I am creating a personal "list," - need your feedback!

Post by **Lance** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 11:44 am

We all have sign-on names. We have become such a closely knot CMG family that I would like to compile a personal list of your actual FIRST name.

I known SLOFSTRA is Henry; I know JBUCK is John.
I know CHARMNEWTON is John.
I know MADAME is Leenie (Colleen).
I know FEBNYC is Frank, etc., etc.
Karl Henning's name speaks for itself.
John Francis speaks for itself.
Agnes speaks for itself.
Chalkie [Chalkperson] speaks for itself., etc.

I know many of you on a first-name basis, but frankly, some I don't recall or remember. (Crack it up to aging!)

My name: Lance, of course!

BUT PLEASE give me feedback like this:

Sign-on name = Name I can call you.

I would like to have this from everyone if possible. Many thanks!

Post by **Lance** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 1:23 pm

Eight (8) "lookers" so far, and no feedback! Don't be shy, per favore.

HoustonDavid · Post by **HoustonDavid** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 2:02 pm

HoustonDavid is (Hint: it begins with a "D")

Steinway · Post by **Steinway** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 3:26 pm

cliftwood/Harris

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 3:39 pm

Sign on is Seán and my name is Seán Dunne.

If you want to put the fada on the a in Seán all you have to do is to keep your finger on the <Alt Gr> key whilst you type the letter a and you will get á.

Sylph · Post by **Sylph** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 3:41 pm

Seán wrote:Sign on is Seán and my name is Seán Dunne.

NO!

You don't tell!

david johnson · Post by **david johnson** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 3:42 pm

David Johnson...that's it.

dj

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 3:52 pm

Lance wrote:Eight (8) "lookers" so far, and no feedback! Don't be shy, per favore.

I was a looker, but you had mine taped out already ; )

Cheers,
~Karl

arglebargle · Post by **arglebargle** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 4:32 pm

arglebargle = Peter

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 5:22 pm

Fergus = Fergus Byrne

piston · Post by **piston** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 6:07 pm

piston is for Jacques.

IcedNote · Post by **IcedNote** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 8:38 pm

IcedNote = Garrett Shatzer

-G

Donaldopato · Post by **Donaldopato** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:24 pm

Donaldopato = Donald Clark, I prefer Don however.

Mark Harwood · Post by **Mark Harwood** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:33 am

You're just going to have to work mine out.

Imperfect Pitch · Post by **Imperfect Pitch** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 9:17 am

Ted here

mikealdren · Post by **mikealdren** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 12:26 pm

Mike Aldren!

ch1525 · Post by **ch1525** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:12 pm

Chad. No, it's not short for Chadwick either!

Harold Tucker · Post by **Harold Tucker** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:14 pm

My real name is Webstalker7.

slofstra · Post by **slofstra** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 5:45 pm

Harold Tucker wrote:My real name is Webstalker7.

I thought it was the Cincinnati Kid.

slofstra · Post by **slofstra** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 5:45 pm

<Alt Gr> key

Do I have one of those?

TopoGigio · Post by **TopoGigio** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:06 pm

dirkronk · Post by **dirkronk** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:23 pm

dirkronk is Dirk Ronk.

No, really.

andrevazpereira · Post by **andrevazpereira** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 9:20 pm

Andrevazpereira... hummm... mistery...

André Vaz Pereira

Mistery solved...

greetings to everyone

www.mysapce.com/andrevazpereira

Ralph · Post by **Ralph** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 9:31 am

Ralph=Barack Obama. I ask that all CMGers keep this to themselves as I wish to continue in your company even after the inauguration.

stenka razin · Post by **stenka razin** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 10:04 am

Stenka Razin is Mel.

Sporkadelic · Post by **Sporkadelic** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 2:29 pm

Sporky. Or Russell. Either way.

Tore · Post by **Tore** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 5:21 pm

Tore is Tore F. Steenslid

THEHORN · Post by **THEHORN** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 5:38 pm

The Horn is Robert Berger.

Scott Morrison · Post by **Scott Morrison** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:07 am

Scott Morrison is pronounced Throat-Warbler Mangrove.

TopoGigio · Post by **TopoGigio** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 7:10 pm

But my Real Name is

.......

HoustonDavid · Post by **HoustonDavid** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 3:08 pm

Since there is more than one David on our Forum, I will be more specific:

HoustonDavid is David Sherman

Post by **Lance** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 3:36 pm

WHERE ARE THE REST OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT RESPONDED?

Wallingford · Post by **Wallingford** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:03 pm

OK, OK, Lance: Wallingford is Neil.

HoustonDavid · Post by **HoustonDavid** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:50 am

Seán (and others using non-European keyboards):

(from the Microsoft Word Help Menu) The ALT GR key is on the right side of the keyboard on some non-U.S. keyboard layouts. ALT GR is equivalent to the CTRL+ALT key combination, and you can use it with other keys to enter additional characters. Microsoft Word can differentiate between the left and right ALT keys so that you can use CTRL+ALT and ALT GR key combinations.

(from ME

) You can go to Word's "Insert" Menu, then go to Symbols and you will be provided a surprisingly complete set of alphabetic characters from most European (and some non-European) languages, including the fada on the a in Seán. Simply click on the character, hit Control C to copy it, and Control V to place it in context.

And yes, HoustonDavid still begins with "D", no Alt Gr key required.

nadej_baptiste · Post by **nadej_baptiste** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:15 am

Lance wrote:We all have sign-on names. We have become such a closely knot CMG family that I would like to compile a personal list of your actual FIRST name.

I known SLOFSTRA is Henry; I know JBUCK is John.
I know CHARMNEWTON is John.
I know MADAME is Leenie (Colleen).
I know FEBNYC is Frank, etc., etc.
Karl Henning's name speaks for itself.
John Francis speaks for itself.
Agnes speaks for itself.
Chalkie [Chalkperson] speaks for itself., etc.

I know many of you on a first-name basis, but frankly, some I don't recall or remember. (Crack it up to aging!)

My name: Lance, of course!

BUT PLEASE give me feedback like this:

Sign-on name = Name I can call you.

I would like to have this from everyone if possible. Many thanks!

Hello dear Lance,

(You already know, but) nadej_baptiste = Kamila.

Holden Fourth · Post by **Holden Fourth** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:17 am

Holden Fourth - Ric

Heck148 · Post by **Heck148** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:38 pm

Heck = Dave

Cyril Ignatius · Post by **Cyril Ignatius** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:10 pm

Cyril Ignatius --- as is.

Richard Mullany · Post by **Richard Mullany** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:15 am

Richard Mullany..that's it

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 1:37 pm

HoustonDavid wrote:Seán (and others using non-European keyboards):

(from the Microsoft Word Help Menu) The ALT GR key is on the right side of the keyboard on some non-U.S. keyboard layouts. ALT GR is equivalent to the CTRL+ALT key combination, and you can use it with other keys to enter additional characters. Microsoft Word can differentiate between the left and right ALT keys so that you can use CTRL+ALT and ALT GR key combinations.

(from ME ) You can go to Word's "Insert" Menu, then go to Symbols and you will be provided a surprisingly complete set of alphabetic characters from most European (and some non-European) languages, including the fada on the a in Seán. Simply click on the character, hit Control C to copy it, and Control V to place it in context.

And yes, HoustonDavid still begins with "D", no Alt Gr key required.

David, thanks for going to the trouble to explain that. I should have said that one may create the letter á by typing the ASCII character 160. To do that all one has to do is to press down on the <Alt> key and type 160 on the number pad and you will see the letter á. In fact you may type any character using this method.

Chalkperson · Post by **Chalkperson** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:13 pm

Seán wrote:David, thanks for going to the trouble to explain that. I should have said that one may create the letter á by typing the ASCII character 160. To do that all one has to do is to press down on the <Alt> key and type 160 on the number pad and you will see the letter á. In fact you may type any character using this method.

I'm sooo glad I have a Mac, Shawn...

barney · Post by **barney** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:27 am

Barney, devastatingly, is really ... Barney

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 4:56 pm

Chalkperson wrote:... Shawn...

ouch!!!

HoustonDavid · Post by **HoustonDavid** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 1:20 am

Seán:

Years ago (before Microsoft Word), I used ASCII for foreign language alphabetic characters in music cataloguing (for example), and it certainly works, but the problem is needing the complete list of ASCII numbers=letters "close to hand". Not always practical. Using Insert/Symbols in Microsoft Word is very straighforward and quite complete, including all the capital letters with foreign "markings".

Maybe Europeans don't use Word as their primary word processing software, but here in the U.S. (and Canada) it is practically the standard for word processing. It runs on both Macintosh and MSDOS-based microcomputers. Before Word, there were many different and competing word processing systems, especially Word Perfect, but Microsoft seems to have won that war.

When ASCII was the only way to properly use foreign words that required accents and various other "signs" over or under certain characters, it was better than nothing, and still works today, but Word Insert/Symbols is much more practical, for multiple foreign characters, IMO.

Of course, if the only character you need is the fada on the a in Seán, then it is definately quicker to use Alt 160, which you undoubtedly know by heart.

HoustonDavid · Post by **HoustonDavid** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 1:23 am

Chalkie:

Is the Mac Shawn the Scottish version of Seán?

Sylph · Post by **Sylph** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:33 am

HoustonDavid wrote:Using Insert/Symbols in Microsoft Word is very straighforward and quite complete, including all the capital letters with foreign "markings".

Use Character Map instead. Go to Start > Run > write "charmap" and press Enter. All you need to know.

HoustonDavid · Post by **HoustonDavid** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 2:00 pm

Sylph:

You are so right-on; Now I don't have to go into Word here at CMG to use foreign characters, including the fada on the a in Seán (or is that Mac Shawn?).

Both he and I can comfortably type the correct foreign languages so common in music terminology and naming conventions. Thank you!!

David Sherman

Sylph · Post by **Sylph** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 2:06 pm

NP! I'm glad I helped you!

Chalkperson · Post by **Chalkperson** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:00 pm

HoustonDavid wrote:Chalkie:

Is the Mac Shawn the Scottish version of Seán?

You mocked him twice, be careful he does not come at you with a shillaley...

HoustonDavid · Post by **HoustonDavid** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:47 pm

I will be wary of his shillaley, but how can you not love a guy who uses the signature:

"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler

I will always appreciate it and I have used it on other blog sites, having stolen it from Seán. I admitted my theft to him when he admitted appreciating my own signature. Maybe he uses it elsewhere, too!

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