lozkerr Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Bassassin said: Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper and Snork Down with the Sour Grapes Gang! 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunion Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Bassassin said: You're up against OCD and pedantry here, fella. Because not in the lyrics of the song, it wasnt! Ahh the old make a name rhyme to fit in a song 😄 try this from .50 seconds 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilorius Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 My name is Nils and when i invented that chat names my 1# bass player was Jaco Pastorius, so it ended to - "nilorius". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 (edited) 12 minutes ago, nilorius said: My name is Nils Did you used to play with Bruce Springsteen then..? Edited April 16, 2023 by Waddo Soqable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicko Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 18 hours ago, neepheid said: It was 1996. I wanted a hotmail address (pre-Microsoft). I wanted a cool, relatively short one with NO number in it. I scratched my head to think of something that no American would ever think of. So I thought - local dialect. Came up with neepheid - neep heid, lit. turnip/swede/rutabaga head ie. idiot, basically. In Scotland there is a long and rich tradition of playful, food based insults - neep, tattie, dumplin' - all synonyms for idiot/imbecile. Anyhoo, neepheid was indeed not taken so I snagged it and it has been my nom de guerre ever since. Managed to keep it on most online platforms. I use neepheid_prime when I've been beaten to it. I'm glad you posted that. I'd been reading it as Neefeid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 16 minutes ago, Nicko said: I'm glad you posted that. I'd been reading it as Neefeid. It has not escaped my attention that a lot of people read it that way. Elephants are way more famous than me, that's what's to blame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted April 17, 2023 Author Share Posted April 17, 2023 17 hours ago, Waddo Soqable said: Sounds positively Ancient Greek... 😁 I had a kebab like that once. 🤮 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chezz55 Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 My given name is Chris. Way back in February 1981 I started a new job, and there were already 4 people called Chris in the team of 12. Nick-names were already used to identify the other 4 individual Chris' so I was immediately re-named 'Chezz' (derived from my family name) - the name has been with me ever since. I added the 55 'I thought it sounded good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 5 minutes ago, snorkie635 said: I had a kebab like that once. 🤮 Odd really as most kebab places seem to be Turkish yet kebab is always associated with Greek.. I've often wondered about that... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 5 minutes ago, Chezz55 said: My given name is Chris. Way back in February 1981 I started a new job, and there were already 4 people called Chris in the team of 12. Nick-names were already used to identify the other 4 individual Chris' so I was immediately re-named 'Chezz' (derived from my family name) - the name has been with me ever since. I added the 55 'I thought it sounded good. Does that mean you're 55% fruit juice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted April 17, 2023 Author Share Posted April 17, 2023 24 minutes ago, neepheid said: It has not escaped my attention that a lot of people read it that way. Elephants are way more famous than me, that's what's to blame Thank the Lord you went 'vegetable' and not 'bakery'. 'Butteryheid' 'll no' cut it loon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Just now, snorkie635 said: Thank the Lord you went 'vegetable' and not 'bakery'. 'Butteryheid' 'll no' cut it loon. Aye, too many syllables - rowieheid? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted April 17, 2023 Author Share Posted April 17, 2023 48 minutes ago, Waddo Soqable said: Odd really as most kebab places seem to be Turkish yet kebab is always associated with Greek.. I've often wondered about that... it's all Greek to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 12 hours ago, Bunion said: Ahh the old make a name rhyme to fit in a song 😄 try this from .50 seconds Ah - the old 'adding a y to a single-syllable name to create an affectionate diminutive' ploy! I know all your sly linguistic tricks, that's what they teach at Pedant School. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 53 minutes ago, snorkie635 said: it's all Greek to me. μπορώ να έχω ένα κεμπάπ παρακαλώ Should get you sorted... 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilorius Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 12 hours ago, Waddo Soqable said: Did you used to play with Bruce Springsteen then..? Nope:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 1 minute ago, nilorius said: Nope:( Phew, that's OK then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 I'm sure this is on Basschat already, so here goes. Me and the wife are huge fans of a photographer called Gregory Crewdson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Crewdson); his work is highly stylised/detailed/large format and when the photography is displayed the canvas size is large - maybe 6x8 feet. Typically his work is like this: We were at the Beneath The Roses exhibition at the White Cube in Shoreditch and the photo below was in the exhibition (not wishing to see my post deleted I've browned out the nudity in the shot, but if you want see what's under the brown, it's easily findable online). The detail was so clear that you could make out the names on the prescription bottles on the dresser as Nancy Johnson. I'd just started a new band and we used Nancy Johnson for the band name (which was kind of amusing as we were four blokes). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Before Basschat, there was Bassworld. At the time of joining Bassworld, my main basses were Stingrays. So I picked Rayman. I carried the name over to Basschat when was first launched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 School days nickname, based on my surname. I'm sure you can work out my surname from that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 When I first registered on the forum in 1853 I had no idea of the subsequent importance of a forum alias so just my initials. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 44 minutes ago, Crusoe said: School days nickname, based on my surname. I'm sure you can work out my surname from that. You're Danny Defoe aren't you..? 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicko Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 3 hours ago, Waddo Soqable said: Odd really as most kebab places seem to be Turkish yet kebab is always associated with Greek.. I've often wondered about that... Most Greek food has its roots in Turkish and middle eastern cuisine. If you go to an Iraqi restaurant the names might be different but the dishes are similar. Greek tzatziki is Cacik in Turkish for instance, Greek soutzokakia is pretty much the same as Turkish kofta but in some cases even the names are similar such as Greek dolmades and Turkish dolma. 1 hour ago, Waddo Soqable said: μπορώ να έχω ένα κεμπάπ παρακαλώ Should get you sorted... 👍 σουβλάκι ή γύρος Kebab normally refers to something you don't see in kebab shops in the UK - minced meat on a skewer somewhere between a doner and a souvlaki(shish). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stofferson Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Christof > Chris - Stoff > Stoff Then just anything else that suits, Stofferson, Stoffelberry, The Stoff dreams are made of . . etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Rayman said: Before Basschat, there was Bassworld. At the time of joining Bassworld, my main basses were Stingrays. So I picked Rayman. I carried the name over to Basschat when was first launched. And I've spent 17-odd years with this mental image of you: I am disappoint. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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