Reply #145: It's NOT from Harry Potter [View All]

[Dogmudgeon]

I never read the Potter books -- but not out of spite. Which is why, during the one-week name change back in 2004 (?), I changed from BareKnuckledLiberal to Pigwidgeon. It was one of my Usenet nicks back around 1990.

Pigwidgeon is a middle-English word, probably via Anglo-Norman, which means "a person of no particular importance". In other words, a "John Doe". The word probably originally derives from pecunius, Latin for "a small counting unit". The words pecuniary, puny, pickaninny, and Spanish pequeño.

Now? I get tons of mail from teenage girls; the last person to have my "name" at my ISP must have been about 11.

I'm thinking of changing my name again, even if it zeroes out my posting record. It's a shame it's such a hassle to change the user name here, but that's a small one for the community DU offers.

Even if half of you bastards are voting for the wrong candidate.

:evilgrin:

--p!