<p>I also thought that Northstarmom must have been a native of Minnesota, just as if somebody called herself Lonestarmom I probably would think Texas.</p>
<p>I had correctly figured out the -inca and -inuk names, but the meaning of Cangel came as a surprise. “Sea-Angel” is kind of poetic; I like it. “Kangle” meant nothing to me.</p>
<p>I love NorthstarMom’s real meaning… </p>
<p>I was thinking Minnesota, too, but also “constancy” (a la my favorite Joni Mitchell song with the lyric “as constant as the Northern Star…”) So I had you as a loyal, unwavering Mom who could be relied on.</p>
<p>I’ve been gone ths weekend - going back to someone saying that the real names were kind of a letdown - maybe this is why bikers and fighter pilots have handles - I feel rather dashing and rebellious somehow!</p>
<p>for mine:</p>
<p>knee-lesh (lesh rhymes with flesh)</p>
<p>cain gel</p>
<p>I pictured soozie as a vet</p>
<p>I like “lonestarmom”, maybe i could change to that.</p>
<p>EYE land mom (haha)</p>
<p>mine is just like it’s spelled</p>
<p>lax mom - because both of my sons play lacrosse. simple as that.</p>
<p>I thought LaxMom was like LAX in terms of the LA airport so that you were from LA but I was off the mark !</p>
<p>I thought laxmom was easy going (lax about things :)</p>
<p>I thought she was easygoing too - but not negligent! :)</p>
<p>Like the Vermont contingent, I thought laxmom flew in and out of LA a lot.</p>
<p>Emeraldkity please clarifiy how to pronounce your name - I couldn’t tell if it was “kitty” or not.</p>
<p>yes it is kitty to rhyme with city</p>
<p>I hadn’t checked this thread because I thought the pronunciation of ‘lefthandofdog’ was obvious. I just read a question as to its origin, so I’ll answer that.</p>
<p>I couldn’t think of a name and wanted to remain anonymous. I had once tried to use “fingernail” as an e-bay name, but it was taken. Taken? I came up with that because I was looking down at the keyboard. So I cast my eyes further around me and my dog was lying to the left of the computer. So, I was sitting at the lefthand of my dog. I’m also left handed and like wordplay. If I were sitting at the right hand of God, I’d have all the answers and could judge…</p>
<p>Thanks for posting, lefthandofdog (and give your pooch a pat for me). A good reminder that none of us are infallible!</p>
<p>I always thought that if something were to YOUR left, then YOU were sitting at the RIGHTHAND of the object. Do I have the concept backwards?!?</p>
<p>This has been fun to read. I did change my name, after I realized I had become a CC-addict and moved from lurker to poster, because my first choice would have been way too easily tracked by my son if he got more curious about his mom becoming a message board follower. I just emailed the administrator and it was done within a day.</p>
<p>Even with the application and decision done I can’t resist following this community and ongoing college news. I was relieved and amused to recently discover a neighbor dad with the same enduring interest. </p>
<p>And I guess mine would be pronounced with a certain bleating charm–perhaps like the dowager sheep in Babe?</p>
<p>Tabbyzmom - you’re right! (or is that left?). You see, I do have left - right spatial problems. I guess he was at my right.</p>
<p>Hey lefthandofdog, no big deal; it’s still a cool name and much more creative than mine :)</p>
<p>From Emeraldkity >>yes it is kitty to rhyme with city<<</p>
<p>HA! To Coureur, I was right! (a rarity)</p>
<p>Lefthand: it’s been my (totally unscientific) observation that left-handed people often have left/right spatial, um, issues. I often have to look down at my hands to decide if something is left or right. I can “see” a map of where I’m going in my head, but if I try to verbalize it to someone, i’ll get the lefts and rights wrong unless I really concentrate on it. (east west is a problem, too.)</p>
<p>Ah, but is it the person’s or dog’s perspective? Was the dog facing the computer or the person?</p>
<p>I am also a lefty and have left-right orientation problems - mostly in my riding lessons wherein some appendage is doing something incorrectly and my trainer wants me to adjust it. Maybe I should change my name to RightHoofOfMare.</p>