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Not necessarily wrong though! https://jargon-file.org/archive/jargon-1.5.0.dos.txt https://jargon-file.org/archive/jargon-1.5.0.dos.txt Login names are often
by tjr 4y ago
Not necessarily wrong though!
https://jargon-file.org/archive/jargon-1.5.0.dos.txt https://jargon-file.org/archive/jargon-1.5.0.dos.txt
Login names are often used as nicknames, pronounce[d] if possible
and spelled if necessary. My wife and I met at MIT, and she still calls
me "Gliss", because my login name was GLS. "Guy" sounds very weird to
her.
- benatkin 4y agoSome are more than just logins or nicknames, they're handles. I will never use substack.com* after they stole substack's handle. * as a publisher or a subscriber, and to some extent even as a reader
- Zecc 4y agoMy thoughts go to the person in my college whose login, based on their initials, was `acne`.