What's an Echidna anyway?

Pronounced e-kid-na. An echidna is a spiny anteater found in and around Australia. Here's a picture.

They have some at the Los Angeles Zoo. They're very cute in person. They kind of waddle when they walk.

Several years ago, some friends of mine and I started a company. After 3 days of trying to come up with a name we finally settled on "Echidna." The biggest reason being that we liked the logo John had drawn for it. It was something like this.

Since that time I started using Echidna as my callsign or alias on the net. It hasn't been a very good one because most people don't know what it is or how to pronounce it. They say things like e-chid-na or enchilada. This is been the source of much laughter for my friends.

Anyway, I need a new callsign. Got any ideas? 

 

 

 

 
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Comments:

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how about Knuckles?

posted by TjiggySeptember 10, 2003 at 17:07

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except for the fact that Knuckles (the Sega Character) came out about 5 years AFTER we had came up with this.  I suppose if we had called our company Knuckles maybe we could have sued

posted by greggmanSeptember 11, 2003 at 12:35

I like it man!! [ e ]

hey dont change it!  I like it because its like enigma, but not quite.. and softer.. all you have to do is make the logo more of a hint!!

I also like the anteater by the way,  cute things work well.

listen to yourself the most. dont doubt yourself thomas!!-or: whats your name again?!

jana

posted by janaOctober 10, 2003 at 16:49

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I like Knuckles! Anyway, one of the reasons I play Sega Sonic games is because Knuckles is an echidna and I really like echidnas, even though I have never seen one in person. Don't blame me if there are any grammer errors, because I'm only 12 years old and this is one of the first times I am writing something like this on tne internet.

PS: Love that echidna logo!

posted by pugglieFebruary 6, 2004 at 8:50

ki'-ki. [ e ]

SPLAZz.

posted by kikiApril 8, 2005 at 5:10

Stay with your rootz [ e ]

Nothing ever approached the value of tUME.  I see these young hacks struggle with texture tiles now and I wish we had a tool that could manage projections and a materials and texture library as well as that tool did.

-Davelueh

posted by PaladinakaAsmodeusSeptember 14, 2005 at 1:14

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yer that echinda is so cute!!! keep it or mabey change it to a more realistic caractor

posted by JacquieAugust 2, 2006 at 19:35

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hello evryone

posted by JacquieAugust 2, 2006 at 19:36

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HEYLO

ECHIDNAS ARE CUTE ;;

`I WUV THEM

posted by RD___August 18, 2006 at 2:25

\(^_^)/ [ e ]

ME AGEN

JUS TA TELL YA KEEP

IT ECHIDNA_____;;

TEY ARE MAD !!!

posted by RD___August 18, 2006 at 2:27

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I luv Knuckles and Tikal. That's manley the reason I play sonic games.

Echidnas are cute, but at first I didn't how to pronouce it.

It's weird. Knux and Tikal look nothin like echhidnas, but that's just my opinyion.

BTW-If Shadow, Sonic, and Silver are all hedgehogs than why is Sonic the only one w/out chest fur?

posted by KnucklesXTIkalJune 3, 2008 at 21:43

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how about Tynea?

posted by BillyApril 15, 2009 at 7:20

what is an echidna? [ e ]

Do echidnas have a beak thingy or a mouth like hedghogs?

cause knuckles and tikal dont look like the real echidnas!

posted by AGIRLJuly 9, 2009 at 18:36