What's in a Name?

[Snaphappyscottie]

As you can see my log in name is Snaphappyscottie and you look at it and say that guy is from scotland, and you would be right on the money. A few weeks back i was on another site which i will not give any details to so as not to give them recognition but suffice to say that the name i used was astroscottie and still use this in astronomy forums. I was emailed by one of the admin guys who told me that my name was not politically correct. i could not believe it as i am Scottish and i also own a Scottish Terrier dog called Archie.
Not wanting to cause any offence to anyone i would ask if anyone thinks my name is wrong or offensive to Scottish people if so I would think about changing it for this Forum.

With thanks
Allan

[bradzo66]

Ha ha ha political correctness sucks the big one , my family heritage is Scottish although my only knowledge of this is a deep rustle in my veins when someone plays the bagpipes ha ha . (True though) . I could call myself Aussiebastard and I'm sure no one here would bat an eyelid , your user name certainly causes me no problem at all and I believe that unless you place a name on someone else that causes them distress or offence call yrself what you will . There are people here that have kids that browse the site with them and as long as its not offensive to our junior forum readers I imagine you'll have no trouble . Sounds as if said forum takes themselves a little too seriously or they enjoy the power of being able to tell you what to call yrself , stuff 'em !!

[Nicole]

I have to say that the first thing I thought of was the little dogs. So I'm not seeing it as offensive. I'd say that

Originally Posted by bradzo66

There are people here that have kids that browse the site with them and as long as its not offensive to our junior forum readers I imagine you'll have no trouble .

Is probably pretty accurate. I'm sure there are other exceptions, I just don't know exactly what they are.

[Woody]

Gee now you've got me thinking. Is my name offensive?

If anyone thinks it is, I'll change my name by Deed Poll.

Cheers,

John Wood

Sydney Australia

[bradzo66]

It could be but you chose the less offensive terms so no ...............hardon might have raised a few eyebrows though !!ROFLMAO

[Quo Fan]

I personally have never heard the term "Scottie" used in a derogatory manner. I have always thought of it as referring to the nation you claim as yours.

[Snaphappyscottie]

Thanks for your feed-back everyone i was just starting to wonder if it was me going mad. The last time i looked in the mirror i had a conversation with an unknown person but after my medication i think i'm ok now....:

[SusanH1970]

"Scottie" from Star Trek was Scottish and no one complained about him, eh?

[JMS1980]

When I saw Snaphappyscottie, I didn't even look at the location part of it. I just assumed that maybe your name was Scott!

[fstopMike]

All I have to say to the PC crowd is "just get over yourselves!"