# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/21 "2005-12-04T03:52:01Z")
> [@](#): > > Do we bring out the goat for rechristenings, or is that just new members? The goat’s only for first timers - we break them in easy. For experienced dopers who change their name, we bring out … _the llama!_ ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/22 "2005-12-04T13:17:07Z")
Eidolon is also a genus of bat (of family Pteropodidae). With the magic of my Pun and Reaching-For-It-Joke Wand, I now proclaim you the Babe Ruth of Greek Ghosts. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/23 "2005-12-04T15:45:45Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#): > > Eidolon is also a genus of bat (of family Pteropodidae). With the magic of my Pun and Reaching-For-It-Joke Wand, I now proclaim you the Babe Ruth of Greek Ghosts. > > 😉 Skip, that was _worse_ than the closing of AFG’s thread. Much, _much_ worse. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/24 "2005-12-04T16:39:57Z")
> [@FlyingRamenMonster](#): > > Yes, I’m trying to get used to my new name too. Cheers! Any relation to the Flying Spagetti Monster? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/25 "2005-12-04T20:40:54Z")
Oh, man. Have I been mispronouncing _this_ name in my head, too? I always thought **LaurAnge** was a clever play on words - ie: the real name was Laura, and maybe she had bright, coppery red hair, and to be clever, she added a little twist and now her name sounds like _l’orange_… french for _the orange_. Was I way off? _wanders off, thinking about diving with tubas_ ---
**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, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/26 "2005-12-04T20:55:33Z")
Hah, only a little off - my real name is Lauren, and ‘Ange’ is french for ‘angel’ (I went by Ange and Angélique a lot also in my early internet days). It was only pointed out to me after a few years on the SDMB that it sounded like “l’orange”, as in duck à. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/27 "2005-12-04T21:22:49Z")
I changed mine because I was bored. Now I wish I hadn’t. But I didn’t mention the change in my sig (until now), because it seemed kind of redundant. If anyone missed out on the thread I started about the name change, chances are, they weren’t interested. ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/28 "2005-12-04T21:36:00Z")
My brain can’t pronounce eidolon for some reason; it always makes it “eee oh DA laaan”. So I’ma stick with calling you **LaurAnge** 😛 ---
**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, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/29 "2005-12-04T21:36:45Z")
Feel free, Rasa. It’s not like I’m gonna stop responding at this point 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/30 "2005-12-05T00:54:36Z")
I don’t get it. (overly subtle pun, 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 5, 2005, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/31 "2005-12-05T00:59:32Z")
You don’t get the new name, you mean? Or you don’t get one of the comments in this thread? ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/32 "2005-12-05T01:00:03Z")
> [@Helen's Eidolon](#): > > Hah, only a little off - my real name is Lauren, and ‘Ange’ is french for ‘angel’ (I went by Ange and Angélique a lot also in my early internet days). > > It was only pointed out to me after a few years on the SDMB that it sounded like “l’orange”, as in duck à. Yes, your name made me hungry for duck, always. But damn! I’d thought you died! Don’t do that. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/33 "2005-12-05T03:32:01Z")
Me too, I thought something awful had happened to you. As I hate names I have know way of knowing how to pronounce, help a girl out and give me a hint would ya? Otherwise I am delighted to discover you are just fine and still with us. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/34 "2005-12-05T04:39:03Z")
Anybody whose handle makes me think of Edgar Allan Poe (and also gets me to reach for the dictionary) is cool by me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/35 "2005-12-05T09:00:56Z")
I’d like to pirate this thread to announce my name change as well! I’m now “Happy Lendervedder,” or just “Happy” for short. Carry on, Happy, formerly **stv** ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925/36 "2005-12-05T20:22:43Z")
> [@Helen's Eidolon](#): > > You don’t get the new name, you mean? Or you don’t get one of the comments in this thread? I don’t understand your new name. It sounds all greek to me. (still an overly subtle pun, but at least I’m laughing) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurange-is-no-more/333925.md?page=1)