What does your PropertyChat username mean?

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  1. Westie

    Westie Well-Known Member

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    Dunno if a similar thread's existed on PC before. If so, please point me to it (I couldn't locate it).

    So.. what does your handle mean?

    I'll start. Mine's the nickname I was given when I worked at ANZ several years ago. A colleague and I lived in the SW suburbs. All other colleagues were either SE in or Eastern suburbs. They called me and the other guy - the Westies. We weren't from the wild west (Sunshine/St Albans etc) but the name had a nice ring to it and I kept it. I run a consulting business now and my close customers call me Westie. I love it!
     
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  2. charttv

    charttv Well-Known Member

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    title of my technical analysis blog/vlog i started way back in 2005 when i first joined Somersoft
     
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  3. George Smiley

    George Smiley Well-Known Member

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    George Smiley is the fictional character pictured in my avatar played by Gary Oldman in the film 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' which I absolutely loved. Based on the 1974 British spy novel of the same name.
     
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  4. Westminster

    Westminster Tigress at Tiger Developments Business Member

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    Mine is the suburb that I did my first ever development in. I joined Somersoft to ask a question about the development and couldn't think of a username so used the suburb. It's stuck ever since. I considered changing it to my company name when we moved to PropertyChat but decided that everyone knew me as Westminster so kept it
     
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    Used to have an idiot supervisor who would dish out the days tasks to everyone, then proceed to go around at least a second time to check and clarify (mostly for himself I think) what everyone was doing for the day :rolleyes:

    Id get my task and head off, every day he'd end up calling after me "Chris, Chris" (while I ignored him and kept walking) :p

    So I got the original nickname of Kristofferson (after the American singer songwriter Kris Kristofferson), this was soon abbreviated to Stoffo and 30 years later....:cool:
     
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  6. Dan Donoghue

    Dan Donoghue Well-Known Member

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    John Le Carré, what a legend :)
     
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  7. Dan Donoghue

    Dan Donoghue Well-Known Member

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    So the first name in mine is....... my first name and the second is........ well my second name :).

    This is pretty much the only forum I go by my real name. Everywhere else online I am known as Blade Hunter which is the fictional protagonist from a game I loved back in 1990 called Rise Of The Dragon.
     
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  8. Peter_Tersteeg

    Peter_Tersteeg Mortgage Broker Business Member

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    I burried some poor sap in a shallow grave and assumed his identity.
     
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  9. Tony3008

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    Mine doesn't take much deciphering!
     
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  10. Scott No Mates

    Scott No Mates Well-Known Member

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    Funny you should ask but all so similar story to @Dan Donoghue.

    I come from a long line of 'Nö Mateš' (pronounced Nooooooo Maiteeze - of Scottish heritage but with the original Saxon accent).
     
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  11. R S Gumby

    R S Gumby Well-Known Member

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    We had a Monty Python appreciation society at High School, all of us had Gumby Names - i liked RS ( didn't stand for what you think it does!!).
     
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    TAJ, It's my sons name. He was named after Taj Burrows the pro surfer.
     
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  13. Scott No Mates

    Scott No Mates Well-Known Member

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    So it's not for "really smart"? :p
     
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  14. BunnyXiao

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    小兔子
    Little Rabbit. It's a common nick name here. Also mine. However, xiao in non-Hanzi form can be read as laughing or small as you can't see the difference.
     
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  15. Propin

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    Propinvest was the first word that popped into my head. It wasn’t available so I kept shortening until I found one available hehe
     
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    I wish!!
     
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  17. geoffw

    geoffw Moderator Staff Member

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    I completely lack imagination.

    When I came into the original Somers forum with the same name, Geoff Doidge (one of the Reno Kings) was a frequent contributor. He was quite annoyed that this rank beginner was being confused with him, so he had his username change to Geoff1.
     
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  18. ttn

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    Always thought the meaning was "soft bunny" :oops:;)
     
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    ttn Well-Known Member

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    ttn = "broken heart person" abbreviation because started buying shares and properties since the 90s but more bad than good luck along the way :(
     
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  20. PropDir

    PropDir Well-Known Member Business Member

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    The short-form for the name of my business :p
     
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