# I'm sick of Doper names that I read wrong! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 30, 2004, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279 "2004-11-30T04:06:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/1 "2004-11-30T04:06:37Z")
I can’t take it any more! I’m sick to death of my inability to correctly read certain Doper names. :mad:[ul] [li]It took me _three months_ to realize that Pokadyne’s name was actually **Podkayne**.[/li][li] **Saramamalana** ’s name has quite a nice ring to it when pronounced correctly, but every single time I see it I think “saramalama . . . ding dong.”[/li][li]I see **TubaDiva** but hear it in my head as TubDiva, which in turn makes me think “whatever floats her boat . . .”[/li][li]I spent my first month or two here wondering whan an “eblen” was, and what it had to do with television, because I kept reading **TVeblen** ’s name incorrectly. (I _still_ see his name as “TV eblen”, but at least now I know better.)[/li][/ul] And so on. So KNOCK IT OFF with the Doper names that confuse me, ok??!! 😉 (Wow, my third Pit thread in less than a month – and it’s only my fourth Pit thread ever – apparently, this month sucked more than I thought! 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/2 "2004-11-30T04:09:45Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > (I _still_ see his name as “TV eblen”, but at least now I know better.) > [/list] Veb is a BOY? I just want to say that I love your user name in this particular thread. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/3 "2004-11-30T04:11:06Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > I spent my first month or two here wondering whan an “eblen” was, and what it had to do with television, because I kept reading **TVeblen** ’s name incorrectly. (I _still_ see **his** name as “TV eblen”, but at least now I know better. Well, you almost know better. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/4 "2004-11-30T04:12:13Z")
It makes me quietly happy that someone named “ **Misnomer** ” made this thread. ---
**Author:** ![pokey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pokey)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/5 "2004-11-30T04:29:51Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > [li]It took me _three months_ to realize that Pokadyne’s name was actually **Podkayne**.[/li][li] **Saramamalana** ’s name has quite a nice ring to it when pronounced correctly, but every single time I see it I think “saramalama . . . ding dong.”[/li][li]I see **TubaDiva** but hear it in my head as TubDiva, which in turn makes me think “whatever floats her boat . . .”[/li] Oh you mean Pokeydane (mommy?) and Sarameloma and Tub Diver. I ain’t got time for reading whole words. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/6 "2004-11-30T04:36:12Z")
**xtisme** is forever **XmasTime** for me. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/7 "2004-11-30T04:38:25Z")
If I read carefully, **OnionEye** becomes odin one eye. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/8 "2004-11-30T04:41:26Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > If I read carefully, **OnionEye** becomes odin one eye. It _is_ Odin One Eye. Assuming you mean Odinoneye. I have to reread it every time. I always misread Spingears as Sping Ears, as opposed to Spin Gears. And T Veblen (who is a female) as TV Eblen. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/9 "2004-11-30T04:43:53Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > I always misread Spingears as Sping Ears, as opposed to Spin Gears. Oh dear. I didn’t notice until now that there isn’t an R in that name. I’ve been reading it as Spring Ears. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/10 "2004-11-30T04:46:39Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > It _is_ Odin One Eye. > > Assuming you mean Odinoneye. I have to reread it every time. I think that was a whoosh. 🙂 I also see **spingears** as **spring ears**. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/11 "2004-11-30T04:48:05Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > I think that was a whoosh. 🙂 > > I also see **spingears** as **spring ears**. Ha you’re probably right. Not a first for me. BUt I did mention spingears in another thread, and I think he may easily qualify for the most frequently misread username. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/12 "2004-11-30T04:50:59Z")
Cecil has been Cee-cil as in Daniel Day-Lewis in _Room with a View_ for me from day one. Ed Zotti (much more of a man’s name) is the Julian Sands character, out living life while Cee-cil is leaving a moist trail in the library. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/13 "2004-11-30T05:04:59Z")
This is why I’ve capitilized both words in my name. On another board, way back when I first got on the net, the capability to cap letters wasn’t allowed, and neither was an underscore to seperate the words in user names. So canvasshoes looked to people like canvass hoes Or canv assholes… URRRRKKKK ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/14 "2004-11-30T05:13:40Z")
I always read **mangeorge** as **mange ogre**. Not that I think he’s mangy or an ogre, but I’m constantly getting it wrong at first glance. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/15 "2004-11-30T05:25:26Z")
Whereas any reference to Tycho Brahe’s silver nose is too cool for words and makes one of the cleverest usernames I’ve seen on these boards. (Along with Sue Duhnym (where IS she, anyway?) and other Dopers to be named later (when I think of them so I don’t get in trouble with anyone…)) ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/16 "2004-11-30T05:41:28Z")
> [@BraheSilver](#): > > I always read **mangeorge** as **mange ogre**. Not that I think he’s mangy or an ogre, but I’m constantly getting it wrong at first glance. Hey! ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/17 "2004-11-30T05:47:05Z")
I thought it was TV Emblem. I wondered which logo, maybe Zenith’s or one of the networks. I thought it was spring ears too. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/18 "2004-11-30T06:03:54Z")
> [@BraheSilver](#): > > I always read **mangeorge** as **mange ogre**. Not that I think he’s mangy or an ogre, but I’m constantly getting it wrong at first glance. I read that as man george. It makes me wonder whatever happened to boy george. Then there’s man get out, or **mangetout**. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/19 "2004-11-30T06:09:20Z")
Damn, I thought it was **Spring Ears** too. I assumed it was a rabbit thing. Finding out that it’s not “man, get out” was confusing… ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/20 "2004-11-30T06:16:57Z")
> [@BraheSilver](#): > > I always read **mangeorge** as **mange ogre**. Not that I think he’s mangy or an ogre, but I’m constantly getting it wrong at first glance. Why, oh why, do I always see it as **mangy** _ **trout** _??? :smack: I’ve posted about it before too, had the good gentlemen correct me, and yet still flub it up. Sigh. Just like **TubaDiver** and **TV** whatever. Sorry y’all. Sometimes my brain just shuts down (hush up peanut gallery!) and I can’t even finish reading it without doing the song equivalent of “mumble, muble” ya ya ya, we’re number one. No matter what I know to be true. Such is getting older. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279.md?page=2)