# birdgirl is now nyctea scandiaca... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 11, 2003, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birdgirl-is-now-nyctea-scandiaca/200923 "2003-09-11T05:52:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birdgirl-is-now-nyctea-scandiaca/200923/1 "2003-09-11T05:52:55Z")
I have changed my name… Nyctea scandiaca is the snowy owl, my favorite owl at the moment. Obviously since I was “birdgirl,” I was a bird connoisseur. But that was kind of a boring name, so I decided to change it! ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birdgirl-is-now-nyctea-scandiaca/200923/2 "2003-09-11T05:56:33Z")
By the way, this was inspired by the “Change my username?” thread… ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birdgirl-is-now-nyctea-scandiaca/200923/3 "2003-09-11T05:56:57Z")
How do you pronounce “Nyctea”? _Nice Tea_? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birdgirl-is-now-nyctea-scandiaca/200923/4 "2003-09-11T06:02:03Z")
I have no idea how to pronounce it. But thanks for asking anyways…! ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birdgirl-is-now-nyctea-scandiaca/200923/5 "2003-09-11T06:17:07Z")
Don’t worry, I’ve already recorded it on the [Offical Record of Name Changes thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=205713) for you. 🙂 No idea how to pronounce your new name, **nyctea scandiaca**. It could be rendered phonetically as Nik-Tee Scan-Dee-Ak-Ah. But then that’s just my uninformed opinion. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birdgirl-is-now-nyctea-scandiaca/200923/6 "2003-09-11T06:30:06Z")
Thanks, **Flamsterette\_X!!!** Any bird people out there who know how to pronounce the scientific name of the snowy owl??? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birdgirl-is-now-nyctea-scandiaca/200923/7 "2003-09-11T13:07:51Z")
Did you get an administrator to change your name, or did you just sign up with a new account? I still see **birdgirl** as an active member. If you just signed up with a new (second) account, you should let the administrators know as soon as is humanly possible, as that’s not permitted here. (Of course, maybe I’m just confused …) ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birdgirl-is-now-nyctea-scandiaca/200923/8 "2003-09-11T14:19:54Z")
There’s also a **cowgirl** , **dragongirl** , **irishgirl** , etc. so I can understand you wanting to distinguish yourself. But **Dantheman** is right, if you simply created a new username and stopped using the old one, that’s a violation of the [board rules.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=148527) E-mail TubaDiva ([tubadiva@aol.com](mailto:tubadiva@aol.com)) pronto to get this cleared up before you get in _real_ trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birdgirl-is-now-nyctea-scandiaca/200923/9 "2003-09-11T14:51:20Z")
OH SHIT I screwed up! I wasn’t aware of any of this, but I e-mailed tubadiva and I hope to get it cleared up ASAP. Thanks for the warning, and sorry for being such a dumb-ass! DUH! ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birdgirl-is-now-nyctea-scandiaca/200923/10 "2003-09-11T15:58:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by nyctea scandiaca \* > \*\*I have changed my name… > > Nyctea scandiaca is the snowy owl, my favorite owl at the moment. Obviously since I was “birdgirl,” I was a bird connoisseur. But that was kind of a boring name, so I decided to change it! \*\* I hate to break this to you, but in the latest Supplement to the AOU checklist (in the July issue of the _Auk_), the official scientific name of the Snowy Owl has been changed to _Bubo scandiacus_. Anyway, _Bubo_ is easier to pronounce than _Nyctea_. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birdgirl-is-now-nyctea-scandiaca/200923/11 "2003-09-11T16:09:59Z")
I’m one poster whose gladder than most. You don’t know how many times I’ve seen a **birdgirl** post and wondered “When the hell did I post that?” New York City Tea is a thousand times better than Bubo. ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birdgirl-is-now-nyctea-scandiaca/200923/12 "2003-09-11T17:13:56Z")
Fairly sure from my days in Latin that Nyctea is Nick-tea-a. Scandiaca would be Scan-de-a-cia(_maybe_) lemme see if I can find it) -Lil ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birdgirl-is-now-nyctea-scandiaca/200923/13 "2003-09-11T17:30:48Z")
Ahhhh, but “bubo” would remind me of “buboes”, the telltale signs of the black death! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birdgirl-is-now-nyctea-scandiaca/200923/14 "2003-09-11T19:16:47Z")
Good thing you were still just ‘birdgirl’ when you and TTO decided to have a D&B Dopefest. 🙂