# Needs help choosing a name

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needs-help-choosing-a-name/624220>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 5, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needs-help-choosing-a-name/624220 "2012-06-05T23:25:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needs-help-choosing-a-name/624220/41 "2012-06-11T14:22:04Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> I like the idea of Doug, but with an edgy, updated spelling. Ladies and Gentlemen, introducing: Dug.

This reminds me of a nurse’s aid I had in the hospital having my last baby. She told me her name was Joan, except that it was _Jone_. She wrote it on the little blackboard for me to see and grimace at for an entire day.

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