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I have one I set up when I was young, and it has a name like you’re suggesting. As I got a little older, I set up a new one just for job hunting or formal correspondence that is prosaic and boring, but much more professional. But I still use the “juvenile” one for church, because, along with wearing a blue shirt one week out of three and openly drinking Coke Zero at church functions, I figure it makes me less of a candidate for certain callings. |
Jimbob – aha, now I see a reason to use one of those email addresses in Church… |
i have always used a variation of my name and my standby for several years now is just firstname.lastname. the cutesy/weird ones drive me nuts, too. if you don’t want to use your name because of internet stuffs, there are a bazillion (i counted) options besides some of te junk out there. i finally talked my younger sister into firstname.lastname, if only for professional correspondence. my favorite lately is our first counselor in the bishopric, who e-mails under “skindeep4u2.” um, okay? |
Interesting point. And it’s not just usernames — some domain names strike me as a little juvenile, too. I mean, I still kinda shake my head at the provocative-sounding “Hotmail” domain name. (Yes, I know that comment just earned me a spot in the “Fuddy Duddy” Hall of Fame.) |
Oops, didn’t see your comment makakona. Yes, the juxtaposition of names of folks in church leadership next to silly-sounding domain names is what really makes me laugh. That “skindeep4u2″ is hilarious. |
I have a several email addresses (work@work.com, academic@academic.com, professionalbutnotwork@gmail.com, etc), including a stupid one that I have had for a long time and use for 90% of my personal correspondence. The stupid one is the one attached to my name on the LDS.org website. For the reasons you mention Devyn, I would never use my stupid email for professional/academic purposes, but it is attached to my membership record and has been for many years so it shows up on the directory in the membership lists. Maybe I am a knuckle-dragging, mouth-breather, but I never considered applying the same level of professional etiquette to my official church email address as I did my professional email address. |
Devyn – Yes, you’re being a grouch. I’m getting off your lawn now. The internet was a cool place before “Business” got the idea that it was created for them. |
3. makakona wow – “skindeep4u2.” is he into MLM? Perhaps a NuSkin type? 6. MAC – there could be benefits to having an obnoxious email from a Church perspective which I had not thought of before… 7. queuno – you better get off my lawn – I will kill someone since I just laid the sod last weekend! Isn’t the internet for business? Not sure why else it is there :) Certainly not for blogging |
My wife naively created an email account that combined elements of her birth year (1969) with our last name; which can be used as slang for the manly bits. She was very embarrassed when I explained the connotations he address was sending out. |
People laugh when I tell them my email address (whenigodeaf), but I’m never really sure why. I wouldn’t use it on a job resume but I use it for church stuff. |
Oh and my other goofy email address is cooler, but I rarely use it–evilnaturedrobots. |
TStevens – now that is funny. that would have been a good one for Church :) Susan – very cute emails |
I have one of those worthless @byu.net addresses. I mean, I signed up for the forwarding, but I haven’t figured out where to use it. Church? No one cares if you’re a BYU grad. Work? Again, no one cares… |
I hate, hate, HATE dealing with weird email addresses. Teaching younger college kids is a blast– until you have to contact them. Along with music/rap in place of a message on the voicemail, idiotic email addresses just push my buttons. The closest I’ve come to a “cute” email address is when I used the last 4 letters of my name at my university in place of my full name because people occasionally have a hard time spelling my full name. I once had a teacher apply to work for me whose email address was something akin to “hot_love@gmail.com.” Yeah. I didn’t hire her (though not just for the email address) and emailed her back with a comment about finding a more professional address. Her response? “My friends call me Love, and my boyfriend says I’m hot!” Sure. Whatever. I guess as long as he’s paying the bills, it’s not an issue! Just use some form of your name and call it good! |
