From timmie@frippish.demon.co.uk Thu Apr 29 00:52:37 1999 Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 19:55:13 +0100 From: timmie Newsgroups: alt.gothic Subject: a polite query.. Ok dammit a poll.. *sigh* I have a curious question with regard to net names... all of you who have net names which differ from your real names.. do you prefer people to call you this when IRL or your real name?.. and does it bug you either way.... For me my net name _is_ my name... so i have no problem.. but occasionally ther os confusion with what to call others.. the net.goths i have met or spoken to usually prefer when met IRL to be called by their real name... *gasp*... but is this a general rule? so if you have an oddlystrange net name .. would you prefer to come across as some overlord of darkness, causing a disturbance wherever you tread.. or does your jealousy of the name cause you to point out the little o's and t's that make the individuation of your real name so special in its elequence lest you get into a panic, girl or boy.... and ummm... does the albatross of impending doom bring twilight to your door when a name is called wrongly (though beautifully woven into a canticle it may be).. or does any name you use attract you like a moth to a lighthouse?.. keeper of your name.. would you ever re-ed vamp-ire stories [getting desperate now] to claim a different name instead... or would you, like some prune, squallor in that which feyd brings (pardon the cold) or even kyp..er the gruamach name you're given.. hah!. *whew* And did i just loose the point totally.. well yes.. but dammit i had fun *giggle*... pardon to all concerned... so to summarise... what do you prefer to be called IRL and why? timmie, ack.. starting a poll.. -- ? < ** Amazing Squirrel Facts...... o o *** Every 20 seconds of every day... somewhere in x ** the world.... a Tupperware party is being held... /" "\ * ....none of which are run by squirrels...