gave it to us and you can only win a World Cup at home and so on and so on. Life can be lonely at the top but great views and fresh air. kia kaha

Really like that one - actually has a very powerful meaning

+1

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

Rory_Gallagher wrote:

kiakahaaotearoa wrote:kia kaha means be strong. It´s what my hometown Christchurch is doing in terms of the aftermath of the earthquakes and countless aftershocks but I meant it more for my country - Aotearoa or New Zealand - in the wake of 24 years without World Cup success and all those people who thought it reasonable to say NZ hadn´t done anything special as it hadn´t won a RWC in the professional era. Then when we do win, the ref gave it to us and you can only win a World Cup at home and so on and so on. Life can be lonely at the top but great views and fresh air. kia kaha

Really like that one - actually has a very powerful meaning

+1

Only because you needed a translation. As in my case if it were in English (Be Strong New Zealand) you'd have gone "oh my, what a Tinkywinky". It would be like me choosing "Twlltinpobsais" or "Cymruambyth" Wales for ever. See?

You're just jealous you didn't think of it first

I married MrP.

lol Glas a du. You make a good point. But often translation from a language doesn´t do the word justice. You translate the Maori word mana with respect as in Tana Umaga was allowed to perform the haka even though he wasn´t a Maori because he had mana. Respect doesn´t convey the sense of the Maori word as it has other connotations that can´t be expressed by a singular word.

In English we say climax but in French it is a culminating point - point culminant. So you´re quite right, to put be strong Christchurch on t-shirts wouldn´t have the same emotive pull as kia kaha. Hence my username as I agree in English it sounds like sticks and stones may break my bones but the word choker really hurts inside so please refrain from using it.

Just as an aside, is there a Welsh version of Countdown? I´ll have a consonant please. Yeah me too. Another consonant. And one for me...

kiakahaaotearoa wrote:Just as an aside, is there a Welsh version of Countdown? I´ll have a consonant please. Yeah me too. Another consonant. And one for me...

On the late-lamented ScrumV board I chose the name Portnoy's Complaint - which I retained on v1. But dropped the 'Complaint' in v2.

Portnoy's Complaint is the semi-eponymous title of a Philip Roth novel. I chose it as a entirely self-deprecating user-name as a reference to his 'manual habits' etc.

The name is analogous - if you google the novel on wiki and interpret the word 'sex' for 'rugby' then you may get an idea of my thought process.

MrsP wrote:

I married MrP.

That's strange, cos he says that he married you?

I knew I'd get the blame somehow.

Portnoy!

Tell them why you lost your ' !

MMeF - as you know it the same reason as why ummm, lost his ,

Was it?

I thought it was you that left it out?

Simple, it's a name / tag I use for other things like a friend's blog I'm a guest poster on and my kiss-box gamer tag too - you're only a child once but you can be immature all your life!

Punctuation marks were disallowed in v1 user-names in one upgrade or another.

As Billy Connolly once said AbsolutCitron, grow old but never grow up.

kiakahaaotearoa wrote:As Billy Connolly once said AbsolutCitron, grow old but never grow up.

Anyone who quotes the Big Yin gets a +1 from me

Glas a du wrote:

DOD wrote:In a previous existence on 606 i was SmugEddie i joined around the time of the 2007 world cup and there was an article about Eddie O'Sullivan in the paper which made note of that.

With the change in mgmt for Ireland i went for DOD which = Deaglan O'Duain. Figure it out for yourselves

Is Duain Gaelic for Kidney?

Very good Glas...many of your Irish fellow posters wouldnt have figured that out...

Leinster play in Dublin 4 (D4)
they have a banner that says D4tress

i live in Dublin 24 hence D24tress

Mine is Glas a Du (blue and black). It is a reference to the colours of my home town team, Rhydaman (Ammanford) RFC, est. 1887, winners of last year's inaugural Swalec Plate. Specifically Glas a Du referrs to the club song "Du a Glas yw y lliwiau..." "black and blue are the colours..." on the tune of Chelsea's "Blue is the colour..." Both of my brothers and I have represented the club amongst others. [/quote]


I always find it interesting to see the connections between Welsh, Irish and Scotish Gaelic. When watching games on Alba or S4C the shared words are often very aparent especially with Scots. However it must have been a colour blind St Patrick who landed on these shores. Du meaning black in Welsh is fair enough as it is Dubh in Irish. Glas on the other hand is the exact same spelling as the Irish for Green.

I'm a Welsh speaker and am always amazed at the differences between Irish/Scottish Gaelic and Welsh. Especially when there are similar words between Welsh, Cornish and Britton.

It's also interesting that Glasgow is called that because it's taken from Welsh meaning Blue Field after a battle that took place between 2 Celtic tribes back in the times before Romans.

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:You're just jealous you didn't think of it first

But...Ah...but...no you've got me there

kiakahaaotearoa wrote:lol Glas a du. You make a good point. But often translation from a language doesn´t do the word justice. You translate the Maori word mana with respect as in Tana Umaga was allowed to perform the haka even though he wasn´t a Maori because he had mana. Respect doesn´t convey the sense of the Maori word as it has other connotations that can´t be expressed by a singular word.

In English we say climax but in French it is a culminating point - point culminant. So you´re quite right, to put be strong Christchurch on t-shirts wouldn´t have the same emotive pull as kia kaha. Hence my username as I agree in English it sounds like sticks and stones may break my bones but the word choker really hurts inside so please refrain from using it.

Just as an aside, is there a Welsh version of Countdown? I´ll have a consonant please. Yeah me too. Another consonant. And one for me...

No. We've just got more vowels (y and w and sometimes h)

Smirnoffpriest wrote:I'm a Welsh speaker and am always amazed at the differences between Irish/Scottish Gaelic and Welsh. Especially when there are similar words between Welsh, Cornish and Britton.

It's also interesting that Glasgow is called that because it's taken from Welsh meaning Blue Field after a battle that took place between 2 Celtic tribes back in the times before Romans.

Despite being born there, I didn't know that - thanks, SP

DOD wrote:

Glas a du wrote:

DOD wrote:In a previous existence on 606 i was SmugEddie i joined around the time of the 2007 world cup and there was an article about Eddie O'Sullivan in the paper which made note of that.

With the change in mgmt for Ireland i went for DOD which = Deaglan O'Duain. Figure it out for yourselves

Is Duain Gaelic for Kidney?

Very good Glas...many of your Irish fellow posters wouldnt have figured that out...

Phew! I thought it may have been God or "the Great"

As you might have worked out, i have a complete lack of imagination

It's where I'm from, innit.

Cumbrian (and PJHolyBloke if you're about), there's a bunch of us heading to Bath for the Leinster game in a couple of weeks, any recommendations on pre-match pubs? Cheers

Submachine wrote:

Mine is Glas a Du (blue and black). It is a reference to the colours of my home town team, Rhydaman (Ammanford) RFC, est. 1887, winners of last year's inaugural Swalec Plate. Specifically Glas a Du referrs to the club song "Du a Glas yw y lliwiau..." "black and blue are the colours..." on the tune of Chelsea's "Blue is the colour..." Both of my brothers and I have represented the club amongst others.

I always find it interesting to see the connections between Welsh, Irish and Scotish Gaelic. When watching games on Alba or S4C the shared words are often very aparent especially with Scots. However it must have been a colour blind St Patrick who landed on these shores. Du meaning black in Welsh is fair enough as it is Dubh in Irish. Glas on the other hand is the exact same spelling as the Irish for Green.[/quote]

Ah now then, it also means green. Strathclyde is a corruption of the Welsh name Ystrad Clyd, but in Welsh they were descibimg the valley as sheltered not naming the river. The river would have been Afon. Just the same as every other river. That is why you have 6 rivers named Avon in England.

Thanks for the language tip there Glas a du. Actually there is a connection between Welsh and Maori. They´re the only two languages where sign makers ask to be paid by the metre rather than by the hour: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu and Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch work out more profitable that way.

Smirnoffpriest wrote:I'm a Welsh speaker and am always amazed at the differences between Irish/Scottish Gaelic and Welsh. Especially when there are similar words between Welsh, Cornish and Britton.

It's also interesting that Glasgow is called that because it's taken from Welsh meaning Blue Field after a battle that took place between 2 Celtic tribes back in the times before Romans.

No, it means green field. When grass is very lush it is called glas to convey the deeper green colour. Blood is a good fertiliser for grass.

SubsBench - obviously where I spent most of my rugby 'career'.

Ahh apologies - that's just what my Welsh teacher told me