What is behind your username?

[PeterMollenburg]

There's not much to my username. One of my names might be hidden within my username (oooh, so tricky, so secretive, so thoughtful and intellengent, PM!). However I cannot confirm nor deny this. Should I reveal all the secrets I might have to get out one of those zappy things from Men in Black and erase all your memories.

Just an alter-ego silly made up name really, that while is a very real name for someone out there in the world, just made me laugh when I first went through the painstakingly long inventive process of coming up with such a complicated name.

[Khayyam]

Not that anyone asked me, but if I were to choose my username today, I might go with Wordy Gilmore. Happy Gilmore could drive but not putt; I can read and listen but not speak or write (very well, yet).

*Yelling at a German word ending: ARE YOU TOO GOOD FOR YOUR HOME?*

[Tumlare]

Tumlare is the Swedish word for porpoise, which is the only cetacean that is regularly found in the Baltic Sea.

[Severine]

*Yelling at a German word ending: ARE YOU TOO GOOD FOR YOUR HOME?*

Maybe it's simply because I was 15 in 1996 and thus have unreasonably fond memories of that movie, but this set me to laughing alone in my hotel room like a nutter. Thank you!

[jimmy]

presumably, I was just wishing to think or consider myself like an English person or wanted to learn how it was if I was being called with an English name.
oh Gosh, it has been almost 7 years from being a member here.

[mick33]

My mother calls me Mick sometimes. I usually, but not always, use that name in online forums. When I joined HTLAL, I added 33 because there was another person using Mick on that forum and 33 was my age then.

[shesalearner]

It tells me that I am eager to learn different languages and cultures.

[glennsecondtier]

My username, glennsecondtier, is a bit of a reflection of who I am and what I aspire to be.
Glenn is my name, and it's got this cool numerological twist to it – the number 7, which is all about spiritual and intellectual ambitions, which honestly resonates with me. Other name numbers are described on chi-nese.com.

"second tier." I chose this part because it represents a mindset I've adopted over time. See, I've always believed in pushing myself beyond the obvious, striving for that extra layer of depth and insight. Being second tier isn't about settling for less; it's about reaching for something deeper, something more profound.

[Gänsefüßchen]

Gänsefüßchen is the German colloquial word for quotation mark. I always liked that word and thought it fitting for a forum about languages, and I wanted a username that marked me as German so that other people could more easily understand from which perspective I'm coming from.

[hehehesychius]

The Greek word ἡσυχία ("hesychia") is used to mean "rest", "stillness", "tranquility", "the stillness of mind and body to allow for contemplation [or prayer]".

I changed the ending to the masculine form, and added the laugh, "hehe", to the beginning.