09-08-2004, 12:11 PM
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| If it works for Brazilians
In soccer, Brazilians only go by one name, and frequently they are nick names. (Eg: Miguel Guitierrez de la Pena might go as "Guti") Any chance we could do this in fencing? I mean come on, if it works for them! What would yours be? | 
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09-08-2004, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by xCsiszarx In soccer, Brazilians only go by one name, and frequently they are nick names. (Eg: Miguel Guitierrez de la Pena might go as "Guti") Any chance we could do this in fencing? I mean come on, if it works for them! What would yours be? | My nickname is "mac" for macguyver. I've used gum to put a broken wire back in the groove of a blade.
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09-08-2004, 12:16 PM
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| Monsieur de la Stabs A. Lot! 
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Knight 1: We are now no longer the Knights who say Ni.
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09-08-2004, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Tai Wilson Monsieur de la Stabs A. Lot! | How about sir pokesalot.
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09-08-2004, 12:42 PM
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| My nickname is Gav - which is just a shortened version of my real name. My girlfriend, who insists on giving everone nicknames, dispaired of giving me one amongst her and her friends as they all thought of me as Gav.
My other nickname is antihippy. Not because I dislike tree huggers specifically - it was actually because I went around all in black wearing flares for a while. | |
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09-08-2004, 03:24 PM
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| I prefer when people *don't* refer to me as WB. It gets annoying. | |
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09-08-2004, 06:52 PM
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| Mine's Es. . . Short from Estlin. *woohoo!*
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09-08-2004, 06:59 PM
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| I've been called Mikey, Pacey, and (for reasons still a mystery to me) as Squirrely.
My parents refer to me as "The Boy" even though I am 23.
I use Elemental as my screenname just about everywhere online. I guess thats what I'd preffer to be called when fencing. I'd love to get it stenciled on my gear (cept it wouldn't be allowed at most tourneys)
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09-08-2004, 07:00 PM
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| Just say you're eastern European.... Those E. Europeans have weird names anyway 
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09-08-2004, 08:24 PM
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| Well, like football players the only name one sees on the back of lames or jackets is your last name. See pic. at our club we refer to international fencers last names using like Trillini and Kolobkov and "the Poz".
i get called anything (though never late for dinner ahaha) just NO-ONE call me Mon!
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09-08-2004, 08:29 PM
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| I don't have a nickname. I've always been referred to as Victoria my whole life, although there was a time before I switched high schools that I was called 'Woody' (we were naming ourselves after superheroes). Although I've been called Victoria my entire life, my mother calls me Vicki Jane (my middle name), when she's being emotional, heh.
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09-08-2004, 09:47 PM
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| Victoria "Woody Vicki Jane" Cornflower... Thats cool ! 
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09-09-2004, 05:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Gav I went around all in black wearing flares for a while. | How did you manage to avoid turning into the Human Torch?  | |
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09-09-2004, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Inquartata How did you manage to avoid turning into the Human Torch? | Asbestos skivvies, I'm thinking. | |
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09-09-2004, 11:16 AM
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| groan
I should hand out some negative rep points for those last two posts....
Besides, Inq' the trick is to avoid wearing flammable materials. | |
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09-09-2004, 11:21 AM
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#16 | | Feline Groovy
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Originally Posted by Gav groan
I should hand out some negative rep points for those last two posts.... | Aw, you're just upset because cocky young upstarts can take the weenie way out and use Glo Stix instead of flares these days. | |
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09-09-2004, 11:30 AM
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| I'd just be "Dan" (which is a standard nickname associated with my name)... see, on my high school fencing team, I was one of 3 Dans. Needless to say, everyone not named "Dan" seemed to get limitless pleasure by just calling us all "Dan" and letting the confusion take over. | 
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09-09-2004, 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by VorpalCat Aw, you're just upset because cocky young upstarts can take the weenie way out and use Glo Stix instead of flares these days. | Bah techno-wotsits. Kids these days don't know they were born. What's a couple of serious burns in the name of fashion. Chicks just dig that singed look. | |
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09-09-2004, 12:22 PM
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#19 | | Feline Groovy
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Originally Posted by Gav Chicks just dig that singed look. | Nothing says, 'Woo! Hot stuff!' like wisps of smoke wafting from the ends of one's goatee, I must say!
Oh my, is it warm in here or is it just ... nevermind ...  | |
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09-09-2004, 12:26 PM
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| wow.. my head's reeling.
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