# Dopers you get mixed up with other Dopers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 9, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-get-mixed-up-with-other-dopers/167458 "2003-04-09T01:40:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-get-mixed-up-with-other-dopers/167458/21 "2003-04-09T14:25:54Z")
I always get **Cecil** and **Ed Zotti** confused. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-get-mixed-up-with-other-dopers/167458/22 "2003-04-09T14:35:29Z")
**SPOOFE** , **Scyla** , **spooje** and **Sauron** all confused the hell out of me for the longest time, so I started paying more attention to their posting styles. It’s still confusing. Sorry, guys. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-get-mixed-up-with-other-dopers/167458/23 "2003-04-09T16:14:44Z")
Sometimes I get mixed up when I see the **4** in **his4ever** and wonder why everyone’s so upset with me… ☹ ---
**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:** [April 9, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-get-mixed-up-with-other-dopers/167458/24 "2003-04-09T16:23:07Z")
Mangeorge and Mangetout Miller and Muffin There are others whose names are similar, but once I start reading I know who it is-- with the above 2 couplets it sometimes takes me a few posts to realize which is what. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-get-mixed-up-with-other-dopers/167458/25 "2003-04-09T16:29:07Z")
**Esprix** and **Fenris** get confused in my head. Yet they are completely different. ---
**Author:** ![Velma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/85e7bf/32.png) [@Velma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velma)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-get-mixed-up-with-other-dopers/167458/26 "2003-04-09T17:16:52Z")
I get **SPOOFE** and **spooje** mixed up too. People have confused me with **Venoma** before. I got confused with all the **Aceof** names for a while, esp. after he changed, then there’s another poster who’s **Ace** of something else, but it looks like it will be easier now! ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-get-mixed-up-with-other-dopers/167458/27 "2003-04-09T17:36:08Z")
Oh yeah, I almost forgot. We have a relatively new member who, whenever I see her name I always do a double-take… **Shana** She seems like a very nice girl, which happens to be a Very Good Thing when there’s any chance for confusion. It drives me nuts, though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-get-mixed-up-with-other-dopers/167458/28 "2003-04-09T17:40:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zyada \* > \*\*I get **yojimbo** and **kwijibo** confused. > > And I won’t even start on the SDMB/LJ confusions I run into. \*\* Don’t feel bad. So do I. 🙂 “Huh? I never posted that…oh.”:smack: ---
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-get-mixed-up-with-other-dopers/167458/29 "2003-04-09T18:04:10Z")
> [@](#): > > **Danimal** says: > I would probably have trouble telling Daniel from Danimal if I didn’t happen to be Danimal. Lucky me. Strangely enough, my nickname in college was “Danimal,” so I often confuse myself with you (and with those little yogurt cups that Dannon makes). -tool ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-get-mixed-up-with-other-dopers/167458/30 "2003-04-09T18:15:02Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by **Qadgop the Mercotan** _ > > **Esprix** and **Fenris** get confused in my head. Yet they are completely different. I’m honored! Esprix ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-get-mixed-up-with-other-dopers/167458/31 "2003-04-09T18:22:31Z")
Fenris & Ferrous, and Spooje & Spoofe. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-get-mixed-up-with-other-dopers/167458/32 "2003-04-09T18:37:44Z")
**Carniverousplant** and **lel** ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-get-mixed-up-with-other-dopers/167458/33 "2003-04-09T18:49:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by World Eater \* > **Fenris & Ferrous** And to make it even more confusing, there’s also a poster called **Ferris**. Although he doesn’t post much. (I’m pretty sure he’s not the product of me and **Fenris** getting combined in one of those teleport thingies ala _The Fly_…) I have a strange one: I don’t know why, but for some reason my mind seems to confuse **CrankyAsAnOldMan** with **FairyChatMom**. And vice-versa. The names are nothing alike, apart from the lack of spaces, and their posting styles are not notably similar, but there it is. ---
**Author:** ![Velma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/85e7bf/32.png) [@Velma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velma)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-get-mixed-up-with-other-dopers/167458/34 "2003-04-09T19:09:50Z")
I used to get **alice in wonderland** and **auntie em** confused, too. Not sure why. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-get-mixed-up-with-other-dopers/167458/35 "2003-04-10T04:31:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \* > \*\ ***Carniverousplant** and **lel** \*\* Hmmm. Those names appear quite dissimilar to me. Does it have something to do with posting style? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-get-mixed-up-with-other-dopers/167458/36 "2003-04-10T04:35:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Qadgop the Mercotan \* > \*\ ***Esprix** and **Fenris** get confused in my head. Yet they are completely different. \*\* I’m glad you’re not writing _my_ medical charts, buddy! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/fbc32d/32.png) [@Kaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaf)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-get-mixed-up-with-other-dopers/167458/37 "2003-04-10T04:54:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kat \* > \*\*Oh, yes. I spent a few days wondering “Is that other person that I confuse with myself “Kal” or “Kaf”?” before realizing it was _both_!! > > I always confuse **Kal** and **Kaf** and myself. \*\* So glad it’s not just me. Just a few times I’ve sorta scratched my head and gone, huh, that doesn’t sound like me. You two make sense when you post! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-get-mixed-up-with-other-dopers/167458.md?page=1)