# New name, same Dope(r) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 14, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-same-dope-r/154992 "2003-02-14T03:27:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-same-dope-r/154992/1 "2003-02-14T03:27:03Z")
I _was_ yojimboguy. I _am_ **Boyo Jim**. My reasons for changing are [here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=162505) Please, call me Boyo for short. Sounds youthful and Irish-y. I expect the reorg will result in an unchanged quality of posts, with fewer product recognition issues. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-same-dope-r/154992/2 "2003-02-14T03:32:23Z")
Yay !! for you, **Boyo**. Congratulations. I like it !! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-same-dope-r/154992/3 "2003-02-14T04:22:26Z")
So we can’t call you **Boy** or **Jim** or **BJ**? No fair! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-same-dope-r/154992/4 "2003-02-14T04:30:02Z")
Hey **Boyo**. I was following the **yojimbo(guy)** thread a couple of days ago. You’ve made a good choice but I sure didn’t think of that **BJ** thing… hmmmm. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-same-dope-r/154992/5 "2003-02-14T04:45:06Z")
Hey **Boyo**. Should I still call you Jim in person? ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-same-dope-r/154992/6 "2003-02-14T11:53:07Z")
Way to go **Boyo**! Good choice. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-same-dope-r/154992/7 "2003-02-14T12:06:22Z")
nah **boyo** is waaaaaaaaaay more welsh than irish! ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-same-dope-r/154992/8 "2003-02-14T12:32:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by garius \* > \*\*nah **boyo** is waaaaaaaaaay more welsh than irish! \*\* It was a [art of a plan. A plan so cunning, you could brush your teeth with it. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-same-dope-r/154992/9 "2003-02-14T13:02:57Z")
Well HELLLOOOOOOO \*\*Boyo \*\* Give us a song from the valleys 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-same-dope-r/154992/10 "2003-02-14T14:47:48Z")
So let me get this straight: **yojimboguy** , who _isn’t_ Irish, changes his name to sound more Irish-y, while **yojimbo** , who _is_ Irish, settles for sounding Japanese? My head is spinning. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-same-dope-r/154992/11 "2003-02-14T14:56:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fretful Porpentine \* > \*\*So let me get this straight: **yojimboguy** , who _isn’t_ Irish, changes his name to sound more Irish-y, while **yojimbo** , who _is_ Irish, settles for sounding Japanese? > > My head is spinning. \*\* Nope it’s worse than that. **yojimboguy** who **is** American but just got **Irish** citizenship due to his late father (If I remember correctly) changes his name to make him sound Irish/Welsh and you’re correct about my description 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-same-dope-r/154992/12 "2003-02-14T17:06:27Z")
Ah, so he _is_ Irish, but not really, so he changes his screen name to one that sounds Irish, but is really Welsh. Makes perfect sense now! Just don’t try to tell me your name isn’t really Jim, 'cos _that_ would be much too confusing. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-same-dope-r/154992/13 "2003-02-14T17:25:55Z")
O boy o boy o boy ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-same-dope-r/154992/14 "2003-02-14T17:38:22Z")
Hmmm. I gotta think about this. **Boyo Jim** sounds perilously close to something Bones would say to Captain Kirk. Oh, okay. So it’s a good name. You’re a gent to have changed it. Veb ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-same-dope-r/154992/15 "2003-02-14T17:39:14Z")
And what makes this even weirder to me, is that yojimbo sounds freakin’ JAPANESE to me! And apparently that didn’t even enter into the equation. Good name to settle on. I think it will lessen the identity crises. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-same-dope-r/154992/16 "2003-02-14T23:07:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by porcupine \* > \*\*Hey **Boyo**. Should I still call you Jim in person? \*\* You may, should our paths cross again. 🙂 And damn, I hadn’t thought about BJ as initials, but if called upon I will be the best damn BJ I can be! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-same-dope-r/154992/17 "2003-02-14T23:20:27Z")
I had enough trouble remembering when CKDextHavn became C K Dexter Haven. This is all just too much. NEVER changing my SN. I doubt _I_’d remember it … ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-same-dope-r/154992/18 "2003-02-14T23:45:24Z")
**Uncle Beer** : oboy! 😃 **Boyo** : Good choice. Now, all we need is a coal mine and the creep of industrialism. _How High Was My Postcount_, an SDMB Production, Directed by Uncle Smithee. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-same-dope-r/154992/19 "2003-02-17T09:16:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fretful Porpentine \* > Just don’t try to tell me your name isn’t really Jim, 'cos _that_ would be much too confusing. 🙂 Ok I won’t. yojimbo(Peter) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-same-dope-r/154992/20 "2003-02-17T10:31:15Z")
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