Well, Nan Smith is and isn't my name. My real name is Nancy (my husband still tries to spell it Nanci, which I won't let him do because it looks silly) but I chose Nan for my name on the boards because it's quick and easy to type and I wanted something a little different than the name I've always been called. My alternate is simply part of my email address which I use because it's different but easy to remember. Nancy Smith is an incredibly common name, so it doesn't bother me that people I don't know see it or read my writing. There are a lot of suspects out there!<g>
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