> > That's what I thought, too. There's Liam Neeson, and there's a reporter on the TV news here called Liam something-or-other. I thought of it as a not-totally-unusual name.
> > So how should we say Liface? LEE-face? LIE-face? Lee-FA-chee? That sounds exotic, I think I like that one.
> >
> > Brunnen-"I'd like to know the stories behind Wolfspirit, Jimmy of York, Mousie and CodeMan38"G
>
> Well, my real name is Cody-- a common nickname for which is "Code-man".
>
> As for the 38? Throughout my childhood, I was a spelling bee geek... and when I finally made it to the [US] national level a while ago, the number on my placard was--you guessed it--38. It just kinda stuck, for some reason.
>
> -- codeman"yes, I know you were expecting something much more interesting...but I couldn't make up any good stories about it"38

hmm, i have a very good friend (the one who introduced me to rinkworks, in fact) who is an amazing speller, went to nationals at least once if not twice... she's very cool.
just wondering, what year of school are you in? i assume you're still in school if you did spelling bee only a few years ago

uni"one o' them high schoolers"peg