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MSN nicknames - from where do they come? Do people just want to have
cool msn nicknames? It is like asking where your real name came from,
or why your parent chose such a name for you. However, my part is only
to share the research I did find regarding why people keep such
interesting and odd nicknames on the MSN Messenger.
The first
thing I analyzed was freedom; everyone is free, so one may pick
whatever name they feel suits them. Second and more importantly,
invisibility plays a role in these nicknames. They allow people to have
the mental satisfaction of not talking to someone face to face; this
encourages people to use names that may be innapropriate, such as words
which should be read in reverse order to be understood as a swear word.
Sometimes
you find that nicknames are an excellent transformation of human
thoughts into words. This is demonstrated in the following. In the last
Cricket World cup, the final match was between India and Australia.
Australian batsman Ricky Ponting played beautifully in that match and
scored a century, not to mention beating the hell out of Indian
bowlers. That day, when the match finished, a friend of mine (Because
Pakistanis have special antagonismwith Indians) went into the Indian
chat room with the nickname: Ricky Ponting. That said it all.
It
is common to see people changing their nicknames on a regular basis;
this is because of special events that happen in one's life each day.
When one wants to share it with others, they make it their nickname.
Some
people (like myself), promise themselves not to change their nicknames
for their whole lives. Maybe this is because their nickname is a
reminder of an important even, or maybe it is an indication of what one
wants his/her life to become.
It also happens that once in a
while, one gets too impressed with a movie or animation and picks a
character or movies name to communicate their like for that movie. As
an example, a student of mine who possesses an inferiority complex
about being ugly has chosen her nickname to be I love Addams Family.
