# Do you use your username anywhere else? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 18, 2000, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899 "2000-08-18T19:54:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Narile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Narile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Narile)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/41 "2000-08-19T18:07:27Z")
I am known as Narile in many places, though most of them are online. Am also known as Mythilt in several places. At SF cons, I am usually Mythilt or Myth. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/42 "2000-08-19T18:20:25Z")
It’s also my stage name, which I use at my sold-out performances at major arenas and other concert venues throughout the world. To my friends, I’m simply “Mule Dick.” ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/43 "2000-08-19T19:29:20Z")
I _would_ use **Kat** everywhere, however it’s usually taken. When it is taken, I will generally use something longer that includes **Kat** as part of the username, if possible. I hate having to resort to something completely different. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/44 "2000-08-19T19:59:03Z")
In real life people call me Dianne, or at least that’s how they pronounce it. Here I just go by Diane. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/45 "2000-08-19T20:03:58Z")
I’m another of those people who uses my name all over the place. Expecially when playing computer and console RPGs. It works well in both fantasy and Sci-Fi settings. If you ever came across a “Trion” in Ultima Online, that may have been me. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/46 "2000-08-19T22:23:06Z")
I use this name on the ~half dozen boards where I’m registered (hardwarecentral, junkscience, snopes, fathom and a couple more that I can’t recall just now). Somewhere (it was a UL board) beatle was taken, so I registered as **SDMB\_beatle**. ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/47 "2000-08-19T23:00:25Z")
I’m always a variation of lolagranola, if it’s used already. LolaG (Riddler and Tripod), LolaG1 (The Globe), lolagranolacan (one of my e-mails and AOL IM), lolagranola1 (Delphi), lolagranola1998 (Yahoo), etc… ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/48 "2000-08-20T00:22:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by slythe \* > \*\*I’ve been slythe on the 'net since 1982. \*\* Wow, was that back when the DoD had bike couriers transport diskettes to fill in the gaps in the network? 😃 I used this name on **DWANGO**. If anyone knows what that stands for (_without_ looking it up first!), I will give them a chocolate chip cookie the size of Rhode Island. ---
**Author:** ![beakerxf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc79bd/32.png) [@beakerxf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beakerxf)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/49 "2000-08-20T00:23:46Z")
Well, my real life nickname is Beaker and it used it on my my first message board (they had an open username system). Once I explored beyond that board, I found that Beaker is _always_ already reserved. So I had to modify it a bit. Now I use beakerxf everywhere just to simplify things. ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/50 "2000-08-20T02:45:19Z")
It seems that I am the one and only Feynn and this is the ID I use wherever I travel on the [http://www](http://www). ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/51 "2000-08-20T03:19:52Z")
Yes. - Sarracenia psittacina \* is too difficult for Aha to spell. ;j ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/52 "2000-08-20T05:32:17Z")
DWANGO… that was the original method for running Deathmatches in Doom, wasn’t it? –Tim ---
**Author:** ![sliv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@sliv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sliv)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/53 "2000-08-20T05:38:33Z")
“sliv” is pretty much strictly an electronic name for me. It’s in my email address, it’s how I sign high scores on video games, that sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/54 "2000-08-20T05:53:27Z")
Actually I can’t help but use Bear Nenno IRL. I usually use **Ursus68** online. I almost did when I registered here, but I just decided not to. I use Bear Nenno and Ursus68 about equally online, but IRL it’s just Bear Nenno. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/55 "2000-08-20T07:07:00Z")
Oh yeah, I got an AOL screen name for the summer (mom’s account, I’d never pay for such a thing) and evensven was already take becasue of my Instant messenger name. So on AOL I am evensvenrocks, which has a nice touch of self-promotion. I need a nickname. I am moving in with another Jennifer next year and I don’t do Jenny. I guess a lot of people call me Shemp, but it is kind of a communal nickname, and can mean I am one of five people. ---
**Author:** ![orestes543](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b5e925/32.png) [@orestes543](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orestes543)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/56 "2000-08-20T17:37:44Z")
Nope, I only use this name for this board. Everywhere else, I’m something different. Just the way I am. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/57 "2000-08-20T17:46:58Z")
I’m ChrisCTP everywhere except for AIM and livejournal, where I’m firemooncds and firemoon, respectively. ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/58 "2000-08-21T03:16:58Z")
I’m Wonko to some of my friends (sometimes), and when I want a pseudonym, I’m John Watson- Wonko The Sane’s legal name in \*\*So Long and Thanks For All The Fish ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/59 "2000-08-21T04:59:27Z")
I use TroubleAgain here and on snopes, but that’s it. I couldn’t get AIM to take any variation of Trouble, or my real first name. So there, I’m russ052194. On Microsoft’s IM program, I’m rhorus, I think. I don’t use it much anymore. There are a couple of topical boards that I use my IRL name on, but not many. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_Hat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f0a364/32.png) [@Bad\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_Hat)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/60 "2000-08-21T05:34:14Z")
what a convieient thread to come across having just decided to emerge from a long lurk and actually declare my presence. I use Bad Hat as an extension of my IRL nickname at work; “the Hat” or “hattie” or “hatness”, it goes on and on. Used to wear a lot of hats. It stuck when I got a new boss who’s name was Matt. Now our department is referred to affectionately as Matt and the Hat. (Yeah I thought it was cute, too…) Or the “noise boys” or “those geeks in audio”, etc… I must say its nice to be out of the lurk and into the light, this board has been making my night for ages. I hope to have some fun here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899.md?page=4)