Many times when I meet new people, I inevitably must answer the question "what does your name mean?" Now if I were to talk about my birthgiven name, I would say that it means "gift of God." Of course there are many names that have the same exact meaning including but not limited to:

Chipo
Donato
Dorothy
Fedora
Dora
Isadora
Kirabo
Makaio
Makana
Matthew
Migdana
Natania
Nathaniel
Shay
Ted
Thaddeus
Thea
Totie
Tudor
Yanis
Anja
Amaris
Beyla
Fabunni
Iokinna
Johanna
Juana
and Ziraili

So, basically, my birthgiven name is meaningless. Just as Æµ§œš¹ is. You see, since I picked Æµ§œš¹ instead of Mistysboy18, hamsterlove56, cow-eater2million or ninjaturtlelover4338213930-233221 I don't have to worry about making a new one if I change my mind about the women I date, my age, the pets that die, the food I eat or the fads I take part in. By remaining meaningless, it applies to no temporary personal situation.

Of course, I could pick something more permanent like whiteboy456 or thinkingaboutsex24-7 but then someone else might have the same name. How would you be able to tell them from me? By remaining meaningless, Æµ§œš¹ is applicable to no one, not even me and if anyone else claims something similar, like Æµ§œš² or Æµ§œš³ then I know that they're either copying me or are my illegitimate children. In the latter case I suppose it's all right. But otherwise it's not, so don't copy me.

Of course, in some instances I cannot type one or more of the symbols in Æµ§œš¹ because of font restrictions or parental controls; in those instances I type AEuSoes1 (or aeusoes1 where it's not case sensitive). Both are pronounced the same.

Prounounced? Well I suppose so, Æµ§œš¹ and/or AEuSoes1, although both created without the intention of being pronounced since it's strictly for internet uses, has a pronunciation associated with it. The trouble is, I don't know exactly how to pronounce it. What I've decided upon, which you can sort of see represented in the alternative letters I've chosen is YOO-sohs-to-the-first or YOO-sohs-wun. All hard S's. Pronouncing the Æ with the ah (as in cat) is sexier. With my knowledge of linguistics and orthography since I've chosen the pronunciation I've found that Æ in Old English was the ah in cat and in latin was sort of like the ai in kite; µ is the Greek M; § has no sound associated with it and usually means "section"; œ is either a rounded e or a very fronted o (a sound that we don't have in English); š is an s with a hacek or caron, which is a diacritic used to indicate palatalization, making it a sh sound; and ¹ is still a one in the power-of slot. So if I were to be super accurate, it would be ah-section-ösh-to the first, but that sound stupid. So there we have it my username.

With all the love I can muster for a stranger,

Æµ§œš¹

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