# Changing my Screen Name...should I do it? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 30, 2002, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625 "2002-11-30T12:51:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/21 "2002-12-01T02:13:24Z")
For some reason I always read your name as Daewoo or however you spell that brand of car. I really really really really want to change my screen name, too. I just can’t think of anything better to call myself. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/22 "2002-12-01T03:27:03Z")
I always read it as DaveW-0071, mostly because it was all caps, so i thought it was a name/number hybrid from other boards. You should change your name to 1700WEVAD ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/23 "2002-12-01T03:52:37Z")
“A\*\*clown.” :::d&r::: ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/24 "2002-12-01T03:55:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Persephone \* > **"A** clown." > > :::d&r::: \*\* Oh, I can **feeeeeel** the **luuuuuuurve**. From god to a\*\*clown in only a year. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/25 "2002-12-01T04:12:09Z")
No, actually, it was only about a week. I just didn’t start actually calling you an a\*\*clown until recently. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/26 "2002-12-01T05:33:57Z")
Huh. I always liked your name becaue it was Dave W Double 0. Double U Double 0. It’s clever! Of course, if you didn’t do i ton purpose, I guess it’s not very clever… ---
**Author:** ![flyboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4da419/32.png) [@flyboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flyboy)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/27 "2002-12-01T06:03:00Z")
FWIW, I’ve always just dropped the last part of your name and called you dave w. This is the sentiment I have whenever I see a name change poll: If you’re even so much as thinking about doing it, you should. I mean, you’re obviously not happy with something, and it’s such an easy thing to fix. [sub]Of course, I’m being a total hypocrite because I’ve been meaning (for about a year now) to drop the “88” from my name. One of these days I’ll get around to it.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/28 "2002-12-01T06:37:23Z")
Another vote for DAVEW-0071 > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by blink178 \* > \*\*I really really really really want to change my screen name, too. I just can’t think of anything better to call myself. \*\* why? did your taste in music change? … just wondering ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/29 "2002-12-01T13:40:52Z")
I don’t think I’m going to change it after all. _A)_ Too much support for **DAVEW0071** , especially from **Delphica**. Her post, more than anything, made me realize that that is truly my identity. _2)_ As **Geobabe** noted, people will probably still think of me as “DaveWoo”. And **Geo** is one of the Dopers who actually knows my full name. _III_ Hi, Opal! _F_ Too many DoperWimminz think it sounds like a satisfied woman. Works for me. Thanks for the responses, folks. And **Persephone** , I’ll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/30 "2002-12-01T13:56:30Z")
IMHO, we have enough “\_\_\_\_-guys” here. It is SO unimaginitive. And we have several other Daves. If you’re going to make a break, make it a clean one. Of course, your new name could be “The Member Formerly Known as DAVEW0071”. ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/31 "2002-12-01T14:18:29Z")
I always thought it was to do with some computer language. I would vote for you changing it - numbers (especially with those zeros) and capitals are a bit offputting. Even **Dave\_71** would be better IMO. I took a look at your website - why not “Rave Dave” or “Raving Dave” or something. I also very much liked “Hired Killer Dave”… though the mods mightn’t 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/32 "2002-12-02T00:41:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DAVEW0071 \* > \*\*To kill, of course! > > I’m a pest control technician. I’m a hired killer. \*\* If only I’d known that when I posted! I could have put ‘kill’ and it would have been **true** , and also would have re-enforced the James Bond connection. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/33 "2002-12-02T00:58:31Z")
I’m glad you’re keeping it, so I can continue to call your wife “Not Mrs. Dave Woo.” ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/34 "2002-12-02T01:06:57Z")
I was mentally calling you “Dave Whoa 71” - the “whoa” part came from the "double-oh"part of your nick. DaveW-0071 would be my vote, if you were still thinking of changing it. I changed mine, but I haven’t been around nearly as long, so I’m not as worried about difficulty in people making the adjustment. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/35 "2002-12-02T01:16:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DAVEW0071 \* > \*\*Thanks for the responses, folks. And **Persephone** , I’ll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too! \*\* Hey … _I’M_ her little dog. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/36 "2002-12-02T02:11:52Z")
I’ve also called you Davewoo in my head even though I thought the 0071 had something to do with Bond, like you were version 007.1 (less buggy, hah!) or something. Davewoo is just more fun to say/think. Davewooooooooooooooooooooooooo! ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/37 "2002-12-02T03:13:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Mermaid \* > \*\* I started here as mojo57. I changed it after a month or so cause I was tired of people calling me “dude”. > \*\* Dude!! That was you? I always wondered where the mojo went. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/38 "2002-12-02T03:18:01Z")
_Back to the lecture at hand._ I always thought of you as Dave Woo, and probably still will. But ‘the Dave’ has a certain ring to it. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/39 "2002-12-02T03:25:11Z")
Well, I thought of you as somehow connected to that professional bass fisherman. If I recall correctly, his name is Woo Daves. He favors working the lake bottom with a Carolina rig or some such. If I remember it right, that is. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625/40 "2002-12-02T04:24:24Z")
You’ve obviously got some brand identity going here. (Female dopers linking your name to sexual satisfaction - real-life marketing mavens kill for that type of brand association!) But I never knew how to pronounce it and find the all-caps off-putting. So I’d suggest keeping the name, but putting some lower case letters in, but keep the woo - maybe “DaveWoo” or “DaveWoo71.” Also, speaking from experience, do some bridge work in your sig, to help the Teeming Masses maintain the brand recognition. * * * The poster formerly known as **jti** (sig™ inserted at request of [dantheman](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=70417), and to placate [Sue Duhnym](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=68898)) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-screen-name-should-i-do-it/139625.md?page=3)