Its about time I changed my name. It was initially meant as a joke on BBC in light of the state of the board, but eventually stuck. In truth, I'm quite bored of it, and it sounds a bit silly. Any ideas? Or will you go with one of the above. Will give it a few weeks before deciding, but wouldn't mind a helping hand. :D

What about not saving the 'u'?

Take the 'u' out of Saviour, mess things around a bit, and call yourself 'Savoir'

Implies that you 'know' things too.. Presumably a good thing in the world of insurance..? :)

Hmm, interesting. I don't mind a variation on the 'saviour' theme, such as dropping and substituting letters. 'Au revoir', eg, retains the voir, moves the 'u', and adds a continental theme. Am I looking too deep petalp?

Ah, flan :wub:

Of course you are looking deeply into this.. it's French.. culture, innit!

Or maybe you should base something on your predilection for flan/ quiche?

Quiche Lorraine? (handy in the unlikely event that you are called Lorraine)

Flantastic (or Flantastique if you are gravitating more to French)??

:shrug:

The poster previously known as saviour

(TPPKAS)

Hmm, the French connection idea sounds okay, but if my name is to be crafted through the careful study of a particular regional dialect, i would dfacny Greek, ie

Flanoussis, Quichass, Savioraskis.

Dinky, interesting acronym idea, although only you and I would know what that means outside of this thread. For instance, another poster, quite innocently, could mistake me for a mass murderer of marine foul

That priggish prat killed all seagulls (TPPKAS) :D

how's about 'say vieux'?

;)

but surely that would be half the fun - people trying to guess what on earth your name meant???

roflmao

Hmm.. the 'gull cull' monikor could well be problematic.. Plus other posters such as 'Drakey' might get very nervous.

Isn't an anacronym a set of initials that make up another word (TPPKAS never do when I get that sort of combination in Scrabble!)?

Like the Greek thing.. Flanoussis is aesthetically pleasing.. but of course, it's early days yet.

Interesting question, but I don't think the initials MUST make a legitimate word to become an acronym. NASA, RSPCA, CFC, WWE, all legitimate acronyms I think.

Flanoussis, apparently, has more chance of winning a slam than his cousin Phillip........

:blink:

possibly the oddest poll yet on here - and thats in face of some pretty stiff opposition....

mind you, I like flanoussis - go with that one! :P

odd is me Pebs....Odd is me.


Could that be it!!!!1


Oddysmee!!!!!! Early front-runner.


[SIZE=14] ODDYSMEE

roflmao

well, if the cap fits....

but please reconsider for flanoussis at a later stage :)

Oddisme Flanoussis sounds like singer representing Greece in Eurovision Song Contest.

An early vote for Flanoussis too.. douze points..

roflmao

love that Petal - Saviour should certainly go for the full name!

Not sure about Oddisme Flanoussis people, it just doesn't have that zing, ken?

roflmao

ooh, you are a fusspot! Well, 3 weeks is ample time for inspiration. I wish you the best of luck in this important decision. :ok:

Will need it, with suggestions like oddismee flanoussis :P

Fair enough..! roflmao

Of course, it has to be right, and not some half-baked idea.. ;)

Of course you're right. 'Saviour' didn't go down to well in some corners, with some over sensitive members of the BBC board accusing me of being a little patronising. Of course it's all just a bit of fun, but in this case, I feel I should harness the energy of the board before renaming.

:admin:

Please be Sinning Nipples. It's possibly the greatest name this board will ever see.

Where's the "I don't care" option? :P

Just joking Saviour :hug:

I really don't know what your new same should be though :blink:
Why change it at all?

And 'Girth' does? :shrug: roflmao

I've voted for "the purer quiche" :yahoo:

What about "Various"? That saves all of Saviour. :D

How about Flaneur??

It has a historical literary background (Baudelaire, I think), and has the word 'flan' in it (surely a decent 'zing' factor?)

Not Greek, I know. It is actuallly in the English language

Sounds less of a half-baked flan than the others, methinks.. ;)

Hmm, I like this thread, particularly the cultural references (ah, Beaudelaire ... :) )

I like "Flaneur", although "Flanoussis" is also good. Not sure about "Oddisme" though, a bit *too* odd, perhaps?

Regarding the 'acronym' discussion, I'm never sure whether e.g. ATP should be called an acronym or not. According to the wisdom of Wikipedia, there is no agreement on the issue, although some people hold that 'initialism' should be used for an abbreviation such as ATP, and 'acronym' should be reserved for abbreviations which are pronounced as a different word, such as 'NATO'. I think I might agree with that.

While we're at it, an 'anagram' is, of course, a word (or phrase) which is made up of all the letters of another. We had an example on this thread: 'Various' is an anagram of 'Saviour', and would incidentally be my third choice (though not really in contention with the other two).

Okay, t'would appear a dead heat between sinning nipples and the purer quiche....

I shall toss a coin..... B)2