# Using Celebrity Names As Nicks Here?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-celebrity-names-as-nicks-here/619345>\
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**Created:** [April 20, 2012, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-celebrity-names-as-nicks-here/619345 "2012-04-20T01:12:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-celebrity-names-as-nicks-here/619345/61 "2012-04-20T20:16:06Z")

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> [@LionelHutz405](#):
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> That’s why I added numbers to the end of my name.

Yeah. What he said.

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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-celebrity-names-as-nicks-here/619345/62 "2012-04-20T20:54:53Z")

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> [@Bob Ducca](#):
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> Is this Gaelic?

Obviously _not_ from Crimea!:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Oh, God. I need to rest now. 😉

Q

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-celebrity-names-as-nicks-here/619345/63 "2012-04-20T21:48:15Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> Come on, he’s the guy with dementia who doesn’t even attempt to hide it. If someone with dementia treats you like you’re really the celebrity your name says you are, you should have the presence of mind to tell them about the mistaken identity.

And if I remember, he’s asked that he NOT be treated any different, or patronized because of it. That’s not fair to **Quasi** to treat him like an imbecile who doesn’t know what he’s doing.

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**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-celebrity-names-as-nicks-here/619345/64 "2012-04-20T21:53:02Z")

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> [@Irishman](#):
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> “Enne” is a female nominant. “Comedian” is the standard and male term. “Commedienne” is a variant used for female comedy people.

Sierra Indigo also pointed that out a few hundred posts back.

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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-celebrity-names-as-nicks-here/619345/65 "2012-04-20T23:06:43Z")

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Okay, look guys and ladies, let’s close this out. If the mods and admins are okay with it, so am I. I apologize if there are hurt feelings. I don’t always make a lot of sense (as has been pointed out to me ;)), but I had a concern which I thought was legit and obviously I was wrong. I still love you all and hope the feeling is mutual.

Bill

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-celebrity-names-as-nicks-here/619345/66 "2012-04-21T00:01:18Z")

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We cool, **Quasi** , we cool.

I’m closing this thread, since the OP’s concerns have been addressed.

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