# Well...here I am

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-here-i-am/37149>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 16, 2000, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-here-i-am/37149 "2000-10-16T18:31:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Wetling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Wetling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wetling)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-here-i-am/37149/21 "2000-10-17T05:41:06Z")

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[Here](http://www.jjr512.com/photogallery/wetling-01.jpg) is the picture of my that is at JJR’s.

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-here-i-am/37149/22 "2000-10-17T08:23:24Z")

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Can someone please tell me what my name means in Spanish, because I am woefully ignorant of this coinkydinky.

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**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-here-i-am/37149/23 "2000-10-17T08:51:10Z")

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> \*Originally posted by GuanoLad \*  
> Can someone please tell me what my name means in Spanish, because I am woefully ignorant of this coinkydinky.

¿En Español? No problema. Su nombre dice que usted es un chico de guano.

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**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-here-i-am/37149/24 "2000-10-17T08:55:05Z")

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IIRC, Guano can be politely translated as fertilizer. Impolitely, it can be translated as something that comes from animals that can be used as fertilizer. If you catch my drift.

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-here-i-am/37149/25 "2000-10-17T11:12:08Z")

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I knew that bit. I just can’t figure out why they’re using it in their greetings above.

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**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-here-i-am/37149/26 "2000-10-17T11:45:04Z")

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Howdy, **Wetling**!

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**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-here-i-am/37149/27 "2000-10-17T18:20:04Z")

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> \*Originally posted by GuanoLad \*  
> I knew that bit. I just can’t figure out why they’re using it in their greetings above.

¿Cómo está usted y guano?  
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How you doin’ and shit?

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