How did you choose your username? / myLot

Sheffield, England

September 2, 2016 5:30pm CST

I'm always interested to find out how people chose their usernames. I decided to be 5th House because it is the astrological house associated with creativity. (Additionally -- although I hadn't realised this at first -- when I came to add up all the houses I've lived in during my life, I actually realised that my current address is my 5th house.) So this name does seem very apt for me. How did you choose your username?

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@JolietJake (50190)

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3 Sep 16

Joliet Jake was a character in the movie The Blues Brothers...so called because he did time at Joliet Correctional Center in Illinois. It's my favorite movie...and I did time there too, so it seemed a bit logical...

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Jim stewart

@saulgoodman (2643)

• Dundee, Scotland

15 Oct 16

I wondered how you arrived at that one right enough.

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@JolietJake (50190)

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15 Oct 16

@saulgoodman Don't know if you've ever seen the movie, but it's one of my favorites

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Jim stewart

@saulgoodman (2643)

• Dundee, Scotland

15 Oct 16

@JolietJake Havent but now I get every movie free I will.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (13756)

• Ireland

3 Sep 16

@5thhouse My parents chose mine.

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Kevin

@kevin1877uk (36987)

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3 Sep 16

Cool, not sure how many off hand I lived in, more in the last few years. My user name is 3 parts, one bing my name, two 1877 was my old works number and three UK

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64350)

• United Kingdom

3 Sep 16

I just took the first two letters of my first name and surname. if I'd thought it through I wouldn't have chosen something ending in 'o' as lots of people think I'm a fella

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (110813)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

3 Sep 16

I used to work for a pizza company named Dee Pizza Delivery back in 1986.

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Teresa Trotter

@teresatrotter (4073)

• Jacksonville, Florida

3 Sep 16

In this case...I had no creativity at all. I just used my name.

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minisam

@miniam (9151)

• Bern, Switzerland

2 Sep 16

Interesting, im not sure how l picked my user name,the name l wanted kept coming back taken although i doubt it,then l thought well, im minime,but that was busy too,but im fine being Minisam,not a bad name,but must admit there are cute names here

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Jim stewart

@saulgoodman (2643)

• Dundee, Scotland

15 Oct 16

Great explanation as to how you arrived at the username you did. Saulgoodman Basically I often say to people on the telephone " its all good, man " I am an eternal optimist.

5th House

@5thHouse (1678)

• Sheffield, England

15 Oct 16

I never really got into 'Better call Saul' on Netflix, even though I loved Breaking Bad

Jim stewart

@saulgoodman (2643)

• Dundee, Scotland

15 Oct 16

@5thHouse Ive never seen either show. I used saul goodman as an alias in real life for a while a long time ago. Might post about why I did that.