# So I Changed My Username **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 8, 2003, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-changed-my-username/206192 "2003-10-08T01:22:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-changed-my-username/206192/1 "2003-10-08T01:22:10Z")
I was **Narrad** , but I’m not anymore. Nothing earthshattering I know, but I figured it best to avoid confusing people. As you were. 🙂 Jervoise ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-changed-my-username/206192/2 "2003-10-08T01:45:08Z")
Why the change? ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-changed-my-username/206192/3 "2003-10-08T01:45:13Z")
So why the sudden need to change your username? Curious minds want to know. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-changed-my-username/206192/4 "2003-10-08T02:04:48Z")
FWIW, I was having a few privacy concerns. I’m not entirely keen on being readily identifiable online and my old username was too recognisable as belonging to me. Terribly unexciting, I know. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Thylacine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thylacine/32/1143_2.png) [@Thylacine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacine)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-changed-my-username/206192/5 "2003-10-08T02:23:32Z")
been there, done that, did a similar thing in response. I like this name, it is a fun one to try different pronunciations with. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-changed-my-username/206192/6 "2003-10-08T03:37:21Z")
Yeah, I’m tending to pronounce it as sounding similar to “Gervaise” myself. (even though it’s nothing like it, I’m sure) I’ll do up an announcement for you in [The Official Record of Name Changes thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=4068899#post4068899). 🙂 I like the name as well… it sounds quirky. ) (and with me, “quirky” is generally a good thing) F\_X ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-changed-my-username/206192/7 "2003-10-08T03:40:59Z")
You only think you’ve eluded me! I’ll never stop loving you. YOU COMPLETE ME!! ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-changed-my-username/206192/8 "2003-10-08T03:46:09Z")
**Jervoise** completes you? I’m still stuck asembling more parts… I got **steret** from **Flami** , **ojo** from **Jomo Mojo** , **mnd** from **tomndebb** , **ruep** from **TruePiesces** and **ervo** from **Jervoise**. But I am still missing **zac** , **fruj** and **loim** to complete my SDMB LetterBot… ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-changed-my-username/206192/9 "2003-10-08T04:55:53Z")
steret ojomn druepervo zacfruj loim his name is my name too… ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-changed-my-username/206192/10 "2003-10-08T05:40:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Flamsterette\_X \* > **Yeah, I’m tending to pronounce it as sounding similar to “Gervaise” myself. (even though it’s nothing like it, I’m sure)** Nobody ever knows how _my_ name is pronounced. 😉 And no, it’s not “Throatwarbler Mangrove.” ---
**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:** [October 11, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-changed-my-username/206192/11 "2003-10-11T00:03:22Z")
What IS that “Throatwarbler Mangrove” thing from, anyhow? I’ve seen it paired with “Raymond Luxury Yacht,” as well. **Cervaise** , does it help that I was actually thinking of you when I composed that post? 😉 Probably not… eh well. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-changed-my-username/206192/12 "2003-10-11T04:19:50Z")
It’s a Monty Python bit, in which a TV reporter is interviewing a very rich man. The name is spelled “Raymond Luxury Yacht”, but pronounced “Throatwarbler Mangrove” ---
**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:** [October 13, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-changed-my-username/206192/13 "2003-10-13T03:27:27Z")
Thanks for the information, **Governor Quinn**. Must remember it’s Monty Python, not the Simpsons or Seinfeld or whatever other funny show there is at the moment. F\_X