What was the reason for choosing your sSpot nickname?

[Nilotic]

I feel like an odd number of heads would be attractive, like 3 headed phoenix. My favorite mythical animal is a dragon

That's a bit too cluttered, abaayo

Two is perfect

I don't want a Medusa in the Coat of arms

 

[Yaraye]

No I'm Dutch born and Holland ha burburto aswell

 

[Keep it a boqol]

I chosen mine to be honest transparent and objective, espcially when it comes to Somali discourse which is why I chose my username when I made my account

 

[Keep it a boqol]

In the Chicago suburbia.

Is there a big Somali community in Chicago?

 

[Celery]

Oh lovely. Was her name Aibolsun?

No. I adopted this name to better fit in with the people. My previous name used to be Farah

 

[Odious Delirium]

Do you actually consider yourself American?

I have never a day in my life consider myself British or Dutch

 

[Sophisticate]

There is nothing special about my username. No fascinating origin story nor strong identification with it. It was created on the fly with little afterthought. I have had it since I was a teenager on SomaliLife, in my 20s, on somnet and Somalispot. It's a noun, but people consider it an adjective. The only thing I am is consistent with my forum username/handle across different sites.

 

[Celery]

I thought you lived in Nunavut.

I do but this is my official story for sspot

 

[Yaraye]

Do you actually consider yourself American?
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I have never a day in my life consider myself British or Dutch

i don't. but where else has this freedom and opportunity where else can i get a good job with a working economy?

 

[Yaraye]

i don't. but where else has this freedom and opportunity where else can i get a good job with a working economy?

until somalia gets on its feet, I'm staying here in the US

 

[Odious Delirium]

i don't. but where else has this freedom and opportunity where else can i get a good job with a working economy?

There is no where else because they all came at the expense of making it so only the west has it like that after destroying the rest of the world

 

[niggaibnh]

It was supposed to be
“Nigga ibn hitler “ but the mods removed 5 letters from the words hitler so it’s
“Nigga ibn H” now


What did I do it ?
I thought I was going to stay on this site once in my lifetime and never come back but I was wrong

 

[𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒔𐒖𐒕𐒈]

No. I adopted this name to better fit in with the people. My previous name used to be Farah

What does it mean?

 

[𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒔𐒖𐒕𐒈]

Is there a big Somali community in Chicago?

There are some professionals working in the city, and none where I live. I heard there are families in Racine, a suburb, but I have not spotted any when I last visited there.

 

[𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒔𐒖𐒕𐒈]

There is no where else because they all came at the expense of making it so only the west has it like that after destroying the rest of the world

For a Dutch, you sound rather cynical, mate.

 

[𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒔𐒖𐒕𐒈]

There is nothing special about my username. No fascinating origin story nor strong identification with it. It was created on the fly with little afterthought. I have had it since I was a teenager on SomaliLife, in my 20s, on somnet and Somalispot. It's a noun, but people consider it an adjective. The only thing I am is consistent with my forum username/handle across different sites.

Quite the veteran, you are; what came of those other Som* ?

Curious: who is the fine gentleman in your profile? One does not see those any more. Or perhaps fathers no longer sire such sons in ardu Somal.

 

[Odious Delirium]

For a Dutch, you sound rather cynical, mate.

I wouldn't say I'm cynical. I'm a realist and I wanna go back to somalia and help out. The west is just a temporary means for me and I'm barely Dutch I was just born there and that's it.

 

[𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒔𐒖𐒕𐒈]

You will discover, as I did, you are forever caught in-between the two, as nature shall dictate its terms.

 

[a_bilan]

Bilan was the middle name of my friend in the ninth grade. We knew each other for a little less than a year but I felt very close to her …..and also loved her name.

 

[Sophisticate]

Quite the veteran, you are; what came of those other Som* ?

They retired but some are still around.

Curious: who is the fine gentleman in your profile? One does not see those any more. Or perhaps fathers no longer sire such sons in ardu Somal.

I think it's Ugaas Doodi Rooble of Samaroon/Gadabuursi. I believe he was killed in the 77' War when the Ethiopian regime of the time rounded up Somali Ugaases of various Somali clans and killed them. I'll ask @Duucale1 to correct me if I'm wrong.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ugaas_Doodi_of_the_Gadabuursi.png

*Ignore the overlap of some dates as there might of been contestation for the crown.*

It's still impressive that this line has lasted hundreds of years.