# Username/Doper misunderstandings! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 24, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-doper-misunderstandings/157070 "2003-02-24T02:49:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-doper-misunderstandings/157070/1 "2003-02-24T02:49:23Z")
Which usernames do you make assumptions about, only to find out you were wrong, and what kind of assumptions do you make based on usernames? For example: **TVeblen** : I always thought she was a TV fanatic. Turns out this refers to a person called T Veblen. **Happy Lendervedder** : For the longest time, I thought he was a she, and that she was called Happy Lavender. **Meatros** : For some reason I always think of Meatros as a hardcore carnivore, who has meat for breakfast, lunch and dinner. **Libertarian** : I thought he was interested in collating books, until I actually read his name closely. **The Vorlon Ambassador’s Aide** : I always imagine him in a butler’s suit, with a sash, and wearing a monacle. Oh, and I imagine **Octavia Smythe-Bunion I. Esq.** lives with **The Vorlon Ambassador’s Aide** in a palace. And they drink tea and have cream cakes for lunch. 😃 Anyone else have assumptions about Dopers, based on their usernames, or assumptions about usernames that have turned out to be false? ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-doper-misunderstandings/157070/2 "2003-02-24T03:14:58Z")
I keep thinking yours says “Sam I Am.” ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-doper-misunderstandings/157070/3 "2003-02-24T04:19:51Z")
I imagine BuckleberryFerry is a pervy hobbit fancier of the highest order. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-doper-misunderstandings/157070/4 "2003-02-24T04:37:49Z")
[obligatory running gag] But Sam would kill her if she tried anything. [/obligatory running gag] ---
**Author:** ![Blackhawkeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@Blackhawkeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackhawkeye)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-doper-misunderstandings/157070/5 "2003-02-24T04:40:48Z")
\<------ Not a black guy. Just a fan of the Blackhawks and Hawkeyes. ---
**Author:** ![zigaretten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/91b2a8/32.png) [@zigaretten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zigaretten)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-doper-misunderstandings/157070/6 "2003-02-24T05:29:46Z")
For some reason I always see **samarm** as samneric from “Lord of the Flies.” For a long time I thought **mangetout** had to do with touting mangy horses. ---
**Author:** ![pervertatoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@pervertatoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pervertatoid)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-doper-misunderstandings/157070/7 "2003-02-24T09:16:32Z")
Only thing I can think of, which really isn’t a misinterpretation, is how it seems nearly 50% of the population of internet-dwellers is semi-blind. When the name is typed right there in front of you, how hard is it to retype it correctly? Apparently, it’s pretty complicated. Half the time, I’m known as “Pervatoid” - where’d the “ert” go? Perv **ert** atoid. Simple. (Sorry, kind of a rant, I guess…) ---
**Author:** ![CadburyAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@CadburyAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CadburyAngel)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-doper-misunderstandings/157070/8 "2003-02-24T09:22:10Z")
I seem to recall wacky misunderstandings back when “Gazelle from Hell” was named “canthearya.” Think there’s one on the Page o’ Flames. ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-doper-misunderstandings/157070/9 "2003-02-24T09:29:55Z")
Before I saw the name **iampunha** , I thought he was someone else 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-doper-misunderstandings/157070/10 "2003-02-24T15:28:18Z")
I always think that Politzania is Politziana. A lot of people think I’m a man, for obvious reasons. Usually by the third or fourth face-to-face meeting they figure it out. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-doper-misunderstandings/157070/11 "2003-02-24T15:39:41Z")
I’m not really a fairy, but I am really a Mom. I’ve been known to chat. Two outta three ain’t bad, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-doper-misunderstandings/157070/12 "2003-02-24T15:44:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CrankyAsAnOldMan \* > \*\*I always think that Politzania is Politziana. > > A lot of people think I’m a man, for obvious reasons. Usually by the third or fourth face-to-face meeting they figure it out. \*\* You know, when I original saw your username, I confess I thought this as well. For some reason I had unconsciously blocked out the “AsAn”…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-doper-misunderstandings/157070/13 "2003-02-24T15:51:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by samarm \* > **Happy Lendervedder: For the longest time, I thought he was a she, and that she was called Happy Lavender.** I had the same thoughts. Well, I thought he was named Happy Lavender. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by samarm \* > **Meatros: For some reason I always think of Meatros as a hardcore carnivore, who has meat for breakfast, lunch and dinner.** Hmm…I’d say this is a correct assumption…😃 ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-doper-misunderstandings/157070/14 "2003-02-24T15:56:30Z")
Call me **Ino** and … and … I don’t know what I’ll do. ---
**Author:** ![1ofthegulls](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/bcef8e/32.png) [@1ofthegulls](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1ofthegulls)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-doper-misunderstandings/157070/15 "2003-02-24T16:16:41Z")
Meatros makes me crave meatloaf 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-doper-misunderstandings/157070/16 "2003-02-24T16:26:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 1ofthegulls \* > \*\*Meatros makes me crave meatloaf 😃 \*\* The singer? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![1ofthegulls](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/bcef8e/32.png) [@1ofthegulls](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1ofthegulls)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-doper-misunderstandings/157070/17 "2003-02-24T16:33:16Z")
The meat mixture, served in loaf form ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-doper-misunderstandings/157070/18 "2003-02-24T16:38:59Z")
I have this vague idea whenever I see **unclivny** that he is some sort of Roman history freak. It’s either because of ‘C’, ‘L’, ‘I’ and ‘V’ in his name, which are of course used in Roman numerals, or perhaps due to to the fact that it shares four letters, in the same order, with Pliny, the Roman noble and historian. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-doper-misunderstandings/157070/19 "2003-02-24T16:44:38Z")
Make that \*_unclviny_, and disregard that part about the letters being in order. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-doper-misunderstandings/157070/20 "2003-02-24T16:46:24Z")
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