# what do you think my name means? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 24, 2002, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-my-name-means/120610 "2002-07-24T17:50:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-my-name-means/120610/21 "2002-07-24T21:17:50Z")
**wring** , unless your username is obviously feminine people will probably assume that you’re a man. Even _my_ username isn’t obvious enough for some people. So I don’t think it’s that the name **wring** seems particularly manly, just that it isn’t overtly feminine. For me, the name suggests someone who is determined and hands-on, and possibly a bit tight-fisted. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-my-name-means/120610/22 "2002-07-24T21:30:29Z")
Are you going to tell us after a while (you could use a spoilers box, you know) or do I have to go do a search now. Personally I seem to have always considered you female, but that could be something I picked up from a thread somewhere. The name is fairly neutral to me, not masc. or fem. And it never really occurred to me to wonder what it means. Sometimes I gets 'em, sometimes I don’t, and it’s just not the sort of thing that keeps me up at night if I don’t know. Although _now_ you’ve piqued our curiosity. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-my-name-means/120610/23 "2002-07-24T21:40:27Z")
I’d go w/ the wedding ring - it’s just what comes to mind (well my mind anyway) ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-my-name-means/120610/24 "2002-07-24T21:53:36Z")
I always thought it meant you had screwed up wiring, or a short. I thought you were a guy. I’m a guy. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2002, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-my-name-means/120610/25 "2002-07-24T22:49:39Z")
I thought it meant something like **wring** ing your hands in frustration over stuff. That, or **wring** ing a dishcloth or something similar. Then I got the idea to search Google (why, I have no idea). So is it any of these? [ul] [li]Wring Builders Merchants (a home and garden company in England)[/li][li]Wring, the perl script (that’s what the search result says; I personally have no idea what a perl script is)[/li][li] **W** arner **R** obins **I** ndustry **N** ow **G** roup[/li][li]THE WRING AND THE TIGHTS: THE DREAM-LIFE OF EDWARD BLISS, JR. by William Preston Robertson[/li][li]wringing your brow in pain and anguish[/li][li]a Vileda Pro Wring Mop (my parents used to have one of these; I don’t know if they still do)[/li][li]“Take eloquence and wring its neck.” – Paul Verlaine [/li][li]weissen rings[/li][li]the Wring 00 program[/li][li]a misspelling of “ring,” “wiring,” or “writing”[/li][/ul] Any of those? F\_X ---
**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:** [July 25, 2002, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-my-name-means/120610/26 "2002-07-25T00:37:13Z")
I know, but I’m not telling! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-my-name-means/120610/27 "2002-07-25T00:52:52Z")
Spelled backwards, it’s . . . **gnirw.** So much for that idea. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-my-name-means/120610/28 "2002-07-25T00:57:06Z")
Well, some one has actually come pretty damn close to the real deal. RE: male/female - As long as I’ve been around, I’ve gotten the “Huh, you’re **female**?” reaction, probably 'cause the name is neutral, my posting style doesn’t generally include referrences to my tits, pregnancy, girlie stuff, and the basic default setting that many people have. I started this 'cause often when I email folks from here (and explain it), they mention that they’d been wondering. I have no collar fetish, nor is my name “rosie”, 😉 though WRT all of the ‘wedding ring’ guesses, my dad was/is a jeweler . I think I **will** start claiming that it’s really > [@](#): > > A fearsome deathrow killer who strangled all the victims to death (thanks **World Eater** ) **zwei** , (see **Flamey** - I don’t do long names) I have no problem w/you starting your own thread (of course if all of us start threads like this, the mods will have kittens. And not cute cudley ones, either, mean, claw scraping, yowling, peeing on the carpet kittens) ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-my-name-means/120610/29 "2002-07-25T05:26:40Z")
Well, I thought I knew, and if I do I didn’t figure it out independently, but now you are making it sound all mysterious so maybe I don’t know after all. Or maybe I am just a dimbulb. Anything’s possible. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-my-name-means/120610/30 "2002-07-25T06:00:27Z")
Is it really possible that I didn’t make a **dumba** guess\*\*? Not saying that it is right, just that if two other people thought of it, well maybe… ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-my-name-means/120610/31 "2002-07-25T10:14:00Z")
**W** hite **R** abbit - ing? Fan of Wonderland? Always worried that you’re late? ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-my-name-means/120610/32 "2002-07-25T10:42:35Z")
Was that a clue for us in the OP? > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wring \* > \*\* > So, I’m wondering \*\* So, I’m **W** onde **RING** Yeah, I know, it’s a longshot. But, an astute observation nonetheless. ---
**Author:** ![WV\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@WV\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WV_Woman)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-my-name-means/120610/33 "2002-07-25T12:12:20Z")
I figured you were a guy. As far as your name, I was thinking “twisting a wet washcloth to make the water come out” ---
**Author:** ![MachV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@MachV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MachV)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-my-name-means/120610/34 "2002-07-25T13:23:31Z")
I thought I knew all the net lingo. What does “WRT” mean? ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df788c/32.png) [@Big\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-my-name-means/120610/35 "2002-07-25T13:34:19Z")
I thought you just spelled **wrong** wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Delta-9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Delta-9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delta-9)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-my-name-means/120610/36 "2002-07-25T13:41:31Z")
WRT=“with regards to” ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-my-name-means/120610/37 "2002-07-25T13:48:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by zweisamkeit \* > \*\* For some reason I would think of a bird. I’m not sure why, since it’s nothing like “wring a bird’s neck” or anything, but I see a little sparrow-like bird. \*\* That’s funny, I thought of a little bird too. I am not sure why either. I did figure you were female though. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-my-name-means/120610/38 "2002-07-25T15:10:42Z")
**w** ell **r** ead **i** nquisitive **n** ekkid **g** irl? ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-my-name-means/120610/39 "2002-07-25T19:16:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shagnasty \* > \*\*That’s funny, I thought of a little bird too. I am not sure why either. I did figure you were female though. \*\* I think you’re thinking of a **wren.** ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-my-name-means/120610/40 "2002-07-26T20:20:37Z")
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