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  • Please Only use my Forum Name

    15 27.78%
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    Re: Please use my forum alias

    Quote Originally Posted by Minnie M
    Minnie Mouse was my nickname when I was at school, so am used to it. However it is strange being recognised as Minnie at dances - makes a change though, as I was beginning to think my real name was Lyndaslist

    Nowadays, my oldest dancing friends say "I knew her when she was called Lynda Gocher"

    I don't mind what name I am called, however I agree with Msfab, when on the forum it makes life a lot easier to use forum names, however in the real world of dancing (in the dance halls that is) it is nice to be known as your 'birth' name too
    Hey I once knew a Lynda Gocher - great dancer from "down south"

    Used to always say to me 'you are so much better when you are not drunk'

    All true I guess....

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    Re: Please use my forum alias

    Quote Originally Posted by Martin
    Hey I once knew a Lynda Gocher - great dancer from "down south"

    Used to always say to me 'you are so much better when you are not drunk'

    All true I guess....

    well, you are a bit of a dance legend now with and without the alcohol

    BTW when you coming to see us again would love to see you teaching a trouble class that includes 2 beautiful ladies on your shoulders


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    That date is recognized as her official birthday.

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    Re: Please use my forum alias

    Quote Originally Posted by Minnie M

    well, you are a bit of a dance legend now with and without the alcohol

    BTW when you coming to see us again would love to see you teaching a trouble class that includes 2 beautiful ladies on your shoulders
    now mostly dance without alcohol (see, sometimes I listen)


    Hah, as to teaching people to flip 2 girls onto their shoulders.... hmm
    Methinks that would be a VERY small workshop...

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    Re: Please use my forum alias

    Quote Originally Posted by Martin
    now mostly dance without alcohol (see, sometimes I listen)

    I've started going to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting everyweek ... I still drink, but just under a different name

    Sorry , I'll get my coat...

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    Re: Please use my forum alias

    Quote Originally Posted by Gojive
    I've started going to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting everyweek ... I still drink, but just under a different name

    Sorry , I'll get my coat...
    It's Anonymous right... so how on earth did you hear about it???


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    Re: Please use my forum alias

    Quote Originally Posted by Martin
    Have you got an embarissing surname?
    No but this is a public forum

    MJ is part of what I consider my private / personal life

    And for lots of reasons I like a degree of privacy

    I don’t want my surname on the forum any more than I want my phone number or my address

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    Re: Please use my forum alias

    Quote Originally Posted by Martin
    It's Anonymous right... so how on earth did you hear about it???

    Heh! It was purely by accident. There I was, very merrily going about my way, when things started to go wrong. I was basically heading for a breakdown! It's all a bit of a blur now, but it's an easy mistake to make when you think abut it A? A?

    Still, I'm making a half full recovery now

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    Re: Please use my forum alias

    Quote Originally Posted by philsmove
    No but this is a public forum

    MJ is part of what I consider my private / personal life

    And for lots of reasons I like a degree of privacy

    I don’t want my surname on the forum any more than I want my phone number or my address
    So let's try to understand this...

    MJ is your private / personal life, and you also wish to be on a public forum about your "private / personal life" ....
    Last edited by Martin; 26th-April-2006 at 06:03 PM.

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    Re: Please use my forum alias

    Given that I sign everything "Christopher", I'm quite happy with that. Ghost is cool too.

    I can tell what mood a certain Forumite is in depending on whether she calls me Ghost or Christopher in posts though

    As long as there aren't any photos of me on the Forum, I'm a happy bunny

    Be Well,
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    Quote Originally Posted by Martin
    So let's try to understand this...

    MJ is your private / personal life, and you also wish to be on a public forum about your "private / personal life" ....

    The whole idea of an alias is to have a degree of anonymity

    One of the nice things about this forum and MJ generally, is that dancers normally respect other dancers wishes

    They may not agree, with what they do, say or post, but that's a different matter

    But we live in a world of change

    If the members of this forum think its OK to reveal member’s personal details with out their permission then I for one want no part of it

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    Re: Please use my forum alias

    Is there more to all of this as in - 'belonging'.

    i.e Belonging to a group

    We all belong to the group that does this thing called dancing so we feel special, I hope.

    But then, we want to feel more special and belong more, so we join sub groups, we opt for salsa, blues, lindy whatever or in this case, The Forum - where the members know who you are and refer to you in ways people outside the group can't. Like a secret club.

    So we want to be known by our nicknames to keep the secret and continue to belong to the group? Seems logical to me.

    Don't remember my old name anyway

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    Re: Please use my forum alias

    Just as an aside I think Nicknames are a very blokey thing - work on a building site or in engineering and very few blokes are actually known by their names, more by their attributes or lack of them. Even at school the boys call each other by nicknames rather than use the real name. Women don't tend to do this probably because they wouldn't start a nickname incase it was hurtful whereas blokes just do it and be damned.

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    Re: Please use my forum alias

    Quote Originally Posted by Trousers
    Women don't tend to do this probably because they wouldn't start a nickname incase it was hurtful whereas blokes just do it and be damned.
    I love your stereotype that women (especially schoolgirls) so much more protective of each other's feelings than boys or men.

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    Re: Please use my forum alias

    I actually "Talk" to people more here than in real life (too busy dancing ) - I only know people by their forum handle. If you prefer to be called by something different, I appologise in advance.

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    Re: Please use my forum alias

    Ok, great so we're all in agreement that we will call people by their forum alias or real name depending on what they want. So can we stop all the fuss and talk about something else now? Like...DANCING

    sake man

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    Re: Please use my forum alias

    Must say, MS, it is a very good subject to raise.

    I fully agree and accept to only use names published. Some, such as myself, and Ghost, have nicknames, but often (if not always) sign with their real name, displaying a clear indifference as to which is used [ .... although I think that I probably prefer to have my real name used ... but it's not a big deal to me].

    Private messages are, intuitively, a different matter, but would follow the same rule ... I've reply to PMs as they have been signed.

    As an aside, I almost certainly will respond differently to those who use their (alleged) real name [ - can never tell on t'internet anyway!!]. I guess, rightly or wrongly, I have more trust in those who seemingly share their real name than those who don't.

    I reserve this, as my right!!! So there!!!

    All food f'thought innit!!

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    Re: Please use my forum alias

    Quote Originally Posted by El Salsero Gringo
    I love your stereotype that women (especially schoolgirls) so much more protective of each other's feelings than boys or men.
    Come and lie on the couch ESG and tell us how you got from the words I wrote to bring up Schoolgirls? I'm certain I never mentioned them. Is there something you'd like to share here?

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    Re: Please use my forum alias

    Quote Originally Posted by Trousers
    Come and lie on the couch ESG and tell us how you got from the words I wrote to bring up Schoolgirls? I'm certain I never mentioned them. Is there something you'd like to share here?

    Have to agree with Trousers here ESG no mention of schoolgirls the way I read the post.........anything you want to talk about!!

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    Re: Please use my forum alias

    I preffer to be called by my name, its who i am, but i respect peoples wishes to be called by which ever name they want, cannot always guarantee to get it right ( Old age setting in) so good on you MsFab, at least this pole will sort out what people like to be called and honesty is by far the best policy, so you continue to be true to yourself, and ask for what you want, i see no problem with that at all, wish more people were that honest it would be a better world

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    Re: Please use my forum alias

    Quote Originally Posted by Raphael
    I preffer to be called by my name, its who i am, but i respect peoples wishes to be called by which ever name they want, cannot always guarantee to get it right ( Old age setting in) so good on you MsFab, at least this pole will sort out what people like to be called and honesty is by far the best policy, so you continue to be true to yourself, and ask for what you want, i see no problem with that at all, wish more people were that honest it would be a better world
    Aw So nicely put hun and yet evry word so true (it must be the age wisdom thing) *ducks*

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