# Why Spider-man and not Spiderman?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-spider-man-and-not-spiderman/257834
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [August 1, 2004, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-spider-man-and-not-spiderman/257834 "2004-08-01T12:59:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2004, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-spider-man-and-not-spiderman/257834/21 "2004-08-02T14:24:36Z")

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> [@Ethilrist](#):
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> It was to keep people from thinking he was Jewish.

Damn! I was going to post something regarding threats of lawsuits on behalf of one Irving Spiderman! 😛

“You’ve got to join us in the Catskills! The Schwartzes, the Levines and the Spidermans will all be there!”

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### Author: ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-spider-man-and-not-spiderman/257834/22 "2004-08-02T15:29:24Z")

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> [@Ethilrist](#):
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> It was to keep people from thinking he was Jewish.

With those tights, there’s a doubt?

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### 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: [August 2, 2004, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-spider-man-and-not-spiderman/257834/23 "2004-08-02T21:44:38Z")

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**Exapno** :

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> they were figuring this all out on the fly.

Come into my parlour, said the Spider-man to the Fly-man?

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