# How many Doper specializations can you name? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 18, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-doper-specializations-can-you-name/423199 "2007-10-18T18:14:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-doper-specializations-can-you-name/423199/1 "2007-10-18T18:14:25Z")
We had topics where dopers would name there own areas of expertise, but I think it would work better if we had people name other people’s areas of expertise. Name either what they do for a living or what they seem knowledgeable about. \*\* Qadgop the Mercotan\*\*- LOTR and medicine. **picunurse** - Nurse. **Bricker** - Law. **vetbridge** - Veterinarian. **drachillix** and **Kinthalis** - Computers. \*\*Cervaise \*\*and \*\*lissener \*\*- Movies. **LunaV** - I think she has a new name now but I remember her knowing something about history. **gabriela** - Dead people. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-doper-specializations-can-you-name/423199/2 "2007-10-18T18:18:29Z")
Sorry, I know next to nothing about history. Thanks, though! \*\*Colibri \*\* - any and all things avian related. \*\*Twickster \*\* - word maven. Anything puzzle related. **Wile E.** - cats. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lobstermobster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobstermobster/32/10033_2.png) [@lobstermobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobstermobster)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-doper-specializations-can-you-name/423199/3 "2007-10-18T18:27:17Z")
for the record I would like to be known as having an expertise in murder. and my art. Murder and art. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-doper-specializations-can-you-name/423199/4 "2007-10-18T18:29:07Z")
Middle Eastern history - **Tamerlane** Tae kwondo (and being dead) - **Clothahump**. phone sex - **norinew**. prison guard - **Little Nemo**. Annoying and pointless signoffs - Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-doper-specializations-can-you-name/423199/5 "2007-10-18T18:29:56Z")
**Wordman** – music ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-doper-specializations-can-you-name/423199/6 "2007-10-18T18:44:47Z")
**Jodi** - also law **EddyTeddyFreddy** - horses **Sampiro** - writing; having a messed-up but oddly endearing family **Omi no Kami** - linguistics **Polycarp** - religion ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-doper-specializations-can-you-name/423199/7 "2007-10-18T18:48:53Z")
**tuckerfan** – cars. (Actually I recognize all the same names in every cool car thread, but he’s the only one I’m sure of.) Maybe bricker? Silenus? Oh, **silenus** = beer. **swampbear** too! **lobstermobster** – murder. And art. 😉 **twickster** – puzzles and gardening. **eleanorigby** – nursing, and library science **tomndebb** – everything ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-doper-specializations-can-you-name/423199/8 "2007-10-18T18:52:47Z")
**Qadgop the Mercotan** also knows cheese. **Eve** is an early 20th century film historian, and has written some bios on the subject. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-doper-specializations-can-you-name/423199/9 "2007-10-18T19:05:02Z")
Gorillaman - East Anglia and football ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-doper-specializations-can-you-name/423199/10 "2007-10-18T19:09:44Z")
**Annie Xmas** – Andrew Lloyd Webber, and all things Broadway. **glee** – chess **elelle** knows way more than I do about native plants, and **featherlou** is also more knowledgable than I am about gardening in general. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-doper-specializations-can-you-name/423199/11 "2007-10-18T19:11:50Z")
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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-doper-specializations-can-you-name/423199/12 "2007-10-18T19:26:33Z")
**cmkeller** –Orthodox Jew and Legion of Super-Hero comics. **Qadgop the Mercotan** also knows prison systems. **QtM** knows a lot! ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-doper-specializations-can-you-name/423199/13 "2007-10-18T19:35:29Z")
**Stranger on a Train** - Everything ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-doper-specializations-can-you-name/423199/14 "2007-10-18T19:39:18Z")
**Blaster Master** - Math ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-doper-specializations-can-you-name/423199/15 "2007-10-18T19:47:30Z")
Matt MCL - Canadian politics WeirdDave - Insurance TomnDebb - Religion WhyNot - Herbs and natural medicine ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-doper-specializations-can-you-name/423199/16 "2007-10-18T19:53:37Z")
**TUBADiva** –The TUBA **EddyTeddyFreddy** –Limericks ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-doper-specializations-can-you-name/423199/17 "2007-10-18T19:54:56Z")
**danceswithcats** - House infrastructure (electrical, plumbing, etc.) **OpalCat** - Juggling. **Jonathan Chance** - Diplomacy (the game). **LVgeogeek** - Southern Nevada rock strata underlying a certain city. **Sauron** - Rants par excellance. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-doper-specializations-can-you-name/423199/18 "2007-10-18T19:56:13Z")
**ultrafilter** - weightlifting ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-doper-specializations-can-you-name/423199/19 "2007-10-18T20:00:58Z")
Here are a few random ones that come to mind: **Exapno Mapcase** – publishing **Johanna** – foreign languages (various) **Mangetout** – edibility **Omniscient** and **Ellis Dee** – the NFL **Jackmanii** – pathology **Crowder** – Man U ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-doper-specializations-can-you-name/423199/20 "2007-10-18T20:02:26Z")
**Duckster** - volcanics **Una Persson** - coal, coal plants, seemingly a fair bit of quite a lot. **psycat90** - wine and viticulture. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-doper-specializations-can-you-name/423199.md?page=2)