Ah yes, I started writing a post on it but the short of it is this. Out of frustration for trying to fit a life inside few characters, I opted for this cryptic way of writing my full name. So far, I have been known my completely different names. Elli is the name I used while modeling in Europe. Ten years later when I returned to Canada and settled in Ontario, I started to use Liz and picked up a completely different last name. Now 20 years later and still confused as to what username to use on my social media. I wanted something that would be representative of who I was and who I had become. For that it had to be something other then Elli or Liz. The idea first came to me as I was researching my native ancestry. Innu surnames used "8" instead of a "b". I then wondered if I could change enough of the letters to make up a year. Gladly the result was 1748. A year when my Metis ancestors were still active in the fur trade. 100 years before the colonization of Saguenay - Lac-St-Jean, Quebec where I was born. My mom called me Elizabeth because it means "my God is abundance". So I'm glad that the "El" portion of my username still references God. Serendipitously the other letters are "ETH", which represents my growing stake in the crypto world. ;) Now I can freely open up accounts like Telegram, Discord, Slack, Reddit, Twitter, Instagram and so on, knowing full well that this Username fits me like a glove.