tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270024178512866290.post9017156728386397150..comments2023-10-27T07:29:26.285+00:00Comments on Polyolbion: The name gameMatt Merritthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12371656447328595720noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270024178512866290.post-68140532177973531752007-10-16T10:28:00.000+00:002007-10-16T10:28:00.000+00:00I agree its sometimes difficult to think of a pen ...I agree its sometimes difficult to think of a pen name - although surely it shouldn't be. Its just a way of not using real names so the judges aren't swayed if the competition entry happens to be signed Duffy or Paterson! I've used Tiggywinkle a couple of times because of my current obsession with all things Cumbria-ish and Miss Potter-ishFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12455584448055432913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270024178512866290.post-32200861197790015742007-10-15T09:18:00.000+00:002007-10-15T09:18:00.000+00:00I hadn't thought of that. Very appropriate.I hadn't thought of that. Very appropriate.Matt Merritthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371656447328595720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270024178512866290.post-75876278034328856792007-10-13T18:58:00.000+00:002007-10-13T18:58:00.000+00:00...and Schild is very Beowulfian, too, (Scyld) jus......and Schild is very Beowulfian, too, (Scyld) just to bring the conversation full circle.LouAnn Muhmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01125986724482593009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270024178512866290.post-19311549081340184422007-10-12T21:06:00.000+00:002007-10-12T21:06:00.000+00:00Jonathan Schild, Ph. D., Esq., Ltd.Jonathan Schild, Ph. D., Esq., Ltd.Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270024178512866290.post-30438446052788912302007-10-12T08:30:00.000+00:002007-10-12T08:30:00.000+00:00I like Jonathan Schild, too. It's the sort of name...I like Jonathan Schild, too. It's the sort of name that looks like it would have letters after it.Matt Merritthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371656447328595720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270024178512866290.post-36388367603345504742007-10-12T07:29:00.000+00:002007-10-12T07:29:00.000+00:00Udner Mudgett is a great name! I'm not really sure...Udner Mudgett is a great name! I'm not really sure why some contests use the pen name thing, though.Matt Merritthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371656447328595720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270024178512866290.post-9595987208463787962007-10-12T00:06:00.000+00:002007-10-12T00:06:00.000+00:00I've never known of a contest that asks this. It ...I've never known of a contest that asks this. It must be a British thing. :) Here, names are just left off, except on a cover sheet, which presumably is only seen by a clerical worker who opens the mail. Most of the names in my own family history seem to be of the Skeffington Liquorish variety, my favorite of which is Udner Mudgett.LouAnn Muhmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01125986724482593009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270024178512866290.post-52418256743740968152007-10-11T21:35:00.000+00:002007-10-11T21:35:00.000+00:00well.. at various times i've been Kirk Hargrave,(u...well.. at various times i've been Kirk Hargrave,(using my Gran's maiden name) Richard Hargrave (middle name,) Richard Kirk (middle name and mum's maiden name (my own name is basically a string of surnames!!)) and, just the once, Stuart Hargrave and Rabledo Castillo.... but there we are.. that was in the days when i thought having a pen name was cool and attractive... interestingly enough, as Rabledo Castillo (under which name I was thankfully never published!) i wrote about a certain "Matteus Marriott... "Kirk Wisebeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12868390745287136323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270024178512866290.post-86931696820714826482007-10-11T21:14:00.000+00:002007-10-11T21:14:00.000+00:00I like to use Phaedrus, because that was my air na...I like to use Phaedrus, because that was my air name the first term I was a student DJ. (I was a big Robert Pirsig fan at the time.)<BR/><BR/>I've also used Jonathan Schild. Jonathan is my middle name, and Schild is the German for Shield.Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.com