# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/61 "2004-12-01T01:07:45Z")
> [@fluiddruid](#): > > I always parse **mangetout** as “magnet out”. As do I. In fact it was a similar thread that pointed out my error. Also, I always want to add an ‘n’ to **shijinn** - as in “Shin Jinn”. :wally ---
**Author:** ![badomen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c2a13f/32.png) [@badomen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badomen)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/62 "2004-12-01T01:12:22Z")
He doesn’t post very often, but sometimes I wonder what “bado” men are. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Mona\_Lott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lott)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/63 "2004-12-01T01:13:15Z")
**CrankyAsAnOldMan** --I always got her name correctly until someone in a similar thread to this one read it as **CrankyAssedOld Man**. Now, the way i always see it is the wrong way. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/64 "2004-12-01T01:19:38Z")
I have not read the names wrong, but for at least a year I thought that MPSIMS stood for “ **Mindless** Pointless Stuff I must Share.” Then again… ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/65 "2004-12-01T01:21:32Z")
Oh wait, there are a couple I’m not sure of: Is **gobear** pronounced “Go Bear” or “Gob Ear” ? ---
**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:** [December 1, 2004, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/66 "2004-12-01T01:32:26Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > I have not read the names wrong, but for at least a year I thought that MPSIMS stood for “ **Mindless** Pointless Stuff I must Share.” Great minds, **viva** , [great minds](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5397810&postcount=32). ---
**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:** [December 1, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/67 "2004-12-01T02:29:32Z")
> [@fluiddruid](#): > > I always parse **mangetout** as “magnet out”. Ah, so I’m not alone! 😃 BTW, **Bosda** it’s not hard for some of us to remember the Di’Chi of Tricor part but without getting the reference it still reads as Boston Tchee of Tricorder. AltaVista turns up nothing but SD and Teemings pages. Same for **Qadgop**. Have either you or the Mercaptan ever posted an explanation of your usernames? ---
**Author:** ![kimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@kimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kimera)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/68 "2004-12-01T02:37:25Z")
[QUOTE=vivalostwages] I have not read the names wrong, but for at least a year I thought that MPSIMS stood for “ **Mindless** Pointless Stuff I must Share.” [\QUOTE] Holy fuck!!! I’ve been lerking on this board for 4 freakin’ years and I always thought the first word was **Mindless** too! I just went and checked it because I couldn’t believe I had gotten it wrong all this time. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2004, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/69 "2004-12-01T02:47:39Z")
> [@umop ap!sdn](#): > > Have either you or the Mercaptan ever posted an explanation of your usernames? The origin of my name has been uncovered by a number of canny dopers in the past, and has been discussed in more than one thread. Quadrupedal Mercaptan ---
**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:** [December 1, 2004, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/70 "2004-12-01T02:49:39Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > Oh wait, there are a couple I’m not sure of: > > Is **gobear** pronounced “Go Bear” or “Gob Ear” ? “Go bear”. It used to be **goboy**. Oh, and before anyone asks, my name is simply a combination of Guinevere (my old screen name) and Anastasia. It’s pronounced Gwen-a-STAY-zha. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/71 "2004-12-01T02:55:31Z")
I always mentally pronounced it _Gwen-a-STAH-zee-a_ because I thought that gave it a little taste of the upper class. What? Okay, I have no idea what I’m talking about. But there you go. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/72 "2004-12-01T03:24:17Z")
> [@Jayn\_Newell](#): > > …It still takes me a minute to remember, ‘i am pun ha’ as opposed to ‘i am punha.’ > [@iampunha](#): > > Punha is the name of my first stuffed animal, Paddington Bear. > > A while ago I changed email and wanted to be punha, but that was taken. So now I’m iampunha . . . I am Punha. Get it? > > It has nothing to do with puns or has. [From here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=49129&) ---
**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:** [December 1, 2004, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/73 "2004-12-01T03:26:14Z")
> [@dwyr](#): > > [From here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=49129&) Thanks for clearing that up, because I really didn’t want to have to point out that “I am Pun Ha” was a really lousy user name 😉 ---
**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:** [December 1, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/74 "2004-12-01T03:29:12Z")
> [@AwSnappity](#): > > I always mentally pronounced it _Gwen-a-STAH-zee-a_ because I thought that gave it a little taste of the upper class. What? Okay, I have no idea what I’m talking about. But there you go. Hmmm…that works too. I like it. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/75 "2004-12-01T03:36:38Z")
I always read **TellMeImNotCrazy** as **TellMeImNotCrazy**. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/76 "2004-12-01T03:43:38Z")
It’s \*\* T. Veblen\*\*, a _name_, an initial and last name but without the dot or any frilly…uh…_thing_ like a hyphen. (pant, pant) Thorstein Veblen [This guy](http://www.mnc.net/norway/veblen.html), only, well, not actually male. Or dead. Like AEinstein. Right? _Right??_ Veb (“TV emblem?!”) ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/77 "2004-12-01T03:48:06Z")
> [@TVeblen](#): > > It’s \*\* T. Veblen\*\*, a _name_, an initial and last name but without the dot or any frilly…uh…_thing_ like a hyphen. (pant, pant) > > Thorstein Veblen > > [This guy](http://www.mnc.net/norway/veblen.html), only, well, not actually male. Or dead. > > Like AEinstein. Right? _Right??_ > > Veb > (“TV emblem?!”) Oh. I pictured you much cuter. ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/78 "2004-12-01T03:49:38Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > I have not read the names wrong, but for at least a year I thought that MPSIMS stood for “ **Mindless** Pointless Stuff I must Share.” Me too! I still think that’s better than ‘mundane’. At least mindless can be extraordinary. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/79 "2004-12-01T04:09:59Z")
Another one: I always read **iampunha** as “I am phun, HA!” To illustrate a little more clearly: “You’re no fun, but I AM FUN, HA!” :dubious: :wally ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/80 "2004-12-01T04:22:09Z")
Who’s this Instein guy **TV** ’s talking about? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279.md?page=5)