Have you ever wondered what the Victorians - if having a computer in their possession - would choose for their usernames? A year or two ago, I read Lewis Carroll's A Tangled Tale, an entertaining set of logic/math puzzles published serially in a magazine. Readers of the magazine would submit their best answers and guesses to Carroll, who would respond in the answer key. What struck me was that their pseudonyms (and I post here a selection) sounded remarkably like prototypes for internet forum members. What do you think - and which are your favorites?
Alphabetical Phantom
An Ancient Fish
Bog-Oak
Bo-Peep
Bradshaw of the Future
Cheshire Cat
A Christmas Carol
Common Sense
Dinah Mite
Duckwing
Galanthus Nivalis Major
Knot I
Mad Hatter
Money Spinner
A Mother's Son
Mrs. Sairey Gamp
Old Cat
Old King Cole
Rags and Tatters
A Ready Reckoner
The Red Queen
Scrutator
Sea Breeze
Seven Old Men
The Shetland Snark
Spear Maiden
Three-Fifths Asleep
Vis Inertiae
Waiting for the Train
Yahoo
Yak
Monday, 26 August 2013
Victorian "usernames"
Posted on 11:03 by simmo
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