wolf is the name that I first used when I signed onto the old dialup cellar.

I was confronted by that scary blinking command line cursor asking for "username":

the white characters on the black screen were taunting me.

I knew it was not a good idea to use my actual name (although I soon learned several users did) ...

and I had to type something RIGHT THEN AND THERE ...

so ...

'wolf it was.

Notice the apostrophe?

It's short for SilverWolf

Which is short for Coyote Laughs at SilverWolf.

Really.

(had I not been stunned into insensibility that way, my login would have more likely been xyzzy, plugh, or perhaps even wumpus).

Mine is a compound of the political party closest to my ideals and my real name, and it comes out like a real word.

Heh. I guess I should change my handle to Nazike.

Mine is from The World According to Garp, where one of Garp's kids misunderstands "undertow" and is afraid of some mythical creature in the ocean. It becomes a personification of the anxiety that runs deeply through life. It is me: I treasure my handle.

I'm a twelve year old from Bosnia and I just finished my first book in English. I took the name from Harrys Potters' Griffindor.

Mine's my last name, though half the cellar dwellars seem to have stuck in their head the idea that my name is "Russ Otto".

No HB, I think you meant Commike, you extreme leftist bastard!

Kitsune - japanese word for "fox", but also refers to the foxes in Japanese/Asian mythology that served as messengers to the god of the harvest, Inari. They were mischievous little bastards who enjoyed causing problems for the locals by disguising themselves as people, creating illusions, etc.

...not that I would relate to playing tricks on anyone or anything like that...

the one im curious about is elspode.

seems like it should say something backwards, but it comes out edopsle, which is almost as odd.

el?

Mine is my first name combined with my last name. Which ideally isn't a very good idea - but heck - whatcha gonna do?

He collects fine china, and is Hispanic.

Mine is a coagulation of Middle French and English, which is supposed to be "a deluge of fire". It doesn't properly fit in either language.

I had assumed, since I noticed Griff's post where he wrote "El Spode", that Elspode meant something like 'the potato". =]

Naw, he said in another thread that Spode was a derogatory term his High School clique made up.
Mine is Vietnamese for "Yoo hoo, GI Jane".:cool:

I thought I'd remembered us having this topic once before...

http://www.cellar.org/showthread.php...5&pagenumber=2

My explanation is in there, along with many others, LJ...I wish the origin of mine was more interesting, but it isn't...it is just a default for me.

Oh well, I got the "school" part right.:blush: