# Anyone ever read Doper's name as something than what they are? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 24, 2004, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-read-dopers-name-as-something-than-what-they-are/261175 "2004-08-24T00:05:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-read-dopers-name-as-something-than-what-they-are/261175/41 "2004-08-25T02:01:27Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > [li] **pulykamell** – I’m not really sure how to pronounce it anyway, but it always, for me, comes out as _pukeymale_ and I swear that’s not an insult![/li] My name seems to have caused consternation to several dopers in past. It’s actually approximately pronounced POOY-kaw-mell. It means “turkey breast” in Hungarian. There is no significance behind the name other than I was living in Budapest when I came up with it. I am neither Hungarian, nor do I particularly like turkey breast (thigh man, myself.) It’s just a food item that seems to be on every damned menu in Hungary, and I guess my brain latched on to it when I was creating my screen name. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-read-dopers-name-as-something-than-what-they-are/261175/42 "2004-08-25T06:14:48Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > I had to go look up “gourmandism.” Didn’t even know it was a real word. Now it’ll be rolling off my tongue for the next hour, much like **gum** with his newly discovered “douchebag.” Somewhere in Amsterdam a guy’s walking around lyrically repeating “douchebag… douchebag… douchebag.” \ I still remember fondly the day the SDMB taught me about Ass-Gaskets. I giggled all day. I thought about changing my user name to that, but I’d already changed it a few times already and didn’t want to annoy the mods further. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2004, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-read-dopers-name-as-something-than-what-they-are/261175/43 "2004-08-25T10:50:49Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > I had to go look up “gourmandism.” Didn’t even know it was a real word. The odd thing is that my IRL surname also derives from the word _gourmand_ - nominative determinism, I reckon. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-read-dopers-name-as-something-than-what-they-are/261175/44 "2004-08-25T20:35:53Z")
**Grandmother Ass-Gasket** : Coolest username ever. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-read-dopers-name-as-something-than-what-they-are/261175/45 "2004-08-25T20:47:33Z")
I always see **Amazon Floozy Goddess** as Amazon Floozy Goodness, which works, too. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-read-dopers-name-as-something-than-what-they-are/261175/46 "2004-08-26T02:02:26Z")
> [@](#): > > I always see spoofe as spooje and vice versa. Heh, sorry. Blame **spooje**. He’ll understand… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-read-dopers-name-as-something-than-what-they-are/261175/47 "2004-08-26T02:58:41Z")
I don’t know if it counts as 'reading the name wrong", but I always see **Lobsang** as sort of a cool “rock lobster” sorta character. I read **Lobsang** , but I SEE LobSTER. I don’t know why. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-read-dopers-name-as-something-than-what-they-are/261175/48 "2004-08-26T12:35:07Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > It took me a little while to realize your user name was pronounced No Doubt, rather than Cowed Out (I didn’t notice the n, you see. 😃 ) I just got that, about **Knowed Out’s** name. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-read-dopers-name-as-something-than-what-they-are/261175/49 "2004-08-26T13:30:40Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > I don’t know if it counts as 'reading the name wrong", but I always see **Lobsang** as sort of a cool “rock lobster” sorta character. > > I read **Lobsang** , but I SEE LobSTER. I don’t know why. Maybe you’ve got **ang-ster** management problems. sorry. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-read-dopers-name-as-something-than-what-they-are/261175.md?page=2)