# Yep, I changed it again. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 15, 2003, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-i-changed-it-again/168863 "2003-04-15T13:01:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-i-changed-it-again/168863/1 "2003-04-15T13:01:25Z")
I feel sheepish. It’s only been seven months since I changed my username from Canthearya to Gazelle from Hell… It felt weird to talk about religion, to promise prayers, to express my condolences on the passing of a relative with that “from Hell” in my name. So now I’m plain ol’ **Gazelle** , the poster formerly from Hell. Thank you humble **TubaDiva**! ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-i-changed-it-again/168863/2 "2003-04-15T13:05:04Z")
Great. Something _else_ for me to remember. ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-i-changed-it-again/168863/3 "2003-04-15T13:06:27Z")
Hey, it looks really good on you too! Doesn’t make your butt look big or anything! 😉 I like it. I’m thinking about changing my nick, as well. Some folks on the board keep misreading my name as SilkyTHROAT, and while that might be true, it’s not something I care to advertise. Love the new, Reader’s Digest version of your name, **Gazelle**. Keeps us on our toes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-i-changed-it-again/168863/4 "2003-04-15T13:06:47Z")
Can I call you **TPFKAGFH**? ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-i-changed-it-again/168863/5 "2003-04-15T13:07:47Z")
Love yew tew **Gorgon** baby. **Silky** , I LOVE your name. Sound sexy and strong at the same time. But you wanna change it, you go with your bad self. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-i-changed-it-again/168863/6 "2003-04-15T13:15:18Z")
**Welby:** only if you want people to accuse you of speaking Klingon. ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-i-changed-it-again/168863/7 "2003-04-15T13:18:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SilkyThreat \* > \*\* Some folks on the board keep misreading my name as SilkyTHROAT, and while that might be true… \*\* Cite? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-i-changed-it-again/168863/8 "2003-04-15T13:21:38Z")
_COUGH_ Atomic Badger Racing! _COUGH_ ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-i-changed-it-again/168863/9 "2003-04-15T13:26:11Z")
Shame. Your name had a gorgeous symmetry to it. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-i-changed-it-again/168863/10 "2003-04-15T13:30:14Z")
So I guess the Thread Starter column in the forum listing doesn’t update when people change their name. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-i-changed-it-again/168863/11 "2003-04-15T13:42:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gazelle \* > \*\*I feel sheepish. \*\* I’d think you’d feel gazellish… Looks nice. Streamlined and svelte, like the gazelles leaping across the veldt. Oooh, that rhymes! It just keeps getting better! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-i-changed-it-again/168863/12 "2003-04-15T13:51:57Z")
I keep threatening to drop the “47” from my username (it’s silent, which not everyone realizes); this might be the inspiration I needed. ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-i-changed-it-again/168863/13 "2003-04-15T13:53:32Z")
Sure **welby** , you can call me that. If I can call you **Dorkboy**. Sorry to disappoint, **garius**. 😉 **SmackFu** , nuthin’ gets by you. **Ethy** dear, you’re a sweetie. 😃 BTW, I read a reply of yours in the 'Pit yesterday that cracked me up… Ah, [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=177061) it is. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-i-changed-it-again/168863/14 "2003-04-15T14:14:14Z")
Well since it’s just **Gazelle** now, can you bound and leap, like a zephyr set free? ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-i-changed-it-again/168863/15 "2003-04-15T14:26:14Z")
Dorkboy? Now what kind of a thing is that to say to someone **Gazelle**? After all, at least mine is accurate. You’re The Poster Formerly Known as Gazelle From Hell. I, on the other hand, am more of a Dorkman than a Dorkboy. ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-i-changed-it-again/168863/16 "2003-04-15T14:38:52Z")
And from the dark alleyway leaps… Duh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh **DORKMAN!!!** Mild mannered **welby** by day, he dons his mask of dorkdom by night, his mission to label women willy-nilly… “You!” commands Dorkman, pointing a finger at an unsuspecting scantily-clad female walking her Pomeranian on a Gotham street, “From now on, you will be known as **Willy-Nilly**!” Don’t ax me where that came from. I have no idea. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-i-changed-it-again/168863/17 "2003-04-15T14:40:31Z")
I kinda miss “Canthearya”. Oh well. I can cope. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-i-changed-it-again/168863/18 "2003-04-15T14:41:02Z")
Where on earth will we send the mail then? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![cadolphin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c37758/32.png) [@cadolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cadolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-i-changed-it-again/168863/19 "2003-04-15T14:50:30Z")
How ever will the hampsters be able to keep up? Personally, I never could picture you as being from hell, even though I did like the red and black sig 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bristlesage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@bristlesage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bristlesage)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-i-changed-it-again/168863/20 "2003-04-15T14:51:29Z")
The sad part, as far as I’m concerned, is that your location is now just “Minnesota”. I liked when you would tell us in which circle you were residing, and I also enjoyed “Apt. 668, Neighbor of the Beast”. However. Gazelle is a good name, and I hope it gives you years of service. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-i-changed-it-again/168863.md?page=2)