# What does Microsoft think your user name should be? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 20, 2000, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-microsoft-think-your-user-name-should-be/33809 "2000-09-20T01:40:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-microsoft-think-your-user-name-should-be/33809/21 "2000-09-20T13:38:25Z")
Same here, **tubagirl**. ---
**Author:** ![Miliana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Miliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miliana)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-microsoft-think-your-user-name-should-be/33809/22 "2000-09-20T13:39:16Z")
First up was Million Second choice Milliner I rather like that…the Milliner Million, or perhaps the Million Milliner(s)! ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-microsoft-think-your-user-name-should-be/33809/23 "2000-09-20T13:47:35Z")
visor minor vigor rigor ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-microsoft-think-your-user-name-should-be/33809/24 "2000-09-20T13:52:38Z")
condor canner chinaware cannier chanar coiner cunner keener ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-microsoft-think-your-user-name-should-be/33809/25 "2000-09-20T13:54:06Z")
Wow… Scimitar… Nice. I get a sword for a user-name. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-microsoft-think-your-user-name-should-be/33809/26 "2000-09-20T14:01:16Z")
I don’t have a Microsoft product handy, but Nisus Writer says: Haunter ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-microsoft-think-your-user-name-should-be/33809/27 "2000-09-20T14:34:06Z")
I’ve long since added my real name to the dictionary, but MS Word wants to change UncleBeer to _unclear_. Sounds about right. ---
**Author:** ![Kepi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kepi/32/7251_2.png) [@Kepi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kepi)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-microsoft-think-your-user-name-should-be/33809/28 "2000-09-20T14:36:35Z")
Mine are so boring: Keep Kept Keri Keeps Zzzzzzzzz! And **tatertot** , I hope you use the super cool _waterdog_ if you ever choose to create a sock puppet. (Not that I mean to imply that you would ever create a sock puppet!) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-microsoft-think-your-user-name-should-be/33809/29 "2000-09-20T14:43:25Z")
**Corrode** (yeah, like I didn’t hear _that_ one throughout elementary school) **Cored** John Cored? So undistinctive. ---
**Author:** ![KimKatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@KimKatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KimKatt)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-microsoft-think-your-user-name-should-be/33809/30 "2000-09-20T16:26:37Z")
Just to be sure, I checked it again on my system at work, in Word. (98 at home, 95 here at work.) Still says Kumquat. **Corvus** , I suggest you attend the [Dade City, Florida](http://www.dadecity.com/kumquat/) kumquat festival in order to get a true appreciation for the nature of kumquat… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-microsoft-think-your-user-name-should-be/33809/31 "2000-09-20T16:32:38Z")
Moo. I never thought onomatopeia counted as words. ---
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-microsoft-think-your-user-name-should-be/33809/32 "2000-09-20T16:33:17Z")
mine said Conniving\_Slut. . . . . . . . Kidding. ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-microsoft-think-your-user-name-should-be/33809/33 "2000-09-20T16:44:43Z")
Admen Adman and FWIW kellibelli= killable Keith ---
**Author:** ![micilin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@micilin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/micilin)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-microsoft-think-your-user-name-should-be/33809/34 "2000-09-20T17:10:58Z")
misalign, mailing, misfiling, moiling (?), mycelia ---
**Author:** ![Landsknecht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@Landsknecht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Landsknecht)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-microsoft-think-your-user-name-should-be/33809/35 "2000-09-20T17:20:46Z")
Word 2000 recognized my name as an actual word, strangely enough. It was kind enough to point out to me that I forgot to capitalize it when I typed it in though. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-microsoft-think-your-user-name-should-be/33809/36 "2000-09-20T17:24:12Z")
Word suggested that I change my name to Gobi. Funny, I don’t look Mongolian. 😃 ---
**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:** [September 20, 2000, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-microsoft-think-your-user-name-should-be/33809/37 "2000-09-20T17:31:23Z")
My user name is two words which are actually words - but if I jam them together it suggests **jackboot**. Hmmm, I’m not sure if I like what that says about me. ---
**Author:** ![ReservoirDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@ReservoirDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReservoirDog)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-microsoft-think-your-user-name-should-be/33809/38 "2000-09-20T17:35:55Z")
ReservoirDog should be Reservoir dog I knew that already. ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-microsoft-think-your-user-name-should-be/33809/39 "2000-09-20T17:46:08Z")
Hmmm. Nothing fancy here. Word likes my spacing as well as my capitalization. Like Jack though, if I cram it together it gets a little testy. BottleofSmoke is just met with the ever so helpful “no spelling suggestions.” ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-microsoft-think-your-user-name-should-be/33809/40 "2000-09-20T17:53:21Z")
It has no problem with the spelling of either my username or my real name, but thinks my real name (two common English words not normally stuck together) is a grammar error. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-microsoft-think-your-user-name-should-be/33809.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-microsoft-think-your-user-name-should-be/33809.md?page=3)