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May-26-2005 05:26
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Some of us have interesting reasons to pick a detective name. What is yours?

jstkdn which some people don't realize right away stands for JuST KiDding! It is something I tend to say a lot in real life after a lot of sentences. A good friend of mine in the US had jstkdn as a license plate of her car, so I wasn't that inventive myself.

My previous other agent was PM, which stands for Project/Program Manager, my profession in real life.

My only detective that I currently play with is freelancermountaineer. Only because Freelancer was taken. Sidney Bristow in the Alias series uses two call signs freelancer and mountaineer.

Aug-17-2006 06:14

my friend said it and it sounded cool. easy and simple.

Aug-17-2006 08:38

Thanks Summer and everyone who posted, it's fun reading why people are who they are.

As Lady Emerald Devon is my other detective (for whom I posted about a long time ago), I wanted something similar.
I also like Rubies as gems and Caplan comes from a name of a famous Ruby.

Aug-17-2006 08:59

I'm a film student so I didn't have to look far for names. Apparently I'm not the only movie fan thogh seein as i had to try out quite a few before I found one that hadn't already been taken - sigh..
Anyway.. Freddy Newandyke is the real name of Mr. Orange in Reservoir Dogs..

Aug-17-2006 09:35

my detective name is Algernon Baker. I write(not published yet), and he's a detective in one of the books I've written. I like the character quite a bit, so chose that for a name.

Aug-17-2006 10:02

My first detective (back when the world was flat and detectives had no footwear) was based on my real name. My second detective was Som Tam, which is a Thai spicy green papaya salad. I stopped playing for a long time, but Som Tam is still around. When I started again, I chose Srei Chlat, which simply means "clever woman" in Khmer language.

Aug-17-2006 12:43

My RL last name starts with Mc, hense "Mac" and my nickname has always been "Irish" so I just put the two together. As for Ian, well that was my Grandfather's name. He walked the south side of Boston when he first arrived to the USA as a police officer.

Aug-17-2006 14:05

Zoah Kiira is just my actual first and last name...my mom wanted to give me a very uncommon name.

Aug-17-2006 15:43

I rhymed a suave, debonaire, and very good looking Hollywood leading man from Hollywood's golden era.

Aug-17-2006 21:00

Because of my ex-boyfriend, He's Jota and I'm Melissa

Aug-19-2006 19:11

I used to sing professionally, and the piano player who accompanied me always refered to me as "Sindy - with an "S"". My real name is Cindy. Okay, actually, it's Cynthia, but I have always gone by Cindy.