'O Wai Kou Inoa? And WHY Kou Inoa?

[bloodyrosemccoy]

For a while I’ve been meaning to ask y’all where your usernames come from, but I keep forgetting.  Then lo, this starts popping up on my friends page anyway!

 

1. My username is ______ because ______.

2. My name is _____ because ______.

3. My journal is titled ____ because ____.

4. My friends page is called ____ because ____.

5. My default userpic is ____ because ____.

 

I’ll go first:

 

1. This gets explained on my profile page, but no reason I can’t repeat it here. A padparadscha is a pinkish-orange variety of corundum (which is sapphire). It’s named after a Sanskrit term, padma raga, which means “color of a lotus blossom.”  It’s my favorite color, and I love colorful gemstones. Also, it was not taken.

 

2. Name where? My name is Amelia, because Mom’n’Dad thought I “looked like an Amelia.”  On my profile it says my name is Amuddya, which is the closest my Tae Kwon Do teacher ever got to saying my name and which I now use when talking to myself.

 

3. “The Desert Mermaid” is disgustingly rife with personal symbolism, but basically, I love the ocean and the American Southwest desert, the latter of which I grew up in, and it’s a sign that I’m a bit eccentric. Also, I collect mermaids. It seemed appropriate.

 

4. “Friends.” A lot of you are.

 

5. That would be a cropped version of this image, which Lychee drew of me after I introduced her to the Alien movies. It’s an awesome drawing, much better than a photo of me and yet still personal, and it was flattering to be thought of enough to be illustrated. And also, it serves as a warning to anyone foolish enough to cross me: anger me, and I will unleash my xenofairies upon you.

 

All righty, then. That’s me; you’re next.  Even if you don’t do this on yer blog, at least comment here and tell me what your name means.  I was ever curious, you know.

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[queenlyzard.livejournal.com]

1) Username: it's probably best to just c&p from my journal
"Well, let's see how to explain this-- it's a little bit of a long story. I'm cautious about using my real name online these days, but I can tell you that it rhymes with "iguana" (but not with banana). When I was a child, many people attempted to rhyme my name humorously with "banana", which invariably involved mispronouncing something. This offended my youthful sense of proper English, so I deliberately gained "iguana" as a nickname. Anyways... this led to the nickname of "lizard girl" or variations thereof. As you can guess, I enjoy playing with words, so I changed "lizard" to "lyzard" on analogy to the term "wyrm" (for dragon-- one of my most-beloved mythological creatures). The full name "Queen Lyzard I of Commaedia 11" refers to a sci-fi/fantasy world that I spent most of my childhood playing with mentally. I doubt there's enough material for actual stories, but I've written numerous descriptions of the world itself. I also use "Lyzard_42" as a screenname, in honor of the incomparable Douglas Adams.

2) Real Name (which I do not use in my journal, ever): is Aiyana, because my mom found it in the "New Age Baby Name Book" and liked it. It's listed there as a Native American name meaning "eternal bloom." In hunting about online for more specific roots, however, I've run across articles claiming that it is in fact Indian (not Native American), and also shows up in Africa, which explains why most people who hear my name before they meet me assume I'm not white :)

3) My journal is titled "None of this Nonsense, Please", because it's the sign posted outside Morwen's house in Patricia Wrede's Enchanted Forest Chronicles. Favorite quote of favorite character of one of my favorite books :)

4) My friends page is currently called "friends" because I was boring and didn't think of anything else and didn't even think about the fact that I could change it. Now that you mention it, I may do so.

5) My default userpic is a picture of my roommate's dog (whom I adore), because he is cuter than I am!