Misunderstood Usernames

[luluBahrain]

Okay, Mangetout it took me over a year to realize that your name was Man Get out , not Mange tout like I thought.

Has anyone else had any similar problems to this regarding other users?

[Munch]

Originally Posted by luluBahrain

not Mange tout like I thought.

Huh. That would make at least two of us.

[Lobsang]

Originally Posted by luluBahrain

Okay, Mangetout it took me over a year to realize that your name was Man Get out , not Mange tout like I thought.

Has anyone else had any similar problems to this regarding other users?

"Man Get Out"? Are you sure?

[Ilsa_Lund]

I'm almost certain that it's "Mange tout."

[Kalhoun]

Originally Posted by Ilsa_Lund

I'm almost certain that it's "Mange tout."

It IS Mange Tout. I asked. It has to do with really digging food. I mean REALLY digging it.

[booklover]

Annie-Xmas, I don't know if anyone else has said this to you, but when I see your name I think of porn star Annie Sprinkle. The X makes me think of X-rated movies, so I guess I sort of envision you as Annie Sprinkle in a Santa Claus outfit. It's quite the image.

[FilmGeek]

Well... I'm obviously not a geek.













what?

[Annie-Xmas]

Originally Posted by booklover

Annie-Xmas, I don't know if anyone else has said this to you, but when I see your name I think of porn star Annie Sprinkle. The X makes me think of X-rated movies, so I guess I sort of envision you as Annie Sprinkle in a Santa Claus outfit. It's quite the image.

Seeing as I've been celibant for the past 25 years, "misunderstood" really applies to describing that interpretation.

/Marge Simpson voice: I can't begin to tell you what's wrong with that.

[luluBahrain]

Well, it makes more sense than Mange tout. But who knows? I am not sure. Maybe he'll poke his head in here and enlighten us.

[Queen Bee]

I thought it was Mange tout also.

[Kymodoce]

I am sure I saw him recently say it was "Mange Tout", as he eats a lot... I hope I am right about that!

[luluBahrain]

Huh, I didn't even realize that it meant anything regarding food until I just googled it. Okay, so maybe I am just not so smart today.

[bughunter]

I dunno about other usernames, but I am constantly explaining that I am not an entomologist.

[Rasa]

Mine is not Spanish, it's Sanskrit.

[if6was9]

Mine has nothing to do with a sexual position, it's a Jimi Hendrix song.

[Snooooopy]

Originally Posted by bughunter

I dunno about other usernames, but I am constantly explaining that I am not an entomologist.

Does anyone ever ask you if you're one of those people who deliberately has sex with HIV-positive people in order to contract the disease (generally called "bug chasers," technically).

And if you are one of those people ... uh, had any luck yet?

[picker]

I always assumed that matt_mcl had some kind of life altering knee surgery.

And picker does not refer to my nose, but my guitar and mandolin. i'm a bluegrass musician. (amateur these days, i work on the business side of the industry now)

-P

[norinew]

Originally Posted by luluBahrain

Okay, Mangetout it took me over a year to realize that your name was Man Get out , not Mange tout like I thought.

Has anyone else had any similar problems to this regarding other users?

I'm not going to search right now (because I'm feeling lazy), but in another thread a long time ago, mangetout explained that his user name was, indeed, mange tout, not man get out, as I thought for the longest time.

I didn't realize til my first DopeFest that many board users read my user name as "nori-new". It's not. Actually, this was the first board I joined, it didn't occur to me to come up with anything really clever or funny (like I could have if I'd thought about it ), but it's really just my first name, last initial.

[Mangetout]

Originally Posted by luluBahrain

Okay, Mangetout it took me over a year to realize that your name was Man Get out , not Mange tout like I thought.

It is actually Mange Tout. I like food.

[luluBahrain]

Originally Posted by Mangetout

It is actually Mange Tout. I like food.

Thank you for clarifying. Now, I will clarify that I am a dork.

[LorieSmurf]

Originally Posted by Mangetout

It is actually Mange Tout. I like food.

A food thing, huh? Never heard of it.

How is that pronounced? And what is it?

Umm, I always pronounced it as "main-jeh-tout" I'm not very cultured

[Saturnine]

Originally Posted by LorieSmurf

A food thing, huh? Never heard of it.

How is that pronounced? And what is it?

Umm, I always pronounced it as "main-jeh-tout" I'm not very cultured

From Food Dictionary:

mange-tout
[mawnzh-TOO]
French for "eat everything," referring to a bean or pea, such as the SUGAR SNAP PEA, where everything — pod to seed — is edible.


Of course, Mangetout can correct me if Google has led me astray here.

[kung fu lola]

It's not so much my name being misunderstood, as it is me being mistaken for:

Lolagranola
LolaCocaCola
and NinjaChick.

*le sigh*

[Loopydude]

My name isn't loopy 'cos I'm crazy. I'm good at tying knots.

Trust me.

[look!ninjas]

Originally Posted by kung fu lola

It's not so much my name being misunderstood, as it is me being mistaken for:

Lolagranola
LolaCocaCola
and NinjaChick.

*le sigh*

You may not have been mistaken for me, but I've been mistaken for you. I've also been mistaken for NinjaChick. Just remember, kids - I'm the one with the screwy punctuation.

[Tikki]

Saturnine, you beat me to the post and did it much better than I.



undefined[Homer Simpson] Sugar snap peas.....ummmmmmm! [/Homer Simpson]

[ZombiesAteMyBrain]

Although some people here might think I need one, Zombiesatemybrain isn't meant as a pathetic excuse for the quality of my posts. [like, Duh, I wish I could say something brilliantly witty here, but I'm the pathetic victim of an attack by brain devouring zombies. sob.]

I nicked the name from Phil South's movie - see http://www.ii3d.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk...reenblood.html. It's also the first part of my e-mail address, and the way I feel every morning when I've just woken up.

[Laughing Lagomorph]

Originally Posted by LorieSmurf

A food thing, huh? Never heard of it.

How is that pronounced? And what is it?

Umm, I always pronounced it as "main-jeh-tout" I'm not very cultured

That thar is French, that is.

[catsix]

Am not a furry.

User name refers to Cat-6 UTP.

Yes, I love cats. That is not why I have this user name, though. It's due to my geekness.

[krisolov]

my name isn't kris, and I'm not russian. the word is, however. It means rat catcher. I've never caught a rat but I've caught dozens of squirrels and a snake.

[inkleberry]

Originally Posted by luluBahrain

Okay, Mangetout it took me over a year to realize that your name was Man Get out , not Mange tout like I thought.

Has anyone else had any similar problems to this regarding other users?

I once misread a professional BBS name as "The Rapist Club" instead of "Therapist Club."

[theckhd]

Originally Posted by inkleberry

I once misread a professional BBS name as "The Rapist Club" instead of "Therapist Club."

[obligatory SNL reference] I'll take The Rapists for 100 Alex! [/SNL]

i'm always confused when people decide to shorten my nick to "theck", as if it were theck hd. I thought it was short enough already.

it actually splits correctly into the ckhd, where ckhd is short for crackhead, a nickname used by my metal shop teacher in high school for anybody in his classes. It somehow stuck among my friends and i, since it was so absurd (i was quite possibly the only student in the class who was not a crackhead).

the odd part is that since i don't usually tell people what it stands for, i usually pronounce it by spelling the second part, "The C. K. H. D." Someone suggested adding "Notorious" in the middle when i said it this way once, but i was deemed not nearly notorious enough for that.

[Green Cymbeline]

My name is often misunderstood. People think it is short for "New York City tea," but it is not. It is the scientific name for the snowy owl, which is one of my favorite birds. It doesn't help that I have no idea how to pronounce it! I should have never changed my name from birdgirl, I don't know what I was thinking, although when I was birdgirl, people sometimes mistook me for biggirl.

[Edward The Head]

I always read gobear's name as goober. I hate that, even though I know what it means. I wish more people would put a space between words.

[gotpasswords]

Originally Posted by Edward The Head

I always read gobear's name as goober. I hate that, even though I know what it means. I wish more people would put a space between words.

So is it go bear or gob ear?