# Name Change **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 3, 2000, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change/43843 "2000-12-03T18:35:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2000, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change/43843/1 "2000-12-03T18:35:33Z")
Just to let you all know, it’s still me. I mean, it’s still I. I had used “CKDextHavn” from the days when AOL limited me to ten letters. Since those restrictions are no longer meaningful, I have now expanded to my full name, and henceforth will show up as “C K Dexter Haven” … No biggie, but gets away from the damn Calvin Klein logo. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2000, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change/43843/2 "2000-12-03T19:56:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by C K Dexter Haven \* > \*\*… No biggie, but gets away from the damn Calvin Klein logo. \*\* Allow me to be the first to ask, did you have some sort of _ **obsession** _ with this? ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2000, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change/43843/3 "2000-12-03T20:01:58Z")
My first thought was that some troll was trying to pull one over on us. But I guess not **very** many trolls are Administrators with almost 3,000 posts. ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2000, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change/43843/4 "2000-12-03T20:47:29Z")
So your name is Dexter Haven. and the C K stands for Calvin Klein?? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2000, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change/43843/5 "2000-12-03T20:56:11Z")
Better get used to disappontment, C K…I changed my name months ago from “MaxTorque” to the current “Max Torque”. I’d only registered under the original because I didn’t know if spaces in user names were acceptable. People still call me by the smashed-together version. sigh. Just plain “Max” is fine with me, really… ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2000, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change/43843/6 "2000-12-03T21:06:59Z")
Don’t feel too bad, Max. People still put the \_ in my name. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2000, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change/43843/7 "2000-12-03T21:56:08Z")
I’ve been Montfort online for five-plus years, and people here still call me Monfort, Monford, Montford, and (my favourite, courtesy of **Welfy** ) Montfont. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2000, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change/43843/8 "2000-12-03T22:25:16Z")
Dex - didn’t you briefly do this same change back near the beginning of the year? Or did I imagine that? ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2000, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change/43843/9 "2000-12-03T23:27:47Z")
I guess I never really associated Calvin Klein with your name before. But now, I’m associating your name with those crappy **DEXTER** shoes. You know, those cheap-ass docksider type shoes that always leaked and then stank like hell? ---
**Author:** ![Jamoross](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jamoross/32/3241_2.png) [@Jamoross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamoross)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change/43843/10 "2000-12-08T03:52:38Z")
Your shoes _ **leak!?** _ What are doing, drinking sparkling wine out of them? Or are you just more “runny” than the rest of us? In which case, may I suggest you try rubber boots. Those ought to keep your precious bodily fluids off the carpet. - jam 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change/43843/11 "2000-12-08T08:13:10Z")
You can put spaces in your username? ---
**Author:** ![Danielinthewolvesden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Danielinthewolvesden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danielinthewolvesden)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change/43843/12 "2000-12-08T08:26:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by InternetLegend \* > \*\*You can put spaces in your username? \*\* Darn, if only I’d known… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change/43843/13 "2000-12-08T09:04:19Z")
yes you can put spaces in your username, but I’m sure it took Dext an _ **eternity** _ to decide where to but them… ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change/43843/14 "2000-12-09T06:29:28Z")
It just doesn’t look right. Dammit, doesn’t anybody care about tradition anymore? ---
**Author:** ![Ad\_Noctum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@Ad\_Noctum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ad_Noctum)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change/43843/15 "2000-12-09T06:49:08Z")
yes. you can put spaces in your name, since June 20th 2000 anyhow ---
**Author:** ![Bean\_Counter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@Bean\_Counter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bean_Counter)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change/43843/16 "2000-12-12T05:13:55Z")
Actually the C.K. is there due to an advertising contract the Chicago Reader has with Calvin Klein. Due to other contracts, next month we should start seeing “Chronos by Timex” and “UncleBuschBeer”. Regards. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change/43843/17 "2000-12-12T05:38:24Z")
I’ve gotta go with MysterEyks on the “it just doesn’t look right” thing. I mean, I knew who you were when I saw the “C K Dexter Haven,” but it just made me feel vaguely uneasy somehow. I think it’s because now there’s just _too many_ spaces. Doesn’t everybody just call you “Dex,” anyway? [sub]…these opinions are, of course, coming from someone who has absolutely no room whatsoever to talk about anyone else’s name change…[/sub]