# Duh moments (Doper Names) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 21, 2001, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duh-moments-doper-names/88676 "2001-10-21T04:53:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Another\_Primate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Another\_Primate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Another_Primate)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duh-moments-doper-names/88676/21 "2001-10-21T20:41:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zyada \* > \*\*So how are you supposed to say Mangetout? \*\* Hmm, I think it means “eat everything”. -Another ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duh-moments-doper-names/88676/22 "2001-10-21T20:44:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shera \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by FireUnderpantsBoobs \* > > > > * * * > > > > I figured out **Oicu812** one day, and it’s made me laugh every time I’ve seen it since. \*\* > > Oh that’s a funny one. I never even thought abut it before. 😃 \*\* Huh? Dammit, I never get ANYTHING!!! :mad: Oh well, I DID know who **Cal Meachem** and **Xixor** were. ---
**Author:** ![Another\_Primate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Another\_Primate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Another_Primate)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duh-moments-doper-names/88676/23 "2001-10-21T20:45:49Z")
Oops, that doesn’t answer your question, **zyada** , does it? Sorry. mahnj-toot. Or maybe mahnj-too? Hmm, my French ain’t that great. ---
**Author:** ![Another\_Primate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Another\_Primate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Another_Primate)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duh-moments-doper-names/88676/24 "2001-10-21T20:47:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > > :mad: > > Oh well, I DID know who **Cal Meachem** and **Xixor** were. \*\* OK, now it’s my turn: Huh? What are they? -Another ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duh-moments-doper-names/88676/25 "2001-10-21T20:53:48Z")
Cal is from MST3K: the Movie-the main character from _This Island Earth_; Prince Xixor is the villain from the _Star Wars_ novel _Shadows of the Empire_. ---
**Author:** ![Another\_Primate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Another\_Primate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Another_Primate)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duh-moments-doper-names/88676/26 "2001-10-21T21:08:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*Cal is from MST3K: the Movie-the main character from _This Island Earth_; Prince Xixor is the villain from the _Star Wars_ novel _Shadows of the Empire_. \*\* Thanks! I thought you meant they were puns, and I’ve been saying them every way I can, but just couldn’t understand. Good, I can stop now. -Another ---
**Author:** ![Shera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Shera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shera)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duh-moments-doper-names/88676/27 "2001-10-21T21:44:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Shera \* > > \*\* > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > \*Originally posted by FireUnderpantsBoobs \* > > > > > > * * * > > > > > > I figured out **Oicu812** one day, and it’s made me laugh every time I’ve seen it since. \*\* > > > > Oh that’s a funny one. I never even thought abut it before. 😃 \*\* > > Huh? Dammit, I never get ANYTHING!!! > > :mad: > > Oh well, I DID know who **Cal Meachem** and **Xixor** were. \*\* \*\*Oicu812 \*\* Oh, I see you ate one too. Get it? ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duh-moments-doper-names/88676/28 "2001-10-21T21:56:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shera \* > \*\*For the longest time I though **mangetout** was pronounced Mange tout. Boy did I feel sheepish. \*\* I did right up until now, when I realized it wasn’t that:) Thanks for letting me know. **Sue Duhnym** was one I didn’t get for several months, and I missed **Sofa King** until a post by **aha** that was largely unrelated. I’m such a yutz. ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duh-moments-doper-names/88676/29 "2001-10-21T22:05:53Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* \*\* > [@](#): > > 😕 > > I don’t know if this counts, but what about Weird Earls? > > Earls=urls. Weird URLS. Heh. \*\* \ Oh, URLS! Well, duh! ---
**Author:** ![Shera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Shera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shera)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duh-moments-doper-names/88676/30 "2001-10-21T22:37:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Shera \* > > \*\*For the longest time I though **mangetout** was pronounced Mange tout. Boy did I feel sheepish. \*\* > > I did right up until now, when I realized it wasn’t that:) Thanks for letting me know. > > **Sue Duhnym** was one I didn’t get for several months, and I missed **Sofa King** until a post by **aha** that was largely unrelated. > > I’m such a yutz. \*\* You’re welcome. i do what I can. I didn’t get **Sofa King** until just now, so thanks right back at ya. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duh-moments-doper-names/88676/31 "2001-10-21T22:52:15Z")
**mangetout** - d’oh **Tequila Mockingbird** - D’oh **Oicu812** - D’oh! **Weird Earl’s** - D’OH! **Sofa King** - **D’OH!** Christ, I’m dumb. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duh-moments-doper-names/88676/32 "2001-10-21T23:08:03Z")
Heck, I got all of these (except punoqllads). I even knew how to pronounce Canthearya’s name the first time I saw it. Of course, I always think “Sue done him” instead of “pseudonym” but that’s just I’ve got a dirty mind. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duh-moments-doper-names/88676/33 "2001-10-21T23:13:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Another Primate \* > \*\*Oops, that doesn’t answer your question, **zyada** , does it? Sorry. > > mahnj-toot. Or maybe mahnj-too? Hmm, my French ain’t that great. \*\* mahnj-too would be the closest one. ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duh-moments-doper-names/88676/34 "2001-10-21T23:45:35Z")
**Mangetout** is pronounced something like ‘man-zhay-too’, and does mean ‘eat everything’. There was someone nicknamed ‘Monseuir Mangetout’, because he ate unusual things - computers, even a small airplane. I think I read it in the _Guiness Book of Records_, but am unsure. **Weird Earl** - I thought it was supposed to give the image of some weird hermit. Y’know, like an urban legend guy. But it never occured to me that ‘url’ could be also pronounced ‘earl’. I’m also one of those who mispronounced **TubaDiva** ’s name. If all great minds think alike, then dull minds probably do as well. ---
**Author:** ![PlanMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2bfe46/32.png) [@PlanMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlanMan)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duh-moments-doper-names/88676/35 "2001-10-21T23:56:43Z")
For the longest time, I mentally added an “r” to Mangetout, getting either a Frenchy eating a fish, or a fish with a skin disease usually associated with dogs. D’uh. Now, is there anything to **iampunha**? I-am-pun-ha ?!? ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duh-moments-doper-names/88676/36 "2001-10-22T00:20:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by PlanMan \* > Now, is there anything to **iampunha**? I-am-pun-ha ?!? It’s not a reference to a funny joke (unless you’re the kind of person who, like me, thinks I am a joke) but to the pronunciation I had of my Paddington Bear doll when I was quote young. I pronounced it “punha”. Long story short, iampunha became my logic for something a few years back, and to make life easier I make it my login for everything, if possible. The pronunciation of iampunha is such: I-am-p’n-hah. Treat the U as a sort of gracenote; said, but only barely. This would contrast with the “Poooooooonuh” that people such as **Weirddave** use. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duh-moments-doper-names/88676/37 "2001-10-22T01:13:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Redukter \* > **Mangetout is pronounced something like ‘man-zhay-too’, and does mean ‘eat everything’.** I have to disagree about the pronunciation. ‘Man-zhay-too’, would be spelled either _manger tout_ or _mangé tout_. In mangetout, the “ge” is pronounced like a “j”, the “e” being silent. ---
**Author:** ![Oicu812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f475e1/32.png) [@Oicu812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oicu812)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duh-moments-doper-names/88676/38 "2001-10-22T11:48:11Z")
A thread where I am discussed! Cool. I have used this online name for five years or so. It was the line we yelled back to the screen during the Rocky Horror Picture Show whenever they mentioned the planet “Transylvania” (Secret coordinates ‘Oicu812’), and it stuck with me… ## O Fighting What Since When? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duh-moments-doper-names/88676/39 "2001-10-22T12:03:53Z")
Was there anyone who didn’t get **Rue DeDay** ’s name at first? As in Rue the Day? ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duh-moments-doper-names/88676/40 "2001-10-22T12:29:04Z")
Is _that_ what it meant **Superdude**? Oh yeah, I knew that. (Sorry, my “Smart-ass” button has been sticking lately. I’ll have to get it looked at sometime.) -Rue. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duh-moments-doper-names/88676.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duh-moments-doper-names/88676.md?page=3)