How People Came Up with Their Screen Names or Business Names

I think it’s fun to read blogger screen names, the reasoning and psychological reasoning that go behind them. Mine is Nye Noona, which was supposed to be a male blogger, a name with a slight attitude, that’s me. Then the latest name that I added to my bloggroll was Dangling Monkey, if I have to guess, he is somewhat adventurous, an outdoor person and was born in the year of the monkey, for him to be dangling like a monkey. Then there is Karmadiva, which her anthem for life is “If one speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows one, like a shadow that never leaves”, (from Amphone’s blog,) she believes in Karma and that’s why she’s always trying to be pure in thoughts and actions, very nice gesture I think.

I also read Sao Lao, which is Darly, your average sao lao that loves Tum Buk Houng, oh, she might call it “Tum Maak Houng,” with her soft sweet Lao Northerner accent, the name describes her well. Knoizki, or K Speaking! lives in Hong Kong, someone gave him that name in college and kept it since, I often wonder if there’s any real meaning behind his name, maybe he’ll tell me, if by chance strolls by to read this post. Thesim, I wonder why Sim choose “THE” in front and not just Sim, might sound manlier or something. I read once that his name should have been ‘Simeung’, means color of city but he misspelled it, so got stuck with Simoung, Sim for short, that’s pretty cool, it’s ashamed that he misspelled his name.

I also read Wutthiphan’s blog, he lives in Thailand and recently visited the Southern part of Laos, it was a lot of fun to read, a very good writer but too bad most of you can’t read Thai language, but I’ve been waiting for a long time, still at the 2^nd part of his trip…I’m beginning to wonder, what’s happening to the rest of his trip. I think he’s using his real name.

One of the things about the free version of Word Press is that we can’t change our Domain name, but we can change our display name. I changed mine from Nye to Ginger because I was trying to outdo someone and got stuck with it, that was silly of me to have done that, but Ginger is easy to pronounce and it’s grown on me now. I recently discover that it’s the same name as K’s dead cat, his (former) little rascal.

Then there are business names that I came across that are so odd, and I can’t say that I fully understand the psychological reasoning that go behind these names. There is a restaurant that I often pass by and laugh every time I’d see it; it’s called Hummer Dinger. I’m not sure what to think, but it’s a hamburger joint.

When people decide to open a business, then the name sort of tells of whom they are, so there’s a lot of brain storming involved. Most business names that I came across are somewhat suitable as to the types of business that they’re in, and some are just so obvious, they couldn’t have made them any clearer, such as CIRCUIT CITY, or any restaurants’ name. Then there’re some names that you have to stop and ask, Say what? Did I hear that right? You must be joking, right? That’s so funny? That didn’t make sense!

Well, I have several business names that I thought they’re somewhat funny, odd, weird, and wild names,

HOT,COOL,DOG,CAT

LETTUCE DUIT

HANKY PANKY

THAT’S MY GIRL

GONE FISHING

WARPED WOMAN ENTERPRISES

YELLOW RIVER (why yellow river? Did someone pee in there or something?)

YOU NAME IT

BESTWAY (It’s a name of a trucking company, very confusing if they asked you to ship Bestway. What, the cheapest way?)

SATURDAY KNIGHT LTD.

TUESDAY MORNING

DR. LUCY ANN PRICE (not a doctor’s office, or remotely related to doctor)

(I’ll add more later…)