Old members, new names?

[Seaton]

I'm not altogether comfortable with the phrase "old members" .... but anyway:

Is this covered anywhere else? Some returning members (myself included) seem to have changed their usernames.

Could we just state the change plainly - here for example - to avoid confusion?

For example, on the old site, I was Rowdon.

I'm sure old members guessed from the avatar, but just in case.

Cheers.

[Sgt Sunshine]

Name retained......avatar to come.....if I can still locate it.....lol

[kelp]

Mine is just a simple kelp, exactly as it was on the old system, just plain old (easy to remember) kelp......Here's hoping that the new site takes off, and becomes well known. I do my best to promote it whenever talk of film comes up. All the best. G.....er.....kelp. Ha-ha.

[will]

I dropped the number. The problem with using anything but my first name is I forget it.

[Shirley Brahms]

The scon / scoan debate has been going on for years. I think that it's mainly a north / south divide

Nobody should get annoyed at it. There are more worthwhile things to get annoyed by

Steve

Mock annoyance is OK.

[StoneAgeMan]

I enjoy a little "difference of opinion" now and again, but as you say, there are other things... like conTROVersy or controVERSy.

[Steve Crook]

At a queue in the baker's earlier this week a rather burly builder in high viz vest and hard hat ordered a scone but rhymed it with "phone" and the staff began tittering, before one of them jokily pointed out that scone rhymes with "gone". There then began a debate which engulfed the entire queue and extended to those sat down in the cafeteria. Scone rhyming with gone won by quite a margin, to the workman's mock annoyance.

The scon / scoan debate has been going on for years. I think that it's mainly a north / south divide

Nobody should get annoyed at it. There are more worthwhile things to get annoyed by

Steve

[Shirley Brahms]

That's a surprise to me, Tonch, because during my time spent in England many years go, I only ever heard it pronounced "scoan"! In Australia we pronounce it "scon", however, there is a town called Scone on the New England Highway about 2 hours from my place and it is pronounced "scoan".

[Tonch]

I recently found my brother pronounces Nikon as though it rhymed with "light on". This is annoying to me, as he is a teacher of photography, yet my wife is Japanese and she assures me that Nikon, as a Japanese company, should be pronounced "Ni-KON" (and when she says it, I am reminded of the archaic English word "begone").

Got to love the world and its ways.

I would pronounce Nikon the same way as your brother does; perhaps in part because I wouldn't dream of pronouncing Nike (the training shoe manufacturer) as "Nick". Then again, I originally rhymed it with Mike (my brother's name) until people laughed at me and said it was "Ny-kee". At least it's not Nicky (my sister in law's name).

At a queue in the baker's earlier this week a rather burly builder in high viz vest and hard hat ordered a scone but rhymed it with "phone" and the staff began tittering, before one of them jokily pointed out that scone rhymes with "gone". There then began a debate which engulfed the entire queue and extended to those sat down in the cafeteria. Scone rhyming with gone won by quite a margin, to the workman's mock annoyance.

Many years ago I had a Malaysian friend who made a point of correcting my pronunciation of tapir (the Malaysian animal) from "tay-peer" to, as she insisted it ought to be, "tap-ear".

[Steve Crook]

Maybe this is my real name...

Are you going to sue Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich for misappropriation of the name?

Steve

[zabadak]

I'm with you on that, Steve. After a couple of disparaging comments on the old forum, I considered using a nom d' Internet for the new version but feels counter intutative to be voicing opinions on other people's work from behind a pseudonym.

Maybe this is my real name...

[oddbodjunior]

Oh, decisions decisions!


I haven't changed mine for years. Nicest one I can find of Miss Brahms.

Any relation to Johannes ?

[bobsterkent]

well on the subject of user names, I'm Bob and I live in Kent, its a name I've used in a few places now. my Avatar once was John Stratton from the long arm now its the man from the Tea making tips film. I just like how he has mad staring eyes!.

[zabadak]

Name retained, avatar to come...

[Shirley Brahms]

I'm wondering whether to go with a refreshable avatar, or stick with one for the duration...

Oh, decisions decisions!


I haven't changed mine for years. Nicest one I can find of Miss Brahms.