h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hi!
My nickname is Agnetha (which is also the name of my car, a white Saab).
Another nickname I use is AnnaFrid.
But I have also used Miranda, and Marcia Brady.

Analysis, please?

You have to be an ABBA fan, Agnetha

Unless you ARE Agnetha from ABBA

Just a bit..

A lot of people thought that Abba were cool, then daggy, disappeared, then became cool and retro again.

Sadly, for me, they never went away!

I only wish I was.

But then again, if it ever involved kissing Bjorn, perhaps not..

There is more to it than you might think! Go on please and analyse it!
Rosmariini

I've always loved ABBA. Wore one of their tapes out once.

Hmm - I appear to be lagging a bit...

Another silver name. The last time I guessed at a certain age, and was completely wrong, so this time I'll try a differing track...

So we have "daSilva" for "The Silver" - so why is this 'accent' being used in the name? It could be 'da orks' off various fantasy games and books - that collection of off-green bags of filth, perpetually drunk, only interested in who they get to stick their sword into next... aren't fantasy stereotypes so incredibly three dimensional? The plot thickens with the introduction of "Mr": the stereotypical qualities of Men are often those of Orks: the foul stench, the aggressive, argumentative stance, the inability to do anything right without special magic items created by the Gods (for orks, magic swords; for men, various easy-to-use liquids and wipes). That kinda thing.

So this user is someone, perhaps, who is proud of their masculinity - revels in it even - and wants to shout out to the world: "I am man - hear me belch!". Or, more likely, not - such a person would probably be unable to work a keyboard - or if they could would be on a site with rather more use of their monitor's selection of flesh tones...

On the opposite side, while Silver is a metal, it's something of a softer, prettier metal it's used in jewelry of all things! Someone trying to push the male imagery all the way would have to choose something else, like daTitanium or daSteel, instead. So perhaps there is a 'silver lining' in there somewhere...

You can slice off the end of that obnoxiously long user name:

Shea the Sarcastic

My "nickname" elsewhere is:

BBli

Thanks! for you!

Me too!

Sylvia (when it isn't taken)
sylviaviridian or sylvia_viridian or SylviaViridian or Sylvia Viridian (when it is)
sylvaniav (email)

Be interesting to see what you think...then I'll tell you why!

Whoops...on the last two "sylvia viridian"s, you can't tell very well, but one has a space, and the other doesn't. Just so you don't get confused.

Meredith.... hmm.... that does sound like a first name - albeit one from some time back - too long to be a modern name, though... So I looked it up on "Behind the Name" - I've included the URL in the page this forum is off (under "Resources") - and it said that Meredith was a name for both men and women, and was related to the welsh for "great lord" or "sea lord".

So maybe this user really is named Meredith... but I think not. For starters, anyone with such an unusual first name would surely be sick of it by now - the last thing they'd do is continue to use it online, surely? So this is someone with a fondness for the past - perhaps some kind of historian by occupation or by hobby? Alternatively, there was an almost famous writer called George Meredith - a keen reader of classical literature might use such an obscure reference, perhaps.

Butterfly is a very feminine name, and as noted Meredith itself could be either male or female, so I'd expect this user to be female - though it could possibly be a guy on the more feminine side of the bell curve. The names don't commit absolutely one way or another - perhaps here is a wish to leave unresolved what does not need to be absolutely resolved? There's a lot to be said for that - intigue is always fun...

bttrfly - shortening to seven letters... if it was to six or eight I'd guess the shortening was to fit into some restrictive scheme which only allows usernames of a certain length - but computer people have a phobia of odd numbers, so I can't see a limit being placed at size seven... that makes me guess the shortening is there either for effect - hinting at a more functional side than the prettier, more frivolous one exhibited by "Butterfly" unshortened - or because time is of the essence. Then again, perhaps the seven letter length is for luck? You can never have too many four-leaved clovers...

So, what do I get from this "simple and uninteresting analysis"? I'd say some one with links to history or english - in fact links to artistic subjects generally come through the "Butterfly" name - I can't see a scientist or politician or suchlike using such a lovely name, certainly. But I'm going to ignore the "sea lady" link - after all, butterflies are land-dwelling creatures, right?

Sorry for the delay, I've been kinda busy...

Sad, mad, or bad? (Or Buttercup). That's a strange kind of a name in some sense, because it has no easy abbreviation. Most names people use on the Web have an obvious shortened form that can be used, for convenience. But maybe S. M. or B? (Or B.) doesn't want to be convenient?

The obvious comment is that this is a person who has more than one distinct personality. Or, less drastically, has three or four different ways of acting, depending upon the circumstances they find themselves in. This then would be someone who is, depending upon where you find them, either sad, mad, or bad. It is in some way reminiscent of "the good, the bad, and the ugly"-though unlike that all three states are not good. In that sense it appears to be some kind of apology for the users behaviour, in advance. The appended state of "buttercup" is intriguing though. This, more pleasing, state is somewhat more positive than the other three. One might think of a butterfly emerging from its cocoon, even if buttercups are less interesting than butterflies.

Other than that? Well, I suppose I could point out the lack of a space between the question mark and the left bracket. I mean technically its not grammatically accurate, and that might reflect someone who again doesn't care for rules and conventions. Capitalisation does provide a useful hint, though. Specifically: while mad and bad are not capitalised, Buttercup is capitalised. This implies that Buttercup is a name. It's not a terribly well-used name, and there is no indication that is the name of the user, so perhaps it is some kind of inside joke. One really cannot tell.

Putting together the unusual style of name with the generally negative words making it up gives me a general impression of somebody I don't want to spend that much time with. This to me is a classic example of where use a name analysis fails completely, since I vaguely know this user, and he is not anywhere near as prickly as his name might suggest. Oh well: there you go.

Right, on to Rocket Rod. For some reason, this reminds me of Spaceman Spiff of Calvin and Hobbes fame. It does have the same feel about it, what with the alliteration and the general space theme. I imagine the Rocket Rod to be in some kind of 2001 style comic fighting injustices throughout the galaxy, that kind of thing.

It is possible maybe even probable, that this user's real name is Rod, Rodney, or something similar. Perhaps it is a nickname he was given when young, by parents or by friends. If so, I would expect this user to be slightly dreamy, liable to go into flights of fantasy, in exactly the same way as Calvin becoming Spaceman Spiff. This normally marks an individualist soul, who is self-reliant, rather than a slavish socialite.

Capitalisation is normal, which serves to emphasise the alliteration: I would be very surprised to find somebody with an alliterated name without capitalising the letters to stand out. If you take the effort to do alliteration you might as well get the most benefit from it. The lack of descenders is another indication of the same thing: a slight lack of grounding in reality, and a love of imagination and daydreaming. And what's wrong with that?

Gosh, two for the price of one! Okay, nim, Falem, let's see what there is to see.

Nim first. The first thing which springs to my mind is the game of nim, which involves little sticks, which have to be added and removed according to some complicated rules I can no longer remember. Perhaps this user is an avid player of the game? That, put together with the feline aspect, brings to my mind an image of the Cheshire cat and its disappearing grin. All the user needs now is a ready supply of riddles, and they will be able to rival the Sphinx in incomprehensibility.

The other reinforcement of the cat image comes from its shortness in length: in my experience cats have little patience for such lowly and unworthy creatures as humanity, and would wish to waste as little time on them as possible. The lack of capitalisation adds to this feeling.

Next, Grosse Falem. The first question is to discover what grosse means of: so a trip to Marion-Webster is in order. Sadly, however Marion-Webster has absolutely no idea what it might mean. So I'm kind of stuffed. It does seem like what a large cliff or some kind of Castle might be named. I get impressions of inpenetrability, hugeness, expensiveness, and so on. All may be I'm just being confused by the similarity to old Salem. Who knows?

From these rough guesses, I would conclude that the user could be interested in history of some sort, though of what type and in what detail I'm unsure. I'd also put them down as one of those irritating types who uses deliberately contemplated and obscure words in order to confuse. They've certainly succeeded here!

My mother always told me not to speak to strange celestial objects, so I'm not sure that I should be analysing your name... but what does she know?

So, four different names, and all quite different. "Mother of God" would offend some of the religious, "Magnolia Thunderpussy" would offend prudes, and I'm not sure who "That-in-a-Jar" would offend. Brains in jars, I guess. Yet all the names have consistent capitalisation and similar lengths, so while taking as the diversity it seems that the diversity is well under control. This, I feel, is someone who is fully aware of the difference between reality and fantasy.

I like Brittamog as a name. My guess is that it is a cross between the British, and mog, implying a cat who lives here in the UK. The only alternative I can think of is those water filters, made by somebody called "Britta". However, I think it is more likely that somebody would name themselves after where they live than what their water is like. Is anyone that fanatic about water? So I'd expect that this person as well as being British, is very proud of being British, why else put it in a name?

Brain-in-a-Jar is another cool name. It refers, I presume, to the idea from science fiction and philosophy that one could take a brain, disconnect it from all its output and input, replacing those by wires and such like. You also gets to pump blood into it, since it has no heart. Kind of like the matrix, or, more frivolously, like Futurama. But why it would somebody name themselves after such an inherently pathetic life form? As a sign of humility? Or just because they like the idea?

Next, Magnolia Thunderpussy. Magnolia implies whiteness, inoffensiveness, and places like prisons, hospitals, and army barracks. The epitope of boredom, in other words. Thunderpussy, meanwhile, is almost the opposite. The first connection is with James Bond, and "Octopussy", the second connection is one that is liable to be censored, and belatedly the third connection is that it might just be a cat. Of course, with Brittamog as another name, the cat option is actually fairly likely. The juxtaposition (ooh, long words) of the two completely different words is pretty cool, in my opinion.

There is less to be read into "Mother of God": what else can it be but somebody who is the mother of a God? A touch arrogant, would you not think? All the other hand, a mog is normally considered a lowly creature, in comparison to other names for cats; and Brain-in-a-Jar has no arrogance at all! So I can't see these names belonging to a megalomaniac of some description.

Basically, this is a wide selection of names, with a wide selection of imagery associated with them, perhaps indicating some sort of actress or artist. There are some pretty cool names amongst them, so whatever their job, this user appears to be fairly intelligent and fond of playing with words.

It seems to me that "Buttercup" is a reference to the character Buttercup in the animated TV-series The PowerPuff Girls. She kind of fits the description of being "Sad, mad or bad" too, although she isn't sad very often.

My impression is therefore that SMB(B) is a rather wacky person with a wacky name who watches wacky cartoons.

"Grosse" is German for "big", and "falem" is Portuguese for "speak". So I guess Grosse Falem talks a lot.

ahh - you gotta love the Powerpuff girls...

I couldn't agree more.