# who are the international mods? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 26, 2003, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-international-mods/191101 "2003-07-26T15:54:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-international-mods/191101/1 "2003-07-26T15:54:52Z")
I read yesterday in Cecil’s column that two of the SDMB’s moderators are located outside of America. One is in Amsterdam, and I think the other is in India. Who and where are they? What’s the straight dope on these most helpful of internuts? ---
**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 26, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-international-mods/191101/2 "2003-07-26T16:03:06Z")
**Coldfire** ’s in Holland and **xash** ’s in India. Happy ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-international-mods/191101/3 "2003-07-26T16:58:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CC \* > **two of the SDMB’s moderators are located outside of America.** Not to mention **Alphagene, manhattan** , and myself, who live in New York City. ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-international-mods/191101/4 "2003-07-26T18:22:57Z")
Hi **CC**. I am the mod from Bombay, India referenced in Cecil’s column. **Coldfire** is the other. ---
**Author:** ![Bandanaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ab097/32.png) [@Bandanaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bandanaman)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-international-mods/191101/5 "2003-07-26T19:17:28Z")
[slight hijack]How do you pronounce “xash” anyway? Is it “exash”, or like “zash”. Or something totally different. Like Sade. [/slight hijack] ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-international-mods/191101/6 "2003-07-26T23:32:04Z")
Huh? **All** the mods are intentional… Oh, wait. Um. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-international-mods/191101/7 "2003-07-26T23:40:51Z")
Is the rumor true that **xash** now has new business cards saying _International Mod of Mystery_? ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-international-mods/191101/8 "2003-07-27T00:07:45Z")
Is this the first thread that qualifies for both ATMB and CCC? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-international-mods/191101/9 "2003-07-27T18:12:50Z")
And **Noodles** is currently living in California, but he’s Swiss by origin, and I think he also has some French connections. And isn’t **TubaDiva** or **Lynn Bodoni** from Texas? ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-international-mods/191101/10 "2003-07-27T22:24:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bandanaman \* > \*\*[slight hijack]How do you pronounce “xash” anyway? Is it “exash”, or like “zash”. Or something totally different. Like Sade. [/slight hijack] \*\* This very pertinent issue is being discussed by fellow dopers in the following thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=198484](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=198484) Most of them are of the opinion that I’ve been pronouncing my username incorrectly. ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-international-mods/191101/11 "2003-07-27T22:40:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jr8 \* > \*\*Is the rumor true that **xash** now has new business cards saying _International Mod of Mystery_? \*\* Yes. I printed business cards saying H. International Mod of Mystery. The beginning H was to add some more mystery. But then I realized that it didn’t all fit on one business card. So I shortened it to: . . . . . . . . . . . . HI MOM. ---
**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 27, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-international-mods/191101/12 "2003-07-27T22:47:56Z")
We’re okay until and unless he changes his honorific to “International Mod of Pancakes.”