# Change my username? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 11, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-my-username/200914 "2003-09-11T04:50:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-my-username/200914/1 "2003-09-11T04:50:34Z")
OK, I’ve thought about this for a while, and I think it’s time I changed my username. I mean, I AM bouv, but I just don’t think that bouv is enough of a name to account for anything, here. No one remembers bouv, it’s not unique, it’s not fun, it’s not anything. **FireUnderpantsBoobs** is a name you remember, **1920’s Style Death Ray** you remember, but bouv? Nah. Bouv is who I am IRL, though. If I walk around campus, my friends don’t say, “Hi, Andrew,” they say “Hi, bouv.” As a matter of fact, aside from my family, I can probably count on my hands the number of times someone who knows me well has called me Andrew in the past year. So although it is fine and good for my real life dealings, I don’t know if it fits here. So I am now open to suggestions for a new doper name. I realy have no idea what I would like, so just start thowing out ideas! And if enough people say so, maybe I’ll stay as bouv…but don’t count on it. ---
**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-my-username/200914/2 "2003-09-11T04:57:44Z")
maybe you can work a deal with **GuanoLad** to trade ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-my-username/200914/3 "2003-09-11T04:57:48Z")
How about **BouvAndrewWhozzat**? ---
**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, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-my-username/200914/4 "2003-09-11T05:05:02Z")
Or **NotBouvAnymore**? Or let’s just get **Mangetout** in here… that sounded weird ---
**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, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-my-username/200914/5 "2003-09-11T05:14:06Z")
I love \*\* bouv \*\*, puts a smile on my face. I think it reminds me of bovine and then I go right to moo and smile. I wonder what it’s like to be normal. -Lil ---
**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, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-my-username/200914/6 "2003-09-11T05:55:03Z")
If you do change your username, please be sure to make a post in the [Official Record of Name Changes thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=205713). Thanks. 🙂 To me, bouv reminds me of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. Classy lady, that one. Or just the upper-class segment of society, anyhow. What about **I’m Bouv, Not Andrew!** for a change? 😃 F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-my-username/200914/7 "2003-09-11T06:15:31Z")
Suggestions off the top of my head: \*\*bouvizzle B to the O to the U to the V That Bouv With Pants Abouv and Beyond Death from a bouv\*\* ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-my-username/200914/8 "2003-09-11T07:19:19Z")
A Slice A Bouv The Rest ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-my-username/200914/9 "2003-09-11T10:16:15Z")
A Bouv Us He Waves ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-my-username/200914/10 "2003-09-11T23:38:21Z")
Heavens! A bouv! ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-my-username/200914/11 "2003-09-12T00:36:56Z")
I liked **bouv** even before I knew it was actually part of your name. But capitalized it. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-my-username/200914/12 "2003-09-12T01:13:46Z")
Capitilize? Never. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-my-username/200914/13 "2003-09-12T03:50:19Z")
bouvier bouvine ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-my-username/200914/14 "2003-09-12T04:15:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Horseflesh \* > \*\*Suggestions off the top of my head: > That Bouv With Pants > \*\* Well, I’d have to be wearing pants for that one to work. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-my-username/200914/15 "2003-09-12T04:36:04Z")
Gotta tell you the same thing I just told **GuanoLad**. I think you should keep the name because it’s YOU. If you do decide to change it, though, try to keep bouv in there somewhere for those of us who are username challenged. I think it should be a rule that those of you who change your name should have a mandatory .sig that tells who the hell you used to be. Here’s a suggestion: **The Doper Formerly Known as bouv** 😉 [sub]Hey, at least it’s not some flakey symbol\*\* ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-my-username/200914/16 "2003-09-12T04:39:09Z")
I’m strongly of the opinion that you should keep **bouv** as is. One of my favorite usernames here, actually. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-my-username/200914/17 "2003-09-12T18:03:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by White Lightning \* > \*\*I’m strongly of the opinion that you should keep **bouv** as is. One of my favorite usernames here, actually. \*\* I bet you say that to all the boys who change their usernames… ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-my-username/200914/18 "2003-09-12T18:28:29Z")
Actually, I do remember seeing **bouv** around, if only because I’m constantly thinking of a bouvier typing furiously with his paws. I find your name easier to remember than thinks like **FireSomethingSomething**. It’s not your name but the content of your posts that people remember. So don’t go changing it for my sake. Don’t have a good suggestion, though. Maybe look for someone or something you admire? Is there anyone else (besides **green\_bladder** ) who’s wondering how come there are _two_ name-change threads currently up and **Mangetout** is nowhere to be found? ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-my-username/200914/19 "2003-09-13T13:56:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bouv \* > \*\*… **FireUnderpantsBoobs** is a name you remember, **1920’s Style Death Ray** you remember, but bouv? Nah. > … \*\* **FireUnderpantsBouv** ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-my-username/200914/20 "2003-09-13T17:06:19Z")
If you change it then you’re not being true to yourself. Stay gold, stay bouv… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-my-username/200914.md?page=2)