# Misunderstood Usernames **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 30, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misunderstood-usernames/242900 "2004-04-30T21:20:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misunderstood-usernames/242900/1 "2004-04-30T21:20:44Z")
Okay, **Mangetout** it took me over a year to realize that your name was Man Get out , not Mange tout like I thought. Has anyone else had any similar problems to this regarding other users? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misunderstood-usernames/242900/2 "2004-04-30T21:32:38Z")
> [@luluBahrain](#): > > not Mange tout like I thought. Huh. That would make at least two of us. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misunderstood-usernames/242900/3 "2004-04-30T21:33:06Z")
> [@luluBahrain](#): > > Okay, **Mangetout** it took me over a year to realize that your name was Man Get out , not Mange tout like I thought. > > Has anyone else had any similar problems to this regarding other users? “Man Get Out”? Are you sure? ---
**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:** [April 30, 2004, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misunderstood-usernames/242900/4 "2004-04-30T21:35:09Z")
I’m almost certain that it’s “Mange tout.” ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misunderstood-usernames/242900/5 "2004-04-30T21:35:16Z")
Well, it makes more sense than Mange tout. But who knows? I am not sure. Maybe he’ll poke his head in here and enlighten us. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bee\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e480ec/32.png) [@Queen\_Bee\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bee_1)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misunderstood-usernames/242900/6 "2004-04-30T21:39:15Z")
I thought it was Mange tout also. ---
**Author:** ![Kymodoce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8797f3/32.png) [@Kymodoce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kymodoce)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misunderstood-usernames/242900/7 "2004-04-30T21:41:19Z")
I am sure I saw him recently say it was “Mange Tout”, as he eats a lot… I hope I am right about that! ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misunderstood-usernames/242900/8 "2004-04-30T21:44:54Z")
Huh, I didn’t even realize that it meant anything regarding food until I just googled it. Okay, so maybe I am just not so smart today. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misunderstood-usernames/242900/9 "2004-04-30T21:46:23Z")
I dunno about other usernames, but I am constantly explaining that I am _not_ an [entomologist](http://www.smm.org/sln/tf/e/entomologist/entomologist.html). ---
**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:** [April 30, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misunderstood-usernames/242900/10 "2004-04-30T21:48:34Z")
Mine is not Spanish, it’s Sanskrit. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misunderstood-usernames/242900/11 "2004-04-30T22:01:21Z")
Mine has nothing to do with a sexual position, it’s a Jimi Hendrix song. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misunderstood-usernames/242900/12 "2004-04-30T22:10:18Z")
> [@luluBahrain](#): > > Okay, **Mangetout** it took me over a year to realize that your name was Man Get out , not Mange tout like I thought. > > Has anyone else had any similar problems to this regarding other users? I’m not going to search right now (because I’m feeling lazy), but in another thread a long time ago, **mangetout** explained that his user name was, indeed, _mange tout_, not _man get out_, as I thought for the longest time. I didn’t realize til my first DopeFest that many board users read my user name as “nori-new”. It’s not. Actually, this was the first board I joined, it didn’t occur to me to come up with anything really clever or funny (like I could have if I’d thought about it :rolleyes: ), but it’s really just my first name, last initial. ---
**Author:** ![noname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@noname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noname)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misunderstood-usernames/242900/13 "2004-04-30T22:15:47Z")
ok, majority rules…its not ‘ **man get out** ’, but ‘ **mange tout** ’ i thought **bughunter** was ace ventura on a tight budget 😃 ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misunderstood-usernames/242900/14 "2004-04-30T22:19:24Z")
Okay then, I guess I should just go with my first hunch. Thanks for your input, people. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misunderstood-usernames/242900/15 "2004-04-30T22:24:01Z")
I’m not three guys, or even one. ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misunderstood-usernames/242900/16 "2004-04-30T22:32:27Z")
I’ve always wondered if **Revtim** was Reverend Tim. ---
**Author:** ![leafrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@leafrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leafrog)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misunderstood-usernames/242900/17 "2004-04-30T23:01:53Z")
I’ve seen my name cited with a **p** in it more times than not. I’ve been trying to come up with a saying similar to the ones you see at the swimming pool: _Welcome to our ool. Notice there is no **P** in it. Let’s keep it that way._ ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misunderstood-usernames/242900/18 "2004-04-30T23:10:57Z")
> [@luluBahrain](#): > > Okay, **Mangetout** it took me over a year to realize that your name was Man Get out , not Mange tout like I thought. It is actually Mange Tout. I like food. ---
**Author:** ![pervert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@pervert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pervert)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misunderstood-usernames/242900/19 "2004-04-30T23:11:52Z")
Although I enjoy it very much, my user name has nothing to do with sex. ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misunderstood-usernames/242900/20 "2004-04-30T23:11:56Z")
People seem to think my name has something to do with sodium chloride or a toroidal rubber item. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misunderstood-usernames/242900.md?page=2)