# Official Recordation Of Name Changes Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 19, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-recordation-of-name-changes-thread/196259 "2003-08-19T19:07:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BottledBlondJeanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-recordation-of-name-changes-thread/196259/1 "2003-08-19T19:07:01Z")
Allrighty, I keep seeing these new names pop up with old registrations and thousands of posts. Clearly folks are changing their names. Sometimes they’ll announce it as they did today, sometimes they’ll put it in their sig, but as far as I’m aware of, there’s no central repository per se of these name changes. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to consult one thread when confronted with a confusing new name? For instance, does everyone know who **Bambi Hassenfeffer** was? I don’t. So, let’s make one: The current poster **Ferret Herder** was **Cantheara** spelled wrong I think but close … The current poster **Mockingbird** was \*\* Hastur\*\* and so on… ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-recordation-of-name-changes-thread/196259/2 "2003-08-19T19:08:32Z")
Correction: **Canthearya** became **Gazelle from Hell** became **Gazelle** Man, I almost felt like a chapter of Genesis there! ---
**Author:** ![BottledBlondJeanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-recordation-of-name-changes-thread/196259/3 "2003-08-19T19:10:19Z")
Carp, leave it to me to get it wrong, who the hell is \*\* Ferret Herder\*\* then? You see the problems now. And the hampsters are boycotting me today (I know added a ‘p’, but we got special rodents) ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-recordation-of-name-changes-thread/196259/4 "2003-08-19T19:28:16Z")
Canthearya begat Gazelle from Hell begat Gazelle begat HolyFlurkingSchnitt begat Buttnugget Girl Okay those last two aren’t real. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-recordation-of-name-changes-thread/196259/5 "2003-08-19T19:37:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BottledBlondJeanie \* > **Carp, leave it to me to get it wrong, who the hell is \*\* Ferret Herder** then? > > You see the problems now. And the hampsters are boycotting me today (I know added a ‘p’, but we got special rodents) \*\* She used to be the poster known as **DeniseV**. Me, \* used to be the poster known as **detop** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-recordation-of-name-changes-thread/196259/6 "2003-08-19T20:19:44Z")
I have a sig that I used to post closer to the name change (see below), but haven’t for a while. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-recordation-of-name-changes-thread/196259/7 "2003-08-19T20:30:12Z")
Who were the following persons? (I think I’ve got the other name changes I was interested in figured out, but I could probably think of more.) **Berkut** **A Monkey With A Gun** lel (formerly **panchitaville** , but I doubt anyone remembers me as that) ---
**Author:** ![PigArcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@PigArcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigArcher)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-recordation-of-name-changes-thread/196259/8 "2003-08-19T22:13:48Z")
If one wanted to change their name, who do they have to e-mail? Hypothetically speaking, of course… ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-recordation-of-name-changes-thread/196259/9 "2003-08-19T22:33:55Z")
**tjblack** , e-mail the mods your desperate reasons for needing a name change and they’ll probably help you out… after you spend a month in the Hamster Food mines. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-recordation-of-name-changes-thread/196259/10 "2003-08-19T22:38:11Z")
I changed my name from **NoClueBoy** to **NoClueBoy**. But, I pronounce it\*\* Kn(\*)ckers\*\*. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-recordation-of-name-changes-thread/196259/11 "2003-08-19T22:45:27Z")
I didn’t know **Mockingbird** was **Hastur** … Okay, who was **Earl Snake-Hips Tucker** (?) **Ringo** used to be **beatle**. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-recordation-of-name-changes-thread/196259/12 "2003-08-19T22:49:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > > Okay, who was **Earl Snake-Hips Tucker** (?) **My Darn Snake Legs**??? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-recordation-of-name-changes-thread/196259/13 "2003-08-19T22:54:00Z")
Nope, that’s someone else… what a coinkydinky! ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-recordation-of-name-changes-thread/196259/14 "2003-08-19T22:54:03Z")
I think **Ms Macphisto** just changed her name from **JulKatBo**. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-recordation-of-name-changes-thread/196259/15 "2003-08-19T23:02:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jackelope \* > \*\ ***tjblack** , e-mail the mods your desperate reasons for needing a name change and they’ll probably help you out… after you spend a month in the Hamster Food mines. \*\* I may be wrong, but I think you want to mail an _Admin_ about it. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-recordation-of-name-changes-thread/196259/16 "2003-08-19T23:07:59Z")
**Siege** = **CJHoworth** , yes? ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-recordation-of-name-changes-thread/196259/17 "2003-08-19T23:09:33Z")
I also know **AwSnappity** used to be **FireUnderpantsBoobs**. (everyone liked that name, too…) F\_X ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-recordation-of-name-changes-thread/196259/18 "2003-08-19T23:13:45Z")
**Airman Doors, USAF** used to be… uh… **thedoors** , with a four-digit number at the end, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Slainte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Slainte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slainte)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-recordation-of-name-changes-thread/196259/19 "2003-08-19T23:14:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\* > Okay, who was **Earl Snake-Hips Tucker** (?) > \*\* He was **Mjolliner** (I hope I spelled it correctly) - I think we drove him to it at **EveFest** last year when no one recognized his name. Sorry 'bout that, **Earl Snake-Hips Tucker**! ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-recordation-of-name-changes-thread/196259/20 "2003-08-19T23:17:15Z")
Just remembered something from one of my birthday threads (the April one). **Gangster Octopus** used to be **Tretiak**. F\_X [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-recordation-of-name-changes-thread/196259.md?page=2)