# Name changed to protect no one in particular **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 20, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259 "2025-04-20T15:36:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/21 "2025-04-21T18:09:17Z")
I’m sorry, the real perplexity was why I saw it as “northern” every time when I knew it was “‘nother.” Some day I’m going to find out exactly where my eyeballs are wired in and have the connection re-soldered. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/22 "2025-04-21T18:12:02Z")
Same here, except I was always seeing it as **Norther Yinzer** which made even less sense! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/23 "2025-04-21T18:51:13Z")
IMO the trigger problem was the lack of apostrophe: **'Nother Yinzer** is a lot more correctly recognizable than is **Nother Yinzer**. I think **'Nuther Yinzer** would’ve worked even better. Prolly been more phonetically accurate too. And still we have a problem. This OP, @Reeses_Monkey, seems addicted to usernames that need apostrophes they cannot have. “Reeses” is plural and “Monkey” is singular. Gaah! Paging **e\_c\_g** : Do-over in Aisle 3. I say again, do-over in aisle 3. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/24 "2025-04-21T19:25:09Z")
I tried to get _Reese’s\_Monkey_ but was told that Discourse doesn’t allow apostrophes. _Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor_ must be grandfathered in. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/25 "2025-04-21T19:31:54Z")
Your username is Reeses\_Monkey but your listed name is Reese’s Monkey, why Discourse won’t show the name is a bit of mystery. For me it is username What\_Exit but name of What Exit? which is of course correct. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/26 "2025-04-21T19:39:08Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > . _Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor_ must be grandfathered in. Nope. Like you his username lacks an apostrophe: @Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor. His “listed name”, like yours, has the apostrophe. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/27 "2025-04-21T20:53:05Z")
What’s the difference between listed and user names? I only see the name next to my avatar and it’s missing the punctuation. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/28 "2025-04-21T20:57:00Z")
Click your avatar to open your contact card. Then click the avatar on there to open your whole profile. Between thise two you’ll see what we see about you. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/29 "2025-04-21T21:12:15Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I know that “Yinzer” is slang for someone from the Pittsburgh area, though I don’t know how widely that term is used outside of that area; I grew up in Wheeling, WV, which is in the northern panhandle of WV. Culturally, Wheeling shares a lot with Pittsburgh, probably because it’s very easy to get from Wheeling to Pittsburgh via the interstates. Wheeling is generally outside of what people think of as “yinzer” territory, but a lot of folks there do say “yinz”. The “yinz” use seems to stop at the Ohio River though, and if you go one county south from Wheeling the accent and culture starts to change to more southern WV style. So basically in the northern panhandle of WV “yinz” use is common, but in the rest of WV it’s not. For those that aren’t aware, “yinz” is basically a contraction of “you-uns”. It is used a lot like the southern “y’all”. Yinzers also have a grammatical oddity that I never realized was an oddity until someone mentioned it on the SDMB many years ago. I went for decades just thinking it was normal speech for everyone, just a bit informal and slangy. Yinzers will say “the car needs washed” instead of “the car needs to be washed” (we leave out the “to be” part). We’ll also say “the house needs cleaned” instead of “to be cleaned”, or we’ll say “the house needs redd up” if you really want to go hardcore yinzer. I don’t know how common “redd up” is outside of yinzer territory, but I think it is very rare elsewhere. > **["Pittsburghese" Overview](https://pittsburghspeech.pitt.edu/PittsburghSpeech_PgheseOverview.html)** ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2025, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/30 "2025-04-22T20:53:54Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > every time I looked at your old moniker, I saw **Northern Yinzer** I did too. I just thought it meant he lived in Canada. > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > the real perplexity was why I saw it as “northern” every time when I knew it was “‘nother.” same. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/31 "2025-04-23T00:14:57Z")
I had no idea I’d been perplexing everyone. There should be a badge for that. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/32 "2025-04-23T00:54:56Z")
Perplexing each other is what we do. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/33 "2025-04-23T01:53:30Z")
> [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > I did too. I just thought it meant he lived in Canada. I thought a Yinzer was sort of a kazoo, and we should start a band. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/34 "2025-04-23T16:28:16Z")
I have a feeling that a bagpipe & kazoo band would go over like a lead zeppelin. Good thing I play French horn and trumpet. We might have a fighting chance. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259.md?page=1)