# Silly Game: Do away with nicknames **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 7, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-do-away-with-nicknames/531658 "2010-03-07T22:10:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-do-away-with-nicknames/531658/1 "2010-03-07T22:10:16Z")
Just imagine a world where we had to do away with nicknames altogether. Let’s make a list of all the things that we’d have to rename or get used to the more formal terms for. Lester Miserables James Nasium Albert Cohol Nicholas O’Tine William Club Robert Sled Polka Dorothy Margaret Leg ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-do-away-with-nicknames/531658/2 "2010-03-08T00:11:02Z")
More Roberts - Robert Cut Robert Tail Roberting For Apples Robert Nailed Boots James Son weed James Nasium (don’t kill me!) Peter Moss Mafia Donalds Richard Head Michael Rophones ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-do-away-with-nicknames/531658/3 "2010-03-08T00:15:55Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > James Nasium (don’t kill me!) Wouldn’t dream of it! Terence Cloth Joseph Kerr Louis Kemia Constance Lingus ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-do-away-with-nicknames/531658/4 "2010-03-08T00:22:53Z")
Whew, safe. For now. John Knife John Rabbit Henry Er Jet Bradley Nails Richard Shaw French Franklins ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-do-away-with-nicknames/531658/5 "2010-03-08T00:26:25Z")
Chewbacca Charles’ Ahoy cookies ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-do-away-with-nicknames/531658/6 "2010-03-08T00:28:06Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Henry Er Jet > French Franklins You got me with these. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-do-away-with-nicknames/531658/7 "2010-03-08T00:30:39Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > You got me with these. Harrier jets (Harry er) French Francs (Franks) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-do-away-with-nicknames/531658/8 "2010-03-08T00:34:39Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Harrier jets (Harry er) > > French Francs (Franks) Thanks for the help! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-do-away-with-nicknames/531658/9 "2010-03-08T01:52:32Z")
I once had a Diablo II character (a spear-wielding amazon) named “Shishka Roberta”. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-do-away-with-nicknames/531658/10 "2010-03-08T04:26:23Z")
Beef Stuart Modern Arthur Welcome Matthew Henry Erchief ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-do-away-with-nicknames/531658/11 "2010-03-08T12:52:49Z")
> [@palindromemordnilap](#): > > Henry Erchief You see, **Tengu** , this is why I couldn’t get past Hank Er Jet! That plus forgetting whatever I knew about Harrier Jets. Would anybody alive today have gotten Henry O’Hare? And be able to cite the reference? More fabulous names: Daniel Boy Timothy Tation Sloppy Joseph Patrick O’Furniture ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-do-away-with-nicknames/531658/12 "2010-03-08T13:03:24Z")
Pandora Delilah Monium Catherine Astrophe Fiona Lattio ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-do-away-with-nicknames/531658/13 "2010-03-08T13:45:26Z")
Arthur Maurice Daniel’s studio Belt Alexander Family Valerie Yews Mortimer A. Fide Hydraulic John The Tragedy of Mackenzie Elizabeth ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-do-away-with-nicknames/531658/14 "2010-03-08T14:00:16Z")
All right! **bibliophage** is kicking this thing into high gear! The Missing Lincoln Thomas Foolery Kenneth Tucky Alphonse Abama Calvin Afornia Aristotle Zona ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-do-away-with-nicknames/531658/15 "2010-03-08T15:21:58Z")
oops ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-do-away-with-nicknames/531658/16 "2010-03-08T16:16:27Z")
Royesallentyrone (triple word score for me). ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-do-away-with-nicknames/531658/17 "2010-03-08T16:31:18Z")
Ernesto Vrolet Jesús Chipsahoy Ignacio Cheese Guillermo Randa José Tobismol ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-do-away-with-nicknames/531658/18 "2010-03-08T17:34:22Z")
Christopher Cross (oh, wait, he’s a real person already…)