# LaurAnge is no more **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 3, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925 "2005-12-03T18:33:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/1 "2005-12-03T18:33:02Z")
As much as I always hated those people who have been around forever and, out of nowhere, change their usernames, I have become one. For the past long while, **LaurAnge** struck me as the kind of name a 13-year old girl who thought the word ‘angel’ was cool would have picked. Which really oughtn’t come as a surprise to me, as that’s who I was when I picked it. Ten years later, it had lost its appeal. So here is my brand-spanking-new username, which I like much better, although I’m certain it will take a while for everyone (me included) to get used to. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/2 "2005-12-03T18:35:15Z")
Please explain the meaning of your new user name. Do we bring out the goat for rechristenings, or is that just new members? ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/3 "2005-12-03T18:43:53Z")
Nah, I think I’ve been on the wrong side of the goat too many times for it to hold much meaning any more 🙂 There’s a variant of the Helen of Troy myth which is told in Euripides’ play the **Helen** (most prominently, although we have fragments from other people like Stesichorus) which says that it wasn’t Helen who ran off to Troy with Paris, it was a eidolon (which translates in English to phantom/ghost/image). One of my favourite papers in my BA was on the Helen myth and particularly about this aspect of it. I can go on and on about this topic, but I’ll spare you guys 😉 ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/4 "2005-12-03T18:46:34Z")
Yes, I’m trying to get used to my new name too. Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/5 "2005-12-03T18:48:12Z")
Each of you could put your old names in your sig for a while, perhaps. ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/6 "2005-12-03T19:01:37Z")
**Fish** , the only thing that annoys me more than people who change their names are those people who don’t put it in their sig! It’s the first thing I did once the name-change went through. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/7 "2005-12-03T19:20:43Z")
Hey, cool, fellow obscure Greek-mythology reference username! _snogs_ ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/8 "2005-12-03T19:28:23Z")
We’d better watch the snogging - it’s usually said that I was made to spite you. Although if you’re willing to forgive, so am I! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/9 "2005-12-03T19:42:34Z")
Howdy (again) from the former **rmariamp**. Dull as dishwater, that one was. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/10 "2005-12-03T22:56:09Z")
I like the new name. A suitably ancient Greek one for such a Hellenistic loving doper. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/11 "2005-12-03T23:40:57Z")
> [@Helen's Eidolon](#): > > We’d better watch the snogging - it’s usually said that I was made to spite you. Although if you’re willing to forgive, so am I! 😉 Ahhh, I can forgive anything after a few hundred centuries–especially someone as beautiful as yourself 😉 (But try not to launch a thousand ships this time around, k?) ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/12 "2005-12-03T23:54:53Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > I like the new name. A suitably ancient Greek one for such a Hellenistic loving doper. Thanks. This one actually has something to do with my interests than a random string of syllables stuck together! Although I have to say I’ve always been a bit jealous that you picked ‘Cunctator’ first. It’s the perfect blend of ancient history and student life 😃 ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/13 "2005-12-03T23:59:43Z")
I like it Laur. 🙂 Seems scholarly. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/14 "2005-12-04T00:01:59Z")
It’s a pretty cool name, though you are sure to have a few folks imagining the Von Trapps singing about the **Eidolon** on the mountainside. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/15 "2005-12-04T00:04:50Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > It’s a pretty cool name, though you are sure to have a few folks imagining the Von Trapps singing about the **Eidolon** on the mountainside. 😉 Although I have an exciting new username, I still have the same brain with the speed of molasses. Which leads me to say: huh? ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/16 "2005-12-04T00:47:09Z")
Seems like a perfectly reasonable thing to do, IMO. Regards, The poster formerly known as “Bob Cos” ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/17 "2005-12-04T01:52:59Z")
> [@Helen's Eidolon](#): > > Which leads me to say: huh? Joking about **Eidelweiss** , the flower which is sung about in The Sound of Music. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/18 "2005-12-04T02:04:18Z")
> [@Helen's Eidolon](#): > > Although I have to say I’ve always been a bit jealous that you picked ‘Cunctator’ first. It’s the perfect blend of ancient history and student life 😃 Perhaps your next incarnation could be as **Cunctatrix**. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/19 "2005-12-04T02:13:49Z")
> [@FlyingRamenMonster](#): > > Yes, I’m trying to get used to my new name too. Cheers! What was your old name? Signed, the former **Green Bean** ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/20 "2005-12-04T03:37:41Z")
I don’t know. I think if your name doesn’t sound like a fruit, then what kind of a name is it!? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925.md?page=2)