Hi,
This does not have much to do with swimming, but I was just wondering how people come up with their handles (your alias that you use for your name). Do you have a specific meaning or did somebody just give you this nickname?
Mine was given partially tot me by my brother-in-law, who thought that hans was a Dutch name (i am Dutch) and I like James bond, although he is a bad swimmer...
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The alias that I use in this forum is the name I was born with.
The signature that I use in this forum is to promote my evolution from a late starter in the sport, to competing against early starters who are in race shape.
:cool: When I signed on for this swimming forum, I really didn't expect very much activity from other people. But I've been pleasantly suprised even though I only get to "catch up" about once a month.
When I saw the icon of the military fish I knew that was perfect for me. Because I grew up in a strict military family and my passion for swimming has always been with me even during the 20 years I had no pool closer than 2 driving hours away for those years.
Now I am really enjoying my time back in the water and enjoying this BillFeesh "Handle".
Philip-lover of hippos. I know that Phi aprt of one of the greek words for love but didn't know that combined with ilip it would mean hippo. Anway, I thought she name young after Phillip of Macedon-giving a different kind of spelling of the name
Breastoker, from reading your biography-I think when you were in the service you also had a fair fly. But as you stated that as we age, we tend to be good in our best stroke in the 50.
seriously, Cynthia, my previous post was an outrageous string of lies - just a way to temporarily fool a bunch of people and get some laughs.
Arcuni is just a rather unusual Italian name - though it may mean a person who makes bows (as in bows and arrows.) or, it may come from the word for bridge in the Sicilian dialect.
In the real world, Philip does have a greek root - it means lover of horses, the combination of philos and hippos (brotherly (good thing!) love and horse.) I believe that hippopotomus is a greek word meaning river horse, or something like that.
Of course, the spelling of Phillip is just a transliteration of the Greek name with a similar sound - how it is spelled in English is pretty arbitrary.
BUT.... I maintain that Philip (one l) is a first name, while Phillip and Phillips is a last name. I would be right, too, except so many parents give their sons a first name with the spelling of a last name. Just another indication of the decline of the west.:(
