What Inspired Your Screen Name?

I first thought of using Rommel or Panzermeyer, but simply decided to use my own first name because it´s easier that way, at least for me.

 

Its not that difficult really...or rather, probably was.....I meant to type in Urqhart, I sort of messed up like one does and errr....left it...I think Ive been urqhagain and urqh1 at times too....Sorry no great mystery otto, just me and my quick fingers....I type at speed of light, and then manage to spell everything wrong...letters all right letters but not necessarilly in the right order...

 

I too was going to pick Rommel when I first signed, since my interest in WWII started with the Afrika Korps. I decided against it, and since I was also very interested at the Italians at the time, I decided to go with Il Duce - Mussolini.

 

Jaeger because.... Well I used to be one damn it!! Coy Cmdr QRF doesn't have the same ring to it.

 

It's my name. It started off as Joe2 as Joe was already taken by an inactive member so Otto kindly sorted that out.

By the way Urqh, how do you pronounce Urqhart anyway? It has been puzzling me for a while.

 

Dont know....thats another reason for being urqh...cant spell, cant type and apparantly according to mrs cant do much else...

 

Besides...the guy was Scottish, he used the Scottish varient of the name....the Irish varient is without the U...doesnt every one know that one then??? Its like Whiskey with an E...Its an Irish thing...Urqhart commanded at Arnhem...Urquhart only thought he did....simple...like me...

 

Well mine is obviously straight forward, but the reason for chosing to display my own name was that I like to know who I'm discussing things with and therefore the other side should know as well.

 

Other than my adoration of 54mm scale plastic soldiers... I dunno. It seemed good at the time.

Ya'll are welcome to call me Brian if you like.

 

When I registered I asked Otto what kind of name I ought to choose, and he told to go for something unusual, try something starting with the last letter of the alphabet. Luckily I had bought the previous week a 1837 edition of a Dictionary of Chinese Proverbs, in Bulgarian, and there was this "Do not despise the snake fow having no howns, fow who may say it will not become a dwagon!" which in Bulgarian translates to "Za Rodinu". The Bulgarians are a very concise people, that's why normally other people don't take much notice of them, which is a mistake. Well, the name has stuck since.

 

I join the ranks of boring farts who just used there own name.

Or to put it another way I had a list but just could not be bothered to select one, here are a few I still remember muling over.

The_Prisoner
Mr Fudge Cake
Cod & Chips
Lord Noodles

 

I've used my nom de guerre in several forums. My Uncle was a Glider Pilot who was killed going into Normandy.

Steve W.

 

In honor of my grandfather who started out on PAK38s and went up to the Stug III Ausf/G.

 

Well, I'm a History graduate, but I've always spent more time living in the past than the present....allegedly!
Was briefly known as RK Awl-O'Gist on an archaeology forum, but got bored with that.

 

Nothing too complicated....born in TX and graduated back in the Dark Ages of 1966 from the University of Texas...so texson66

 

What a great bunch of stories!!

Mine was given to me by a group of young people in my church, I', 6 ft 4 inches tall and loads of fun!!!!!!

 

My first name to me was not ww2 enough, so i choose a new one
Fire- cause of the Fireflame gun.
Foxy-cause of the foxholes.

 

The first forum that I joined a few years ago was Night fighter (computer game that was never finished), so my nick made sense there. Out of laziness I stick with it on all subsequent forums.