Names or "handles"

**RockyR** · 17th October 08, 05:31 AM

Guys and Gals,

I am curious about something... Some people's names on XMARKS are kind of obvious. For myself, I use my name and last initial. Other people use a physical characteristic or a nickname or an anagram, something completely different as their name...

If you want to share, I'd invite you to tell us about your nickname (the handle you chose as your Xmarks name) and why (the reasons behind it). There have always been a few people up here whose nickname I didn't understand. I just thought others might have the same thought / curiosity.

**Cherub** · 17th October 08, 05:39 AM

I was given the Nicname of Cherub a Long time ago by a Former Girlfirend, Many of my Friends from that time Don't even know my real name, to them I am Cherub, My first E-mail address was "Cherub@xx.xxx" and back in the days Of BBS's and 1200 baud Modems i was Cherub. I'm too old to change it now.

**george7** · 17th October 08, 06:16 AM

I chose to use my own name in order to remind myself and other posters that we're real people, not 'sxyblkbelt10' but actual "joe plumbers." (sorry, couldn't resist calling out Mr. Joe Plumber)

**PiobBear** · 17th October 08, 06:18 AM

A word play on piobair; Gaelic for piper.

**masonpiper** · 17th October 08, 06:18 AM

Easy I am am Mason and a Piper , 18 years some form of Piper and 13 a Mason

peace

**Dirk Skene** · 17th October 08, 06:21 AM

My mom was a Hall, a sept of Skene. Skene is a knife also a sirname. A dirk is a knife & a personal name. Dirk Skene could be a real man's name. And from tooling around the internet I think I thought of it first