I came up with that nickname at the age of 16 (in the year 2000). It is supposed to be a random sequence of letters that is pronounceable in German. A search gave no results, hence I naively suspected it to be unique. Only much later I learnt that many sequences of letters humans are able to pronounce do also bear a meaning in some language. Last year I learnt that xiximeanspissin Portuguese. Some native English speakers also asked me if it is supposed to mean sexy dude. But I can assure you that I never intended my nickname to signal a sexy dude who takes a piss and casually tries drugs. I was rather annoyed that many nicknames were already taken when I tried to register with various services. I also wanted to be uniquely identifiable. It pretty much worked, as almost all of the 46.100 results of a Google search for xixidu are related to myself.
Ksicksiduh—but I prefer to go by my real name (Alexander Kruel) when it comes to vocal communication.
I’ve neverbeenChinese. It wasn’t my intention at all to sound Asiatic. I looked at an instant messenger avatar of a Rubber duck when that particular sequence occurred to me.
Thanks—I pronounce people’s names in my head when I’m reading.
“Xi” is a letter combination that shows up in English transliterations of Chinese. That, plus your saying that English isn’t your first language, was what gave me the false impression.
I came up with that nickname at the age of 16 (in the year 2000). It is supposed to be a random sequence of letters that is pronounceable in German. A search gave no results, hence I naively suspected it to be unique. Only much later I learnt that many sequences of letters humans are able to pronounce do also bear a meaning in some language. Last year I learnt that xixi means piss in Portuguese. Some native English speakers also asked me if it is supposed to mean sexy dude. But I can assure you that I never intended my nickname to signal a sexy dude who takes a piss and casually tries drugs. I was rather annoyed that many nicknames were already taken when I tried to register with various services. I also wanted to be uniquely identifiable. It pretty much worked, as almost all of the 46.100 results of a Google search for xixidu are related to myself.
How do you pronounce your nickname?
I’d vaguely assumed the name was Chinese, with some presupposition that you were, too.
Ksicksiduh—but I prefer to go by my real name (Alexander Kruel) when it comes to vocal communication.
I’ve never been Chinese. It wasn’t my intention at all to sound Asiatic. I looked at an instant messenger avatar of a Rubber duck when that particular sequence occurred to me.
Thanks—I pronounce people’s names in my head when I’m reading.
“Xi” is a letter combination that shows up in English transliterations of Chinese. That, plus your saying that English isn’t your first language, was what gave me the false impression.