# Suppose I was thinking about changing my dope name...

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 17, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-was-thinking-about-changing-my-dope-name/326534 "2005-10-17T00:15:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-was-thinking-about-changing-my-dope-name/326534/1 "2005-10-17T00:15:59Z")

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Not that I am. Heck I only come here when I’m drinking on my own these days. And that is becoming a rarer and rarer occasion.

But suppose I wanted to do away with ‘Lobsang’ and replace it with some form of name that implied the character Sam Vimes. (Discworld, Terry Pratchett)  
**Duke of AM**

**Blackboard Monitor**

for instance.

What would you suggest?  
I like **Duke of AM**. Let’s see what the dopers can come up with.

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-was-thinking-about-changing-my-dope-name/326534/2 "2005-10-17T00:55:40Z")

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How about **non-drinking alcoholic**?

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-was-thinking-about-changing-my-dope-name/326534/3 "2005-10-17T01:44:54Z")

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What’s the fascination with Discworld? If you were looking for a name change, I’d have suggested **Raymond Luxury Yacht** , (although you could _pronounce_ it differently).

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**Author:** ![MrShine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@MrShine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrShine)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-was-thinking-about-changing-my-dope-name/326534/4 "2005-10-17T01:47:41Z")

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keeper of the watchmen?

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-was-thinking-about-changing-my-dope-name/326534/5 "2005-10-17T01:51:25Z")

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Please don’t.

I’m still fuming over the loss of **Hillbilly Queen**.

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**Author:** ![MrShine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@MrShine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrShine)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-was-thinking-about-changing-my-dope-name/326534/6 "2005-10-17T01:53:25Z")

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> [@tomndebb](#):
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> What’s the fascination with Discworld?.

oh dear… i feel a koom valley coming on…

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**Author:** ![dare\_devil007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@dare\_devil007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dare_devil007)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-was-thinking-about-changing-my-dope-name/326534/7 "2005-10-17T02:10:24Z")

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> [@ftg](#):
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> Please don’t.
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> I’m still fuming over the loss of **Hillbilly Queen**.

Sorry for the hijack, but what happened to **hillbilly queen** , if nobody minds my asking?

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-was-thinking-about-changing-my-dope-name/326534/8 "2005-10-17T02:12:02Z")

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> [@dare\_devil007\_](#):
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> Sorry for the hijack, but what happened to **hillbilly queen** , if nobody minds my asking?

She changed her name very recently, that is all. I can’t find the link, sorry.

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-was-thinking-about-changing-my-dope-name/326534/9 "2005-10-17T02:17:17Z")

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> [@jrfranchi](#):
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> She changed her name very recently, that is all. I can’t find the link, sorry.

Just remembered I saw it in the birthday thread.  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6690856&postcount=380](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6690856&postcount=380)  
For June 26, change hillbilly queen to her new name, Batsinma Belfry.