# And whaddaya know, she wants to change her name! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 25, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-whaddaya-know-she-wants-to-change-her-name/177451 "2003-05-25T21:01:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-whaddaya-know-she-wants-to-change-her-name/177451/21 "2003-05-26T02:32:44Z")
**Loneraven** is the coolest. How could you possibly improve on it? Besides, you have many admirers that anxiously await your next post. They’ll wither and die when Loneraven doesn’t post again, never dreaming that you have chosen to use a less cool name. What then, HUH? ---
**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-whaddaya-know-she-wants-to-change-her-name/177451/22 "2003-05-26T10:48:16Z")
Strangely, there’s been no sign of **Mangetout**. Ya know, you people have almost convinced me to stay the same. This outpouring of love for my name is somewhat… startling. Huh. Perhaps I shall consider **Atomic Badger Racing**. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-whaddaya-know-she-wants-to-change-her-name/177451/23 "2003-05-26T11:11:26Z")
I don’t think anyone should be allowed to change their username. At all. For any reason. ::cough:: ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-whaddaya-know-she-wants-to-change-her-name/177451/24 "2003-05-26T11:21:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Loneraven \* > **…This outpouring of love for my name is somewhat… startling…** Heh. I read that last word as **starling**. Definitely have birds on the brain right now. ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-whaddaya-know-she-wants-to-change-her-name/177451/25 "2003-05-26T11:42:11Z")
Just because you can use spaces and punct. doesn’t mean you should. The advantages of not doing so are: a name you can use elsewhere; a name you can search for; a name that’s obviously a name when mentioned in a post… I like LoneRaven too. (And Atomic Badger Racing - maybe we should all use ABR for a week or so and then pass it on 🙂 ). But if it doesn’t suit you feel free to change. I haven’t read enough of your posts to get the feel of what’d suit you, so my thoughts naturally form ‘If LR suits her, ABR might not…’ ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-whaddaya-know-she-wants-to-change-her-name/177451/26 "2003-05-26T13:26:46Z")
Just beg the mod to captialise the “R” in the “raven”, like **LoneRaven**. It makes it easier to read somehow, well, easier than something like “Lostcause”. I find LoneRaven cool too. Reminds me about Poe. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-whaddaya-know-she-wants-to-change-her-name/177451/27 "2003-05-26T13:39:47Z")
I like what you have now, and will sign the petition to keep it how it is. ---
**Author:** ![rumraisin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e7dd6/32.png) [@rumraisin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rumraisin)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-whaddaya-know-she-wants-to-change-her-name/177451/28 "2003-05-26T14:00:49Z")
Yeah. **LoneRaven** is better. **Loneraven** could be read as LoNeRaVen. ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-whaddaya-know-she-wants-to-change-her-name/177451/29 "2003-05-26T15:46:06Z")
Soooo… you didn’t realize you could use spaces and punctuation in your user name… which is making you reconsider changing your username… …to **Aziraphael**. Hmmm. ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-whaddaya-know-she-wants-to-change-her-name/177451/30 "2003-05-26T15:47:44Z")
“ **re** consider changing your username”??? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![FranticMad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@FranticMad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FranticMad)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-whaddaya-know-she-wants-to-change-her-name/177451/31 "2003-05-26T16:13:04Z")
Aziraphael is harder to pronounce, spell, and remember. I think Loneraven is cool – it has imagery, color, mystery. I imagine you as some kind of femme fatale, probably an artist who occasionally does political assassinations for an ultra-secret government organization. But which government? Not to mention that you have a wide variety of lipsticks, some of which kill the person kissed within 30 seconds, others which have various psychotropic effects on your target. Loneraven, flying high and fast in the sunsets above the desert expanse. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-whaddaya-know-she-wants-to-change-her-name/177451/32 "2003-05-26T17:12:08Z")
I can’t shake off the image of a cool, sleek, black-coloured stealth prey-like starship whenever I read “LoneRaven” ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-whaddaya-know-she-wants-to-change-her-name/177451/33 "2003-05-26T19:59:13Z")
I think you should change your name **Loney**. Something spiffy and keen. Maybe **Solitary Corax**. Really, think about it. And your current name is way more Jake than “Aziraphael”. Oh man! Let that one go! (It’s hard for me to spell. That’s how I make these decisions.) ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-whaddaya-know-she-wants-to-change-her-name/177451/34 "2003-05-26T22:08:18Z")
If you were to change your name (say to Atomic Badger Racing), then you could start another thread later, explain that it wasn’t you (and let’s face it - Atomic Badger Racing is a tough name to live up to! :eek: ), then change back to LoneRaven. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Magic8ball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Miss\_Magic8ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Magic8ball)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-whaddaya-know-she-wants-to-change-her-name/177451/35 "2003-05-26T22:45:15Z")
I used to be magic8ball, but I got tired of always being mistaken for a guy. So, I emailed MOD, and lo and behold! I have femininish name! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-whaddaya-know-she-wants-to-change-her-name/177451/36 "2003-05-26T23:47:29Z")
I’d like to suggest: \*\*Magic Carbonate grid Bad Categoric Margin Enigmatic Cargo Bard Big Radiogram Accent Comic Tragedian Brag Democratic Brain Gag Ice Cart Bong Diagram Narcotic Beggar Maid Grim Crab Gait Deacon or Atomic Badger Racing\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-whaddaya-know-she-wants-to-change-her-name/177451/37 "2003-05-27T02:01:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > \*\*I don’t think anyone should be allowed to change their username. At all. For any reason. > > ::cough:: \*\* Does that mean I can’t change mine to **Underpants**? _::Stalks off, muttering::_ ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-whaddaya-know-she-wants-to-change-her-name/177451/38 "2003-05-27T02:42:06Z")
NO NO NO NO **NO!!!** I LIKE the name **Loneraven**!! Please don’t change it!! I know I’m a Nobody on these boards, but I like it, and I don’t want it to go away!! :bawls: On a more serious note (man, do I need sleep!), I really think yours is a neat username, but if it really doesn’t suit you, feel free to change it. It is a representation of _you_ after all! I don’t have any suggestions, however. Other than, perhaps, **Loneraven**? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Pixelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@Pixelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixelle)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-whaddaya-know-she-wants-to-change-her-name/177451/39 "2003-05-27T04:17:18Z")
Another vote for keeping **Loneraven** 😉 ---
**Author:** ![juji\_mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ea924/32.png) [@juji\_mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/juji_mojo)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-whaddaya-know-she-wants-to-change-her-name/177451/40 "2003-05-27T05:26:31Z")
Keep Loneraven but how about Lone Raven. Or LoneRaven. I wish I’d realized there was a jomo-mojo before i became juji-mojo, but im almost always a juji on the net, and mojo is a corruption of my married name. But I cant think of anything else Id change it to yet… (although Atomic Badger Racing has a certain je ne sais quois) so Im not looking for sugestions. Or am I? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-whaddaya-know-she-wants-to-change-her-name/177451.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-whaddaya-know-she-wants-to-change-her-name/177451.md?page=3)