Why did you choose your username?

[d8n0g]

d8n0g= david nathaniel green (born) 80

 

[Mkubota1]

Because I'm an incredibly creative guy.  Is it too late to change our user ID? 

 

[jmwreck]

jm = initials
wreck = my username when i used to play games, i dont remember how it came about

 

[youngngray]

well I use this name for pretty much everything forums, email, other accounts, etc...
 
Why? Well let's see... "young" (about 13 at the time) "n" (and) "gray" (First gray hairs).
 
Seems weird to have gray hair at such a young age, so after some research I actually found out a few things... My mom has a thyroid condition which is linked and my brother has diabetes which all are in the same group as premature graying. So I went with it!
 
Some people have suggested I change it because of the common quick read of it where the "r" in gray is dropped... But it has a good meaning so I'm sticking with it.

 

[NamelessPFG]

I had to come up with some sorta Internet psuedonym...but I was (and still am) bad at coming up with names. Then the idea struck: "Why not go nameless?"
 
Unfortunately, I'm not the first or last person with the idea, so the latter part's undergone some changes to differentiate myself. The latter three letters have no real meaning, just to shift focus back to the former part.

 

[logwed]

Person First Grapher is how I've always interpreted them.

 

[manveru]

Manveru=Michael. Translation of my name into Elvish. Quenya to be specific.

 

[melomaniac]

because no matter what some of you might think, it means music lover

 

[Head Injury]

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Manveru=Michael. Translation of my name into Elvish. Quenya to be specific.

Can you explain that? What does "veru" mean?

 

[manveru]

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Can you explain that? What does "veru" mean?

Here's a quote from where I originally got the name:
[size=medium]MICHAEL: [/size][size=medium]In Hebrew, [/size][size=medium]Mi kha-'el? [/size][size=medium]is the rhetorical question "Who [is] like God?" - in Quenya [/size][size=medium]Man [ná] ve Eru?[/size][size=medium]. This may be contracted to [/size][size=medium]Manveru[/size][size=medium].[/size]
 
Eru is the name of the creator god of Tolkien's universe, if anyone's ever read the Silmarillion. "Ve" is "like," so veru  by itself would be the contraction of "ve Eru" or "like God."

 

[Head Injury]

Ah, all the dictionaries I found either don't have "ve" or translate it as "as" instead. Makes sense now. I never read the Silmarillion.

 

[manveru]

Hm. I'm going off of the dictionary by Helge Fauskanger. It lists the meaning of "ve" to be "as, like," or "after the manner of."

 

[Radio_head]

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[size=medium]MICHAEL: [/size][size=medium]In Hebrew, [/size][size=medium]Mi kha-'el? [/size][size=medium]is the rhetorical question "Who [is] like God?" - in Quenya [/size][size=medium]Man [ná] ve Eru?[/size][size=medium]. This may be contracted to [/size][size=medium]Manveru[/size][size=medium].[/size]
 

I know its a rhetorical question but:
 

Had to be done.
 
On a more serious note, the "answer" in Hebrew/Aramaic sources is that you're considered "similar" to him if you are merciful/compassionate and benevolent.  
 
 

 

[manveru]

^Who indeed? Hahaha.

 

[Head Injury]

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I know its a rhetorical question but:
 
Had to be done.
 
On a more serious note, the "answer" in Hebrew/Aramaic sources is that you're considered "similar" to him if you are merciful/compassionate and benevolent.

Has Chuck ever named his legs? "Mercy" and "Compassion" would be good.