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

During my rummaging I have noticed people have the same names as characters from the film Lord of the Rings?
Prove me wrong!

I do not have a name from lord of the rings that is just sad nicking names from films. mines from an animated show called dragonball Z its great.

There are about 11 Gandalfs (including all the Olorins). Other LOTR names are Saruman, Gorthaur, Radagast, Strider.

How about this? I came up with this allll by myself...

And how about fords_prefect? Nothing wrong with them and Zaphod Good people Nothing wrong with nicking names from the TV

I'm sure I've seen a "Morpheous" around here somewhere...

I didn't nick my name from anywhere.
Prince Vegeta, you are humbly invited to visit the Anime and Manga Shack at;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/classic/A724484

There's nothing *wrong* with taking a nickname from a film or TV show. It just shows lack of originality / imagination.

My nickname comes from my Chinese horoscope sign. According to a book on the 'Year of the Dragon' that my sister gave me, I was born in the year of the Cheerful Dragon (Chia Ch'en). I use this nickname a lot, so if you come across a Cheerful Dragon (or cheerfuldragon, as it is on one site), that's probably me. Please stop and say hi!

There's also Peregrin, though I haven't seen him for a long time.

But it is a bit easy to nick your name from a book or movie, and there's bound to be a lot of others with the same idea.

Unless you put Grand Admiral in front of it.

I lifted mine from a film.

I don't understand why nicking from a film is bad, but nicking from a book is OK. Or from history, mythology, or anywhere else for that matter.

If its a name that you can relate to in some way just go for it.

I was forced to relate to my alias through my teenage years. It became synonymous and I'm stuck with it. Thought I might as well give h2g2 a cheap laugh as well.

B

Gnomon,
I looked up your name.
Have a look here: F75488?thread=178373

I've discovered a really elegant explanation of my name, but this Marjin is too narrow to contain it.

When I signed up almost two years ago now, I couldn't think of an alias which did not exclude whole chunks of who I am.

If I chose something from Pratchett (and alas, I am more Gytha than Esme) I excluded most of the real world. If I called myself Mary Wollenstoncroft I labled myself a feminist and a heavy-weight too; if I called myself Maribu Mules (which I am wearing now, with fetching green nail varnish) I undermined the things I take seriously, and so on and so on and so on and so on.

So I decided to use my real name, and since it is usually a man's name I added a spin to clarify my gender.

And hence:

a girl called Ben

Mind you - I quite like 'Maribu Mules'...

Always helpful to broaden marjinal knowledge.

I stole mine form a cartoon series. But I like to think I personalised it a little

I tried to drop it by changing my name to D'ac Gargoyle, Esq, but it didn't really catch on.

Blimey, the site is slow today, or is it BT?

I have to say that my favourite names, as names are:

Mother of God - with a cosmicpolitan for Magnolia Thunderpussy

Two Bit Trigger Pumping Moron - who I am absolutely certain I would like if I met him socially

and

Mina Muse of Bondage

It helps that I like them as people of course.

B

I started also with my own name, as choosing a name from a book seemed "impersonating someone else" to me, and that's one of the no-no's on this site.

After some time I changed it to an often made typo version.

A search give lot's of hits in strange languages, so it must mean something elsewhere.

Ben, what are Maribu Mules? To me it suggests David Attenborough sitting on the banks of a lake in South America and in hushed tones describing an amazing species of aquatic donkey.

Also, Zapdos is a type of Pokémon

hence Posting 8