# I'm sick of Doper names that I read wrong!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279>\
**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:** 6\
**Page:** 6

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/101 "2004-12-03T14:50:16Z")

</div>

BTW

To all whom it may concern

There is onely ONE “E” in “ **JRDelirious** ”

I have no idea if a word “delerious” even exists.  
Thank you.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/102 "2004-12-03T14:53:19Z")

</div>

And of course, “ **Guadere** ’s” Law comes and bites me on the @$$ in my post. It just **tricors** the **di’chi** out of me, I tell ya…

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/103 "2004-12-04T06:32:48Z")

</div>

**spingears** and **odinoneeye** got me, too.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [December 5, 2004, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/104 "2004-12-05T02:01:15Z")

</div>

And then there’s Qagdop the Magician . . . :smack:

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/105 "2004-12-05T15:19:01Z")

</div>

I read Odinoneeye as being pronounced like “Oh wouldn’t I” or “O wooden eye.” I see it the way it is, but I can’t break the habit of hearing it in my head as “O wooden eye.”  
:smack:

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279/106 "2004-12-05T15:25:37Z")

</div>

When I was Libertarian, more than one person thought I was Librarian.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-doper-names-that-i-read-wrong/277279.md?page=5)