# On how to remember how to properly spell my username **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 26, 2015, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-how-to-remember-how-to-properly-spell-my-username/726213 "2015-07-26T06:42:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-how-to-remember-how-to-properly-spell-my-username/726213/1 "2015-07-26T06:42:24Z")
Just look at the top of my posts, over on the left side of the screen. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-how-to-remember-how-to-properly-spell-my-username/726213/2 "2015-07-26T07:26:49Z")
How many t’s was that again? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-how-to-remember-how-to-properly-spell-my-username/726213/3 "2015-07-26T07:40:28Z")
It’s spelled Ttangentttt. Oops, sorry, key got stuck. It’s ‘Tangent’. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-how-to-remember-how-to-properly-spell-my-username/726213/4 "2015-07-26T07:54:26Z")
I shall remember your name by thinking of you as a “beige fellow”. Or a “Guardian Angle”. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-how-to-remember-how-to-properly-spell-my-username/726213/5 "2015-07-26T11:58:52Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I shall remember your name by thinking of you as a “beige fellow”. > > Or a “Guardian Angle”. I prefer to go with “conversational sidebar” but “beige fellow” is really nice. To what do we owe this strangely obvious OP? As a word, the spelling of Tangent seems…self evident? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-how-to-remember-how-to-properly-spell-my-username/726213/6 "2015-07-26T12:11:56Z")
It seems like Tangent’s going off in an odd direction. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-how-to-remember-how-to-properly-spell-my-username/726213/7 "2015-07-26T12:36:04Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Just look at the top of my posts, over on the left side of the screen. Hello **View First Unread Today, 12:42 AM**! ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-how-to-remember-how-to-properly-spell-my-username/726213/8 "2015-07-26T13:29:37Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > It’s spelled Ttangentttt. > > Oops, sorry, key got stuck. It’s ‘Tangent’. Well, we knew that it couldn’t be 1. Proof: 1 TAN() = Error 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-how-to-remember-how-to-properly-spell-my-username/726213/9 "2015-07-26T14:36:46Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > It’s spelled Ttangentttt. > > Oops, sorry, key got stuck. It’s ‘Tangent’. You’ve been hacked by the Justice Department! Call Sharyl Attkisson!!! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-how-to-remember-how-to-properly-spell-my-username/726213/10 "2015-07-26T14:56:56Z")
That’s two hard to remember. I think of you as a light brown gentleman. ---
**Author:** ![Learjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-how-to-remember-how-to-properly-spell-my-username/726213/11 "2015-07-26T15:40:00Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > To what do we owe this strangely obvious OP? As a word, the spelling of Tangent seems…self evident? Keep browsing threads. You’ll see it. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-how-to-remember-how-to-properly-spell-my-username/726213/12 "2015-07-26T19:42:31Z")
If you’re still having trouble, here’s a mnemonic to help you: Imagine me drinking some Tea, AN’ then i point and say, “Gee, there’s an ENT!” There you go, easy peasy. You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-how-to-remember-how-to-properly-spell-my-username/726213/13 "2015-07-26T19:46:39Z")
Mine is spelled bobot, just like it sounds. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-how-to-remember-how-to-properly-spell-my-username/726213/14 "2015-07-26T21:40:47Z")
Your name … is JIM! ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-how-to-remember-how-to-properly-spell-my-username/726213/15 "2015-07-26T22:04:22Z")
M-O-O-N, that spells bobot. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-how-to-remember-how-to-properly-spell-my-username/726213/16 "2015-07-26T23:48:33Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > M-O-O-N, that spells bobot. I like it! S.K. references are valuable to me. Tangent, I will never misspell your name, right down to the capital T. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2015, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-how-to-remember-how-to-properly-spell-my-username/726213/17 "2015-07-26T23:50:50Z")
I don’t shop at Target. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-how-to-remember-how-to-properly-spell-my-username/726213/18 "2015-07-27T01:44:39Z")
I always look for some sort of sine. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-how-to-remember-how-to-properly-spell-my-username/726213/19 "2015-07-27T02:12:39Z")
Just the other day, I was thinking to myself, “I wish I could remember how to spell Tangint, or is Tangant? Dammit to all hell, how am I supposed to remember that?” ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-how-to-remember-how-to-properly-spell-my-username/726213/20 "2015-07-27T02:20:06Z")
Hey, I’m still trying to find out who the heck is “JRDelerious”… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-how-to-remember-how-to-properly-spell-my-username/726213.md?page=2)