# My patient, Og **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 23, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433 "2005-11-23T16:22:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [November 23, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/21 "2005-11-23T17:56:52Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > Is Og short for anything, or is it just Og? It appears in all our records as Og. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/22 "2005-11-23T18:47:47Z")
Not a patient, so I can post it----I ran across someone named Precious Love. Honest to Og. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/23 "2005-11-23T19:29:37Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > Cite? Such has not been my anecdotal experience here. 😉 \I’m sorry. I think I’ve learned my lesson now… ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/24 "2005-11-23T19:56:26Z")
May I ask his nationality or heritage? I’m wondering if it’s a common name in the Netherlands, or something. Their version of John or Michael, as it were. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/25 "2005-11-23T19:58:30Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > \I’m sorry. I think I’ve learned my lesson now… It’s not enough to have learned the lesson. You must now carry the message! 😉 Further study has shown that Og occasionally used the alias _Otis G_. Nonetheless, his first name is designated as Og in our system. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/26 "2005-11-23T20:08:31Z")
> [@Dante](#): > > May I ask his nationality or heritage? I’m wondering if it’s a common name in the Netherlands, or something. Their version of John or Michael, as it were. He appears to be generic American by birth, and his surname is not real consistant with Nederlander ancestry (and I would probably know, my last name being Mercotijn back in the oude dorp). ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/27 "2005-11-23T20:10:37Z")
I found that cite. [Here it is.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6828291&postcount=23)😉 Jim ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/28 "2005-11-23T20:10:44Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > It’s not enough to have learned the lesson. You must now carry the message! 😉 > > Further study has shown that Og occasionally used the alias _Otis G_. Nonetheless, his first name is designated as Og in our system. Could his real name be Otis G. and he goes by Og as his alias/nickname? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/29 "2005-11-23T20:11:13Z")
Did ya have to bandage his knuckles? Huh? Did ya? DID ya? Huh? ---
**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:** [November 23, 2005, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/30 "2005-11-23T20:21:53Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Could his real name be Otis G. and he goes by Og as his alias/nickname? I have not yet ruled out this tentative hypothesis. Certainly our system (and the court system) thinks of him as Og. More information will be gathered. But, it being a holiday tomorrow, I don’t expect to have more data until next week, at the earliest. If I talked about his knuckles, then that would be telling, wouldn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Amaranta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Amaranta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amaranta)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/31 "2005-11-23T20:34:24Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > It’s not enough to have learned the lesson. You must now carry the message! 😉 > > Further study has shown that Og occasionally used the alias _Otis G_. Nonetheless, his first name is designated as Og in our system. It’s just not fair. Someone who goes by the names Otis AND Og? Those are just about the two greatest names ever. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/32 "2005-11-23T20:37:08Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > I have not yet ruled out this tentative hypothesis. Certainly our system (and the court system) thinks of him as Og. More information will be gathered. But, it being a holiday tomorrow, I don’t expect to have more data until next week, at the earliest. > > If I talked about his knuckles, then that would be telling, wouldn’t it? Maybe you can call him “The Inmate Formerly Known as Og” and no one will be the wiser! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/33 "2005-11-23T20:38:04Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Could his real name be Otis G. and he goes by Og as his alias/nickname? Otis, my man! [/NLAH] Maybe Og was OG, which sounds vaguely gangsterish. What up, G dawg? ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/34 "2005-11-23T21:07:56Z")
Will your next printing of business cards have the addition : _Physician to the Gods_ ? 😃 ---
**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:** [November 23, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/35 "2005-11-23T23:01:54Z")
Perusal of public court records shows that he’s on occasion referred to as Otis G. or O. G. To be precise, two times he’s Og, two times he’s OG, once he’s O G, once he’s O. G. , three times he’s Otis G, and once he’s Otis. Out of 10 court cases. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/36 "2005-11-23T23:47:46Z")
Apart frim its stellar career as the name of the primitive Caveman God of the SDMB, the deity too thick-headed to be driven insane by Cthulhu… Og is also a fairly common name in someplace Scandinavian like Iceland, isn’t it? Though in **QtM** ’s case, it looks like an initialism. ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/37 "2005-11-24T00:52:48Z")
I can’t decide which name I’d prefer to go by: Otis, Og, or Oh Gee! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/38 "2005-11-24T01:18:28Z")
> [@Brynda](#): > > I ran across someone named Precious Love. Honest to Og. I knew someone named Candy Love. It was her _married_ name. Just goes to show ya, if you marry a guy who’ll give you an honest-to-Og stripper name, it must be Love. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/39 "2005-11-24T03:00:19Z")
I once taught guitar to a man with the last name Kane. He named his daughter, _Candace._ Oh the humanity. An ex-boss of mine was an Army officer with a 10-letter surname. When she married a man named Dixon, she griped that the hyphenated name wouldn’t fit on her uniform. I asked her if she’d rather have a shorter maiden name, say, _Mason_? She seemed comforted. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/40 "2005-11-24T03:24:35Z")
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