# What short version of your username do you prefer? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 30, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216 "2008-12-30T15:30:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/21 "2008-12-30T16:56:41Z")
Omega’s fine, except that I think there might be another Omega. Or OG. I’m not picky. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/22 "2008-12-30T16:58:47Z")
I’ve been shortened to **HM** , **Hockey** , and **Puck**. Any of those make a vanity search impossible, but they aren’t that big a deal. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/23 "2008-12-30T16:59:50Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > **ko** Nope. [George Bush]Nah gahn dah’t[Bush voice]. I just learned how to spell **koeeoaddi** without looking to see if I got it right! ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/24 "2008-12-30T17:01:01Z")
I said my preference in the other thread: I’d prefer S’tyger, S’kat\*, or S’kitty to STG, but it doesn’t bother me a whole lot. - _yes_, I know, but it’s short for Silvercat which is my default username ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/25 "2008-12-30T17:02:18Z")
> [@Valerieblaise](#): > > But… are you sure it’s because of the name? Quiet, Valerina 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/26 "2008-12-30T17:04:50Z")
I prefer **Skald** , but **Rhymer** is fine. Being called “the” is just too werid. And I occasionally get variations such as Skaldie, Skaldimus, and Rhymerica, none of which which bother me overmuch. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/27 "2008-12-30T17:06:12Z")
I have not yet seen anyone shorten my name - it doesn’t really lend itself to shortening, does it? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/28 "2008-12-30T17:16:38Z")
**Aes** , which I pronounce as “ace”. Some people actually shorten it to its root word, aesir, but that’s really weird to me for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/29 "2008-12-30T17:18:55Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > **Aes** , which I pronounce as “ace”. Some people actually shorten it to its root word, aesir, but that’s really weird to me for some reason. May I ask what “aesiron” means? ---
**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:** [December 30, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/30 "2008-12-30T17:21:57Z")
> [@Omega\_Glory](#): > > Omega’s fine, except that I think there might be another Omega. Or OG. I’m not picky. I always think of you as “The One with the Yangs and the Kohms.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/31 "2008-12-30T17:26:53Z")
I’ve been called **Lobbers** both IRL and on the dope. because of it’s similarity to both my doper name and my Surname. It is a shortenning of only one letter though. Calling me Lob would not show up in a vanity search so if you want to talk about me you can use that. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/32 "2008-12-30T17:31:43Z")
I’m fine with **E.** ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/33 "2008-12-30T17:35:11Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > May I ask what “aesiron” means? It’s a demonym I coined, meaning “of or relating to or characteristic of the Aesir”. I have no Scandinavian or Germanic blood that I know of, am a pacifist, and have use of both eyes, but I was a mythology nerd as a child and have always liked the way the word looks. It’s always taken on various online communities, though, and I dislike numbers in usernames, so I added the -on suffix for username continuity. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/34 "2008-12-30T17:37:57Z")
Thanks to the doper poker guys, I’m now used to being called Missy. I will even answer to it IRL. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/35 "2008-12-30T17:39:55Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > It’s a demonym I coined, meaning “of or relating to or characteristic of the Aesir”. > > I have no Scandinavian or Germanic blood that I know of, am a pacifist, and have use of both eyes, but I was a mythology nerd as a child and have always liked the way the word looks. It’s always taken on various online communities, though, and I dislike numbers in usernames, so I added the -on suffix for username continuity. It rolls of the tongue. Not like mine. Bog-Wang. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/36 "2008-12-30T17:46:57Z")
People online have been referring to me as “Asi” since I started using this name years and years ago, and I like it plenty. I was informed recently, however, that at least one of my friends was hearing this in her head pronounced as “ASS-y” as opposed to the intended “AZ-ee.” I’m not assy, people!!! ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/37 "2008-12-30T17:49:42Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > It rolls of the tongue. > > Not like mine. Bog-Wang. Do you pronounce it **ā** -sir-on? That’s how the vast majority seem to, but I pronounce it as uh- **seer** -un, which doesn’t flow as well. I’m inordinately fond of schwas. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/38 "2008-12-30T17:50:54Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > I’m not assy, people!!! **pictures Asimovian as Easy Reader [Morgan Freeman’s _Electric Company_ persona]** 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/39 "2008-12-30T17:55:10Z")
I like pretty much anything but “Buffy”. That’s a vampire slayer; I’m a Mafia player. I’m usually Buff, Buffer(s), or Tabby. I’m especially fond of Buffty (I don’t think anyone’s evr actually called me that, but you can thank Harlan Ellison for that one) or B., which is what I prefer IRL as well. It also irks me somewhat when people capitalize “bufftabby”, but the nicknames can be capitalized or not, I don’t care. As picky as I am about my online name, I’m even pickier about my real name, which is actually very similar. But really, I’ll answer to anything. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/40 "2008-12-30T17:57:09Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Do you pronounce it **ā** -sir-on? That’s how the vast majority seem to, but I pronounce it as uh- **seer** -un, which doesn’t flow as well. > > I’m inordinately fond of schwas. I “hear” it as ah-seer-on. “Ah” as in, “open up and say ah”. “Seer” as in the first part of “seersucker” and “on” as, well, on. Very slight emphasis on the second syllable. I’ve always liked it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216.md?page=3)