# What does Microsoft think your user name should be?

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**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:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-microsoft-think-your-user-name-should-be/33809/61 "2000-09-21T17:11:17Z")

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It thinks I should be:

Jan  
Joan  
or Juan

ha!

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**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2000, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-microsoft-think-your-user-name-should-be/33809/62 "2000-10-02T20:50:26Z")

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Lacking any type of Word program on this computer at the moment, I decided to rely on [dictionary.com](http://dictionary.com). Some suggested choices are:  
malamute  
malnutrition  
mealymouthed  
melon tree  
millimeter  
Mylanta  
and myelinated nerve fiber

I think I will stick with the same username.

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**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2000, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-microsoft-think-your-user-name-should-be/33809/63 "2000-10-02T20:59:43Z")

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Mine suggest Prude Erect, amongst others. I like the oxymoronic overtones of that. For my real last name, Larsen, it suggests larceny. I hate it when software looks behind my affable facade, only to find the dark abyss which is my soul.

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**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2000, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-microsoft-think-your-user-name-should-be/33809/64 "2000-10-02T22:04:13Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by kiffa \*  
> \*\*knife or kA [what element is that?] \*\*

K is Potassium. Na is Sodium.

MSWord had no suggestions for iampunha.

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**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2000, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-microsoft-think-your-user-name-should-be/33809/65 "2000-10-03T00:52:02Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Mullinator \*  
> \*\*Lacking any type of Word program on this computer at the moment, I decided to rely on [dictionary.com](http://dictionary.com). Some suggested choices are:  
> malamute  
> malnutrition  
> mealymouthed  
> melon tree  
> millimeter  
> Mylanta  
> and myelinated nerve fiber
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> I think I will stick with the same username. \*\*

I don’t know, **myelinated nerve fiber** has a certain ring to it. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2000, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-microsoft-think-your-user-name-should-be/33809/66 "2000-10-03T03:39:48Z")

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Wink or Wont- ugh.

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