# What old-fashioned name should I use for this purpose? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 12, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-fashioned-name-should-i-use-for-this-purpose/621693 "2012-05-12T15:09:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-fashioned-name-should-i-use-for-this-purpose/621693/21 "2012-05-12T19:19:36Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I obviously want to connote that the person questioning the move is behind the times, a luddite, maybe someone whose mind is still in the stone age. So why not Ludd, then? ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-fashioned-name-should-i-use-for-this-purpose/621693/22 "2012-05-12T20:07:02Z")
If you start it with Whoa! Where’s my paper copy? then Nellie would sound right. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-fashioned-name-should-i-use-for-this-purpose/621693/23 "2012-05-12T21:09:21Z")
It’s decided, I’m not going to do it. I really appreciate all the input. (for the record, I do like Jethro :)) mmm ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-fashioned-name-should-i-use-for-this-purpose/621693/24 "2012-05-12T21:13:42Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > So why not Ludd, then? Alan Ludd ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-fashioned-name-should-i-use-for-this-purpose/621693/25 "2012-05-12T22:02:22Z")
Albert Q. Luddite Herbert Steamengine Archibald Henry Oldtimer Edgar Last-Century Richmond Progress Jones ---
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-fashioned-name-should-i-use-for-this-purpose/621693/26 "2012-05-13T07:26:12Z")
Hortence ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-fashioned-name-should-i-use-for-this-purpose/621693/27 "2012-05-16T15:12:11Z")
Eustace Adlai Bushrod Methuselah Throckmorton Phineas J. Stovebottomtop ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-fashioned-name-should-i-use-for-this-purpose/621693/28 "2012-05-16T20:35:41Z")
Matilda, or its variants Maude or Tilly, as in the “Aunt Tilly Test”. What about a title or relationship instead, such as “Welcome to the 21st century, \…” that brings forth an image of someone who might not be on top of the latest trends? ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-fashioned-name-should-i-use-for-this-purpose/621693/29 "2012-05-17T01:53:46Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Are you serious? > > Does anyone else feel this way? > mmm yes [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-fashioned-name-should-i-use-for-this-purpose/621693.md?page=1)