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Old 11-01-2006, 09:16 AM
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Confusion on Doper names

I'm new to this board, and some of the names on here make my little brain stumble. Worse than reading Russian novels with patronymics. It came up in another thread, which made me wonder how many other names I am getting horribly wrong.

spingears I always read as Spring Ears.

Mangetout I always read as mange tout, (approx "eat it all" in my long forgotten, rusty french.) not MAN GET OUT.

Oh, and boy typer rama, whatever his real name is.

Yes, I know my name is weird, too. Dah is part of my name, fisher is what I do, and roo is for irreverence. If you have a better one, I'll listen politely.

I opened this thread to ask what Doper names have you completely misinterpreted?
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