note BooK <p>Back in 1994, I didn't have a nickname, like the others in my engineering school. I felt I had to have one, to sign my articles in the school paper. Plus it was cool to have one.</p> <p>Since I loved books, and had grown a rather long goatee beard, I chose "BooK" (capital "B", capital "K"), whith the following explanation: "<i>En anglais ça se prononce 'bouc', et en français ça veut dire livre.</i>". Which you could translate as: "<i>In English it pronounces 'bouc' (goatee in English), and in French, it means 'book'</i>".</p> <p>Naturally, the goatee didn't last, since several girlfriends had me cut it and not grow it back. But most of my friends know me by this name, and I am quite used to it.<p> <p>I just have to be quick when a new online service opens, to be the first one to registrer my nick. This is the reason why I wish I had chosen a less common word for a handle!</p> 110166 110166