# SDMB Nomenclative Philosophy
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nomenclative-philosophy/77995
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [August 24, 2001, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nomenclative-philosophy/77995 "2001-08-24T22:02:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2001, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nomenclative-philosophy/77995/1 "2001-08-24T22:02:52Z")
We have, for example:
**bean\_shadow**
**Cajun Man**
**Weirddave**
One chooses an underscore, another opts for a space and the third elects to run with neither. What is the thinking here?
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### Author:  [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2001, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nomenclative-philosophy/77995/2 "2001-08-24T22:06:26Z")
Cajun Man has it right.
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### Author:  [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2001, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nomenclative-philosophy/77995/3 "2001-08-24T22:21:07Z")
**Jack Batty** is right about **Cajun Man** being right.
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### Author:  [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2001, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nomenclative-philosophy/77995/4 "2001-08-24T22:22:38Z")
It can’t be dave since there is a self-professed weirdness there.
But now we can add my no caps one word to the fray, eh?
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### Author:  [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2001, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nomenclative-philosophy/77995/5 "2001-08-24T22:59:22Z")
No-caps-one-word RULES!
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### Author:  [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2001, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nomenclative-philosophy/77995/6 "2001-08-24T23:22:09Z")
Pshaw, all good screen names involve a number. And of course, no caps is essential.
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### Author:  [@kylen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kylen)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2001, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nomenclative-philosophy/77995/7 "2001-08-24T23:25:02Z")
When picking an ID, I usually just mash at the keyboard until something I can pronounce comes up. Same goes for most of my posts…
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### Author:  [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2001, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nomenclative-philosophy/77995/8 "2001-08-24T23:26:07Z")
**Spiritus Mundi** is right about **Jack Batty** being right about **Cajun Man** being right. Right?
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### Author:  [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2001, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nomenclative-philosophy/77995/9 "2001-08-24T23:41:08Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by eunoia \*
> \*\*No-caps-one-word RULES! \*\*
Aye. Verily.
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### Author:  [@Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ross)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2001, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nomenclative-philosophy/77995/10 "2001-08-24T23:43:38Z")
Hmmm. I used Ross because I was naive enough to be surprised it wasn’t taken. However I’ve found that I’m _almost_ unique in using my own name. ChiefScott even said “With a username as fey as Ross I feel sorry enough for him already”, but heck, it got me noticed. Besides I was getting on his nerves at the time. I use it all the time now on various boards. Never taken.
Were I to choose a new name that doesn’t make me sound like a geek, it’d be something like Arthur Dent. Maybe Ford Prefect. Zaphod is gone, I think.
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### Author:  [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2001, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nomenclative-philosophy/77995/11 "2001-08-24T23:44:54Z")
**Captain Amazing** is right about **Spiritus Mundi** being right about **Jack Batty** being right about **Cajun Man** being right.
At least that’s what I think.
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### Author:  [@PlanMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlanMan)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2001, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nomenclative-philosophy/77995/12 "2001-08-24T23:53:26Z")
all lower case??? how e e cummings,
Now a real UserName should start with a Capital and have another later on, perHaps at the start of the seCond sylable
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### Author:  [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2001, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nomenclative-philosophy/77995/13 "2001-08-24T23:55:30Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by **Sue Duhnym** \*
> **Captain Amazing** is right about **Spiritus Mundi** being right about **Jack Batty** being right about **Cajun Man** being right.
Yep…I agree. 🙂
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### Author:  [@katiekilldare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katiekilldare)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2001, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nomenclative-philosophy/77995/14 "2001-08-25T00:00:22Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*\*
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> > \*\*No-caps-one-word RULES! \*\*
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> Aye. Verily. \*\*
Undoubtedly so. Understated. Elegant.
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### Author:  [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2001, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nomenclative-philosophy/77995/15 "2001-08-25T00:08:32Z")
See, I was so used to working in DOS (you remember that, dontcha?) when I joined that it didn’t occur to me to seperate the two words.
I think that’s where the underline comes from too.
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### Author:  [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2001, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nomenclative-philosophy/77995/16 "2001-08-25T00:08:49Z")
One is the loneliest number. Two words are better than one. Especially when separated by a space and capitalized. Apostrophes help, too.
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### Author:  [@Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Guy)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2001, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nomenclative-philosophy/77995/17 "2001-08-25T00:30:55Z")
Well, obviously.
**Sue Duhnym is right about** Captain Amazing\*\* being right about **Spiritus Mundi** being right about **Jack Batty** being right about **Cajun Man** being right.
**Wicked Blue** and \*\* Darwin’s Finch\*\* are at least half-right, too.
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### Author:  [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2001, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nomenclative-philosophy/77995/18 "2001-08-25T00:34:25Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Ross \*
> **ChiefScott even said “With a username as fey as Ross I feel sorry enough for him already”, but heck, it got me noticed. Besides I was getting on his nerves at the time**
If you really want to get on his nerves, spell it ChiefSc:)tt.
jayjay
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### Author:  [@Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Guy)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2001, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nomenclative-philosophy/77995/19 "2001-08-25T00:35:00Z")
Sigh.
Lousy stinking rassum-frassum [/\*\*b] tag
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### Author:  [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2001, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nomenclative-philosophy/77995/20 "2001-08-25T00:38:28Z")
What about no spaces, but capital letters at the begining of each new word?
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