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jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

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.

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Peach Pearl
Peach Pearl

Nov-21-2006 23:10

I have a string of Peach color Pearls necklace! =-)

Cordelia Falco
Cordelia Falco
Battered Shoe

Nov-22-2006 03:04

I thought I'd combine detectives - Cordelia Gray from PD James' Unsuitable Job for a Woman and Marcus Didius Falco. Not very original, but I just liked the way it sounds!

Sevastopol O'Halibut
Sevastopol O'Halibut

Jul-3-2007 13:26

Hmm... I've been asked to try to explain my detective name, which could be tricky! I came up with it as a suggestion when some friends and I started writing a collaborative online thriller by taking turns posting chapters a couple of years ago. Unfortunately it was rejected in favour of something which made the protagonist seem a little less bonkers, which I can't quite remember now. Anyway, I was glad of the opportunity to resurrect it, so am quite keen to avoid losing my licence!

I really like Sevastopol as a first name. I can't explain the surname, except that it has a nice-sounding number of syllables and popped into my head for some bizarre reason. If I need a second detective I might have to resort to Lawrence Block for some assistance...

Gracie Lou
Gracie Lou
Assistant Librarian

Jul-3-2007 16:50

It's a good name ... rolls off the tongue :)
(betcha can't say it 5 times real fast!)

chris schuster
chris schuster

Jul-4-2007 13:12

I was just picking a random name (this picture since i'm still young)

Yoji Harada
Yoji Harada

Jul-9-2007 13:24

Guess where i got my name?

Its one of the char of MIAMI INK. The odd looking Japanese apprentice of Ami. Lol me >.<

AZN_Cinderella
AZN_Cinderella

Jul-9-2007 19:23

Friends gave me a nickname.

Henry Walker
Henry Walker

Jul-10-2007 19:16

I chose my name because I enjoy writng mystery stories and my detective's name is Henry Walker. Iwanted to create a hot British guy. I have another detective, PJ Kibble. I chose that because...I was new and didn't know I would be hooked

Lacrymosa Songlei
Lacrymosa Songlei

Jul-12-2007 05:15

Lacrymosa was the name of my character in the online RPG Everquest. I chose it because I liked the song by Mozart, and it made a nice original name.

I added Songlei when I had to add a last name to my character (with the same name) in EQII. I asked a friend for possible vietnamese words I could use. I wanted something that meant "rebirth" or "revived" since this was a reincarnation of the original Lacrymosa character. My friend came up with Song Lai, which I eventually misspelled as Songlei.

Since then, I have continued to use the name Lacrymosa Songlei, because it is the only semi-original name I have ever come up with. The only downside is that all my characters have to be female, whereas I am definetely male.

Kathryn Gumshoe the 7th
Kathryn Gumshoe the 7th
Battered Shoe

Jul-13-2007 23:42

Kathryn because it's my middle name (I think it sounds way better than my first name) Gumshoe for obvious reasons, and I don't really know why I picked 7th, it just sort of popped in my head...

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