How did you get your 'Africam Nickname'?

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Location: Wannabe in Africa
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I got mine from a cat (Tabatha) who used to visit my Day Care Centre occasionally and who, eventually, moved in permanently after his (yes, he was a tom-cat!) owner passed away.....

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The remains my secret. Eye-wink

OK, my AfriCam nickname is my real name. Not very original but easy to remember for me. Cool

Location: Wannabe in Africa
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katja wrote:
The remains my secret. Eye-wink

OK, my AfriCam nickname is my real name. Not very original but easy to remember for me. Cool

Smiling Smiling Smiling

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Location: Sttafordshire,UK
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Mine is kinda obvious!!.I`m owned by a beautiful Rhodesian Ridgeback called Makosi,,,,so Ridgeback it is! Laughing out loud

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Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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I got mine from a lack of orginality, mostly Laughing out loud At the time I first joined AfriCam I believe there was another Meaghan, so I called myself Meaghan from Hamilton, Ontario, but shortened it shortly after.

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Got the L cause a long time ago, someone posted a couple of not so nice things as Lloyd that weren't from me, so changed to L on the spot to stop the use of my name, strange thinge is, the other stopped when I changed, so I've been L for a long time, lol!

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from my parents Eye-wink

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Gerda wrote:
from my parents Eye-wink

LOL!! me too

Fani (in Greeklish-greek with latin characters) means that you can see me Eye-wink At least you can see my avatar often on Boma Smiling

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Well mines is my name well minus the "C" but thought there would be another Natasha online.

Once upon a time when i joined ages ago I used my dads username Outdoorman Laughing out loud

Location: OK, USA
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I used to be a Cub Scout leader and the leaders in my pack all took names of animals, trees, flowers etc. My "boss" knew how much I loved the bush and cats in particular and came up with "Ingwe" which is leopard in Zulu. She knew I loved cheetahs but we didn't know the name for cheetah so I became Ingwe. Laughing out loud

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Location: London, UK
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While visiting the Okavango Delta in Botswana last year, we were camping out under the stars, well at about 3 o clock in the morning while having a toilet break behind a bush I got chased by a Ratel (Honey Badger) up a tree. Luckily for me I had just finished my toilet doings or I think it would have turned real nasty and my pursuer decided not to follow me as they are good climbers.
So since my close call I have gained a lot of respect for honey badgers they are fairly small but have a huge heart.

Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
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I love the sun and birds. I also love the little sunbirds Laughing out loud

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Location: Ontario, Canada
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My nickname is my name...LOL! I usually go by Pam, but my last name begins with My so I became pammy.

Location: Ontario, Canada
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I love the sun and birds. I also love the little sunbirds Laughing out loud

LOL! My car is a Sunbird!

Location: Cape Town, SA
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After I did a week-long Field Guide course my family started sometimes referring to me as Ranger Piet (Piet was their short-name for me, Peter is my actual given name). And that more or less stuck.

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Mine comes from one of my favorite songs by Jimi Hendrix entitled "Ezy Ryder". I used to go by Ezy Ryder but Ezy sounds better in my book.

Location: Wannabe in Africa
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Ezy wrote:
Mine comes from one of my favorite songs by Jimi Hendrix entitled "Ezy Ryder". I used to go by Ezy Ryder but Ezy sounds better in my book.

Either you are 'showing your age' Ezy or you simply have great taste in music! Cool

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Location: Almere-Haven, The Netherlands
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I usually use the same nickname, also here Laughing out loud!

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Location: Apeldoorn
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when I first got here on Africam I couldn't sit here for one minute or my kids would scream MAMMA!! and then most of the time something they wanted or wanted the other child to stop doing or so. I just react when someone says "mamma", even if it is not my own child LOL

Location: Ontario, Canada
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I thought this thread should make it to the foreground again since we have so many new cammers.
Smiling I guess sabine isn't that original. It is my name. I thought my nickname would be too strange "wienie"

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Location: Nth Qld, Australia
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Many years ago ( about 26 yrs ago ) when I was in High School, I had an American teacher who brought us back each a packet of Jelly Belly's from the States for a Xmas present. We did not get them in Australia then. We only had the original boring tasteless variety of jelly beans I loved the blue ones and ever since I have had that as my username.
Boring but true. Smiling

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Location: The Netherlands
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I usually use the same nickname, but......my real name is petra Laughing out loud

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I had to make a new one for the Boma and because its about nature it was not that difficult. The protection of the Common Swift. And specialy their nests in our cities they come to, all from the South of Africa. That is what I do for 14 years, year round, as volunteer
Just 3 months they stay here to raise their chicks and the other nine up in the sky over Southern Africa. Never touch the ground, just free in the air.

Location: Wannabe in Africa
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Good work Swift!

Have you seen the article about the potentially serious threat to Barn Swallows, which migrate to SA from Europe, due to the soccer World Cup being held in SA in 2010?

I know they are not swifts but I thought you might be interested anyway:

http://www.birdlife.org/news/pr/2006/11/La_Mercy_BarnSwallows.html

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Tabs wrote:
Good work Swift!

Have you seen the article about the potentially serious threat to Barn Swallows, which migrate to SA from Europe, due to the soccer World Cup being held in SA in 2010?

I know they are not swifts but I thought you might be interested anyway:

http://www.birdlife.org/news/pr/2006/11/La_Mercy_BarnSwallows.html

Hi Tabs,
Yes mailing groups for swift,swallows and martins and a few dutch birding groups were alarming about this earlier and asked for info how to
alarm the world.And I am happy they did :!:

Location: Minnesota, USA
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Mine is my nickname. When I was 3 years we had a old woman living next door. She didn't speak english and everytime she saw me she would smile and call me chacha. So it became my nick name.

Location: Maryland USA
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Well, now I wish I had picked an African name! Susan is my real name and 1207 is the last four digits of my phone number as a child. Both easy for me to remember I guess!

My nicknames on the other two forums I visit are RedLipstick, which is the common name for a tropical plant , so I use that on Spectre's Jungle.

On a pond forum I am CometTose which is a play on words. Sarassa comets are a type of goldfish I keep in one of my ponds, but when you add Tose to it, well......... you get comatose, which is my state of mind when I wake up in the morning after staying up too late, unable to break away from the cam !!!

-Susan

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Location: Denver, Colorado
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I'm BenODen in a handful of places. It's just a contraction of Ben Of Denver, a reasonably descriptive nickname that's pseudo reality.

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Location: Netherlands
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i like the moon....esspecially when it is a full moon... I use this nickname also when i chat on the puter...so i't was easy to choose one.

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Location: Ontario, Canada
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When I first started going to chat rooms I tried to pick the name SamIam from the Dr. Seuss book "Green Eggs and Ham" which is my (and my kids) all time fav. book.
I was always unable to get that username 'cause someone beat me to it so I just switched it around to IamSam.

My family and friends call me Sam and have since my brother in law started when I was 5.

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Location: Richmond,British Columbia,Canada
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IamSam wrote:
When I first started going to chat rooms I tried to pick the name SamIam from the Dr. Seuss book "Green Eggs and Ham" which is my (and my kids) all time fav. book. I was always unable to get that username 'cause someone beat me to it so I just switched it around to IamSam.

My family and friends call me Sam and have since my brother in law started when I was 5.

That is a great book IAmSam!

II chose my name because I love the Westcoast of British Columbia and the beautiful beaches. I also had this name on the Eagle Cam on Vancouver Island.

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