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Nicknames - What's going on... are you all changing ?

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Pupuce · 01/11/2001 21:18

I am getting very confused - maybe it's because I am on maternity leave and not using my brain too much - but what is this business of changing nicknames and confusing everyone ? Okapi ? Scummymummy ? Chairmum and others......

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Suedonim · 01/11/2001 21:38

Don't worry, Pupuce, it's not you!! I got bored of being Chairmum and decided to give myself a new persona. Unfortunately, only the name has changed, the rest of me is the same as before.

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Pupuce · 01/11/2001 22:48

All right.... but I had an "image" of you when I was writing to Chairmum... I kind of new what you were standing for, in what forum I'd see you, etc it's like if Bloss changed her name I'd think I have a new GF supporter while it is still Bloss...
Don't know if I make any sense... well off to bed !

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Rhiannon · 01/11/2001 23:37

Pupuce do you have an image of Rhiannon? R.

Suedonim · 02/11/2001 00:39

Maybe I should have invented a new personality to go with the new name, Pupuce (what does your nickname mean, btw?), then I would have kept you guessing! I could even have had arguments with myself, lol!

Robinw · 02/11/2001 02:59

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Bloss · 02/11/2001 06:29

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Pupuce · 02/11/2001 10:22

Rhiannon... I don't really have a "picture" of you but I do know what you read and who you vote for (but that doesn't tell me what you "go for" when raising your kids).

Pupuce is an endearing name for a wife or daughter in French... a bit like "honey" but it actually means "little flea"... and that's how DH calls me !

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Suedonim · 02/11/2001 11:57

I couldn't actually change my nickname, so I started again. Maybe Scummymummy knows an easier way, as she seems to swap identities regularly.

Pupuce, little flea?? Hmmm!

Scummymummy · 02/11/2001 12:12

The 2nd paragraph of the Mumsnet Talk page has a place to click to "check or choose your nickname". You can change your nickname from there by simply deleting the old one, putting in a new one and clicking UPDATE. Hey presto, your identity is forged anew!

Suedonim · 02/11/2001 18:21

I did that, but it kept reverting to Chairmum. Oh well, I'm sure I'll get used to my split personality!

Lisav · 03/11/2001 21:05

I've been thinking about changing mine, Lisav seems so drab compared to many others here, and it's hardly anonymous is it? Trouble is my imagination seems to have run dry and I can't think of any clever ones, any ideas anyone?

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Pupuce · 03/11/2001 21:20

You could do what was suggested in "Will and Grace" the name of your first cat + the name of the first street you lived on... could be quite funny but maybe too long to type ! In my case it would make it Garcon Ducharme a) (this is a try at a funny face... will it work ?)

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Pamina · 03/11/2001 22:19

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Jodee · 03/11/2001 23:04

Pamina, yes you could be right, so I quite fancy being Tinkerbell Sherrington, a bit of an upper-class sounding porn star name I think!

Suedonim · 04/11/2001 00:57

Oh dear Pamina, I'd be Sammy Evans. Sounds sadly lacking in porn star qualities, to me!

Joe1 · 04/11/2001 08:18

God mine would be Snoopy Dugan, I think I had better give porn a miss as a career change.

Chanelno5 · 04/11/2001 13:21

I would be Bubbles Elliott, now that's a possibility! Also, do you think my Mumsnet nickname makes me sound pretentious? (that wasn't my aim!)

Scummymummy · 04/11/2001 19:48

Mine would be Bebbington Revans, which I think sounds kind of cool!
Chanelno5- I think your nickname is great and not pretentious at all.

Marina · 04/11/2001 19:54

Mine would be Bimbo Saunders. I did not choose Bimbo by the way, I was TWO at the time. He also died, very sadly, of feline leukaemia when still tiny, so I don't remember him properly. As my next pet was a mouse called Angus...
I think Chanelno5 is very glam and sophisticated but not pretentious. It's a timeless classic.

Lizzer · 05/11/2001 10:16

Felicity Marley!! Sounds more like an accountant's name!! (no offence intended to anyone)

Think you'd get further in the industry if you stick to Bimbo rather than Angus, Marina!

Channelno5 - I agree with Marina and Scummy, anything Coco did could never be seen as pretentious. Those double 'C' earings, quilted handbags, tiny tweed suits - its all good!

Faith · 05/11/2001 10:20

Ching Walsh! multi-cultural, if rather unwieldy!

Wendym · 05/11/2001 11:18

Always get confused between mothers maiden name and grandmothers but as my first cat was called Tom perhaps it doesn't matter. I was two at the time but I think my 3 year old sister picked the name. Don't think I'd like the porn career that would go with that name.

Bells2 · 05/11/2001 11:29

Mine would be Pussy Parry - 'nuff said!

Lizzer · 05/11/2001 11:45

That's fantastic Bells!!

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