# What do you want to be called on here? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 12, 2003, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-to-be-called-on-here/187861 "2003-07-12T00:47:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-to-be-called-on-here/187861/41 "2003-07-12T05:45:34Z")
So you _don’t_ want it shortened to **Ahol**? Got it. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-to-be-called-on-here/187861/42 "2003-07-12T05:46:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aholibah \* > \*\*I realized today that I have chosen a SN that doesn’t shorten easily; I was thinking **'lib** might work. \*\* You think _yours_ doesn’t shorten easily… Call me whatever you want to call me, just make sure it’s close enough to lel to where I know you’re talking to me! ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-to-be-called-on-here/187861/43 "2003-07-12T05:56:18Z")
I actually prefer to be called **Aes** instead of **Aesiron** by those who know me well and before anyone asks, it’s pronounced “ace” ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-to-be-called-on-here/187861/44 "2003-07-12T06:14:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aholibah \* > I realized today that I have chosen a SN that doesn’t shorten easily; I was thinking **'lib** might work. You and **Libertarian** can **duke** it out for that;) ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-to-be-called-on-here/187861/45 "2003-07-12T06:25:58Z")
They will call me _ **MISTER TIBBS** _! ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-to-be-called-on-here/187861/46 "2003-07-12T06:38:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\ ***iampunha** is a male, though. > > (Aha! That made up for me misspelling **Eilsel** ’s name twice, right?) \*\* The confusion must be caused by that song, “The Girl from Iampunha.” Ahem. I am one of those with a longer screen name. (Is it true what they say about the size of your screen name …) Sometimes people shorten it to SAL, but I have read right by this in posts, thinking they were referring to someone named Sal. **Andy** is fine with me, but there are other Andy-named users on this board. I don’t think it will be a problem unless we all post to the same thread. Hmm. **Mr. Licious** has a certain ring to it … ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-to-be-called-on-here/187861/47 "2003-07-12T06:51:26Z")
I started gettin’ called **Wolfie** over at G’Dope, and that stuck. Lately, there’s been the variation of **Icy** or **Icey**. In context, I’ll also answer to **Ice** or **Hey, Wolf!** Me, I just consider myself a tatty ol’ lone she-wolf, walking the solitary path the Fates have woven for my destiny. Nowt much more than that. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-to-be-called-on-here/187861/48 "2003-07-12T07:51:39Z")
I’ll always know you as {b]Icey\*\*. Wolfie. I dunno why ‘Icey’ has stuck in my head, but there ya go… Cheers aye! ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-to-be-called-on-here/187861/49 "2003-07-12T07:52:59Z")
Then again, I’m always stuffing up the coding too…just ignore me, OK? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-to-be-called-on-here/187861/50 "2003-07-12T11:34:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > \*\*Ack. Forgot to say that ipanema is a song reference from a Jack Batty post from back in 2000. \*\* “The Girl from Ipanema”! Cool song, though I have no idea where Ipanema is. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-to-be-called-on-here/187861/51 "2003-07-12T11:44:02Z")
I have yet to be called **LolaCoke** on here, but I guess that would be fine.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-to-be-called-on-here/187861/52 "2003-07-12T13:19:42Z")
So **Lola** ’s just a tad _too_ short then? Got it. [sub]Or are you just dreading the unending off-key renditions of the Kinks’ tune that are sure to follow?[/sub] **dan** , thanks for opening this thread. I find m’self shortening a lot of usernames on the boards, and always hoping I’m not going to catch someone on a bad day, and piss 'em off. Nice to know what some of y’all prefer. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-to-be-called-on-here/187861/53 "2003-07-12T13:21:37Z")
Zactly! There’s a hebosomethingorother feller around - does he have a preference, so I don’t have to type hebosomethingorother? Or that guy with pi as his name, carried out to the 30th digit or something. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-to-be-called-on-here/187861/54 "2003-07-12T13:35:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > \*\*Ack. Forgot to say that ipanema is a song reference from a Jack Batty post from back in 2000. \*\* [What a bit of fun that was, eh-what?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=48936&highlight=ipanema) And you can call me Jack. Or Mike, since that’s my real name. ---
**Author:** ![Eilsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eilsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eilsel)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-to-be-called-on-here/187861/55 "2003-07-12T13:55:02Z")
I’ll never remember all this :rolleyes: So I’ll just call y’all what I want…k? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-to-be-called-on-here/187861/56 "2003-07-12T13:57:49Z")
S. Goldfish, Esq. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-to-be-called-on-here/187861/57 "2003-07-12T14:36:57Z")
But **Eilsel** , your highnessness, you **will**. You’ll find, in just a few short months time (or possibly less, depending on how often you visit the boards) you remember odd little details about scads o’ people you’ve never met face to face. Yet, at any rate. Your own birthday? Your phone number? Your zip code? Gone. All flushed away to data heaven, to make room in your head for **Sauron** and **Aries** ’ latest dining out fiasco, or **Sublight** ’s surgery, or **lieu** ’s most recent bathroom story, or **Wang Ka** ’s latest tale of hungover hijinks, or… This place had been referred to as cyber-crack for a reason. It takes over your brain. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-to-be-called-on-here/187861/58 "2003-07-12T15:49:53Z")
Ya’ll can just call me Happy. I always feel like Charlie Brown when people refer to me with both “Happy” and “Lendervedder.” “Good grief, **Happy Lendervedder**! What a blockhead!” could just be “Good grief, **Happy**! What a blockhead!” ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-to-be-called-on-here/187861/59 "2003-07-12T16:43:04Z")
**hardy** works, since I already answer to it and there are several -grrl/-girl names here. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-to-be-called-on-here/187861/60 "2003-07-12T17:15:44Z")
Many have opted for **FCM** , which is fine with me. Just be aware that by doing that, I can’t search, therefore I might miss something directed at me that way. But that’s what email is for, right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-to-be-called-on-here/187861.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-to-be-called-on-here/187861.md?page=4)