# I changed my username. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 4, 2003, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-changed-my-username/211278 "2003-11-04T04:16:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-changed-my-username/211278/1 "2003-11-04T04:16:31Z")
I used to be known as **aryk29**. Aryk - as in an alternate spelling of Eric. Then people started calling me Arky. I’m not sure what, if anything, that means. So I picked a username that isn’t likely to be misread. ---
**Author:** ![Latch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@Latch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latch)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-changed-my-username/211278/2 "2003-11-04T04:22:51Z")
FYI - Arky could be short for “architect”. Anyone who’s an architect here at uni we call Archies (or arkies I guess… I have never seen it spelt). And now back to our regularly scheduled programming… ---
**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:** [November 4, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-changed-my-username/211278/3 "2003-11-04T04:23:27Z")
**critybay90210** Got it. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-changed-my-username/211278/4 "2003-11-04T04:26:25Z")
Is 9/16 your birthday? That’s mine. Carry on, **citeroy916.** ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-changed-my-username/211278/5 "2003-11-04T06:04:01Z")
**sissyboy69** You sure you like this one better? ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-changed-my-username/211278/6 "2003-11-04T06:50:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jimmy Chitwood \* > \*\*Is 9/16 your birthday? That’s mine. Carry on, **citeroy916.** \*\* I knew somebody was going to ask me that! No, my birthday is 5/3. I don’t get it - are you guys all misspelling my new name just to be spiteful? If so - 😛 :D! ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-changed-my-username/211278/7 "2003-11-04T06:57:50Z")
**cityboy916** has a certain rugged individualism that **arky29** lacked, and is infinitely more memorable. ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-changed-my-username/211278/8 "2003-11-04T07:12:49Z")
Ya think so? I thought maybe he was some 30 year old mountain man from arkansas. Now he’s just another kid from the city with a number fetish 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-changed-my-username/211278/9 "2003-11-04T07:15:59Z")
Great. For some reason I can’t read your username without breaking into a Foghorn Leghorn accent. Either that or the owner of the Chinese restaurant from South Park. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-changed-my-username/211278/10 "2003-11-04T07:17:34Z")
“Restaurant OWNER.” God forbid I start channeling talking buildings. ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-changed-my-username/211278/11 "2003-11-04T08:45:04Z")
Thank you, **neuroman**! 🙂 Only time I’ve ever been to Arkansas was passing through on my way from Connecticut to Arizona. I always wondered how old people thought I was. Not in my 30s but you’re welcome to keep guessing 😃 Numbers add a sense of individuality, no? Hmm… maybe I should have gone with city_guy_ - ah well. The mods won’t want to change it a second time. ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-changed-my-username/211278/12 "2003-11-04T15:20:18Z")
citygay? did ya say…not that there’s anything wrong with that 😉 I said 30 because the 29 you had tagged on the last username…you know how people lie about their age. Well, I’m uh, er, 29 yeah that’s the ticket, 29 and holding. As far as the 916 goes, maybe you’re 9 going on 16 (heh) or perhaps you like the number because when rotated it is the same. Really I don’t have a clue. AND yeah, I’ll probably yank your chain for awhile now that you mentioned it. 😉 (all in fun though) ---
**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:** [November 4, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-changed-my-username/211278/13 "2003-11-04T16:40:27Z")
Bitycoy, got it. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-changed-my-username/211278/14 "2003-11-04T17:05:04Z")
I suppose the whole “reading aryk29 as arky92” thing is the result of people seeing what they expect. If you’ll look around on the boards some you’ll see a long thread about how messing with the itnenral odrer of letrtes in wrods doesn’t matter so much, people will still “see” the words! A side affect of this is that people will tend to read the word they think they should see. “aryk” is not an expected word, so people saw “arky” – perhaps thinking it short for Arkansas, or an architecture student or even a fan of the Ark of the Covenant. Cbotiyy196 will be much harder to mess up! ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-changed-my-username/211278/15 "2003-11-04T17:13:09Z")
crybaby1916? ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-changed-my-username/211278/16 "2003-11-04T17:23:16Z")
Duly noted, **John3:16**. ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-changed-my-username/211278/17 "2003-11-04T19:46:14Z")
> [@](#): > > citygay? did ya say…not that there’s anything wrong with that 😉 Nothing wrong with that but of course I wouldn’t want to misrepresent myself. > [@](#): > > I said 30 because the 29 you had tagged on the last username…you know how people lie about their age. 29 has always been my lucky number. Even before I found out that my mother was 29 when I was born. (And 53 is her lucky number too.) > [@](#): > > As far as the 916 goes, maybe you’re 9 going on 16 (heh) or perhaps you like the number because when rotated it is the same. > Really I don’t have a clue. I noticed that too, aout the rotated thing. You should see my email (not that I’d post it - it’s been spam free so far) but I cleverly arranged the letters to spell something upside down. 🙂 You should know from [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=4151393#post4151393) that I am older than 21. 9/16" is a common standard size for drill bits and such. 3[sup]2[/sup] = 9 4[sup]2[/sup] = 16 I posted the [916th reply](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=4151646#post4151646) on the 1920s Style Death Rays thread (before the name change). The area code in Sacramento, CA is 916. September 16th is the day when the Sun enters the constellation Virgo (note this is the astronomical constellation, which is not the same as the astrological sign). The Columbia shuttle was scheduled to land at 9:16 AM. :eek: I’ve always liked that number - _maybe it was my birthday in another lifetime…_ who knows… I’m assuming by now you know I believe in that sort of thing. > [@](#): > > AND yeah, I’ll probably yank your chain for awhile now that you mentioned it. 😉 (all in fun though) Nothing wrong with a little good clean fun. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-changed-my-username/211278/18 "2003-11-04T19:51:51Z")
Oh and I forgot to add that, not only am i old enough to drink but I happen to like tequila. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-changed-my-username/211278/19 "2003-11-04T20:11:59Z")
Wow, I thought your name was ‘arky’ because you were from Arkansas. Someday I’ll learn to read. I swear. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-changed-my-username/211278/20 "2003-11-04T23:46:28Z")
Maybe they were confusing you with **An Arky** for some reason. 😃 At any rate, I’ve made a note of both your birthday and **Jimmy Chitwood** ’s. As a bonus, I announced your name change in the [Official Record of Name Changes thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=205713). F\_X [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-changed-my-username/211278.md?page=2)