This is a guide for anyone who might be confused by all the Pseudonyms I'm using.

• Christina / Tine -> That is my real name,Tine is the nickname my sister gave me when we were kids (because she does not understand Christina would be shortened to Tina, or maybe it is easier to say Tineeeeee in an annoyed tone than Tina) and it stuck.


• Svala -> My oldest internet nickname. I use it when I need a nickname, but don't necessarily want it to refer to me. I thought it means artic turn (my favourite bird), but is actually a swallow.


• Anna Heinsdóttir -> As an Icelandophile I made up that name after the Icelandic patronymic system. My father is Heinz, my second name Anna. I use it anytime I have to sign up for something, but don't want to use my real name (my username is then usually svala). Anna is alternately from Afghanistan (first on any country list) or USA (just because).


• efia/efiabruni -> My handle, whenever I want people to identify me by it. Efia is my Ghanian soul name (Ashanti). It means "born on friday". Efiabruni is a joke born out of Efia and the Ashanti word for "white person", Obruni.


• Just to be more confusing: I have a Chinese name as well. It is 牛 (last name)小娜(first name), which is actually quite a normal name (sometimes translating western names into Chinese results in something awkward). If one wanted to, one could translate it into small and elegant cow.

All of this is obviously because I'm a Russian spy.