alexeyd1000@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agoNow that we are all switching to Lemmy, now is the time for all the redditors with embarrassing usernames to make their username right! Don't screw up this time!message-squaremessage-square583fedilinkarrow-up11.86K
arrow-up11.86Kmessage-squareNow that we are all switching to Lemmy, now is the time for all the redditors with embarrassing usernames to make their username right! Don't screw up this time!alexeyd1000@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square583fedilink
minus-squarekamen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoI’m using my IRL given name here. I like my Reddit username (and was kinda surprised it was not already taken), but it was kind of a mask.
minus-squarekamen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoNope, it’s my name. It has the same meaning as Peter (or its equivalents in whatever language you pick), but its etymology is Bulgarian. If it has another meaning in English, it’s purely coincidental.
minus-squareLemmy Reddit That@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoKamen means stone in our language, and I was a little bit confused
minus-squareBruno Finger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoSame, I even set my display name to my real name. It’s fine.
I’m using my IRL given name here. I like my Reddit username (and was kinda surprised it was not already taken), but it was kind of a mask.
Is this a kamen rider pun
Nope, it’s my name. It has the same meaning as Peter (or its equivalents in whatever language you pick), but its etymology is Bulgarian. If it has another meaning in English, it’s purely coincidental.
Kamen means stone in our language, and I was a little bit confused
Yep, that’s what Peter means as well.
I actually didn’t know that
Same, I even set my display name to my real name. It’s fine.