Ship of Fools: AS: Name Changes

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Posted by Tubbs (# 440) on :

Tell everyone on the Ship that you've changed your name from x to y.

Tubbs

[ 13. September 2012, 02:22: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]

Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Tubbs:
Tell everyone on the Ship that you've changed your name from x to y.

Tubbs

NOT literally.

y (formerly known as x).

Posted by Loquacious beachcomber (# 8783) on :

Waves happily to everyone; blows grateful kisses to Admins for name change amnesty.

Posted by Barefoot Friar (# 13100) on :

Barefoot Friar (formerly known as Padre Joshua).

Posted by Barefoot Friar (# 13100) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Loquacious beachcomber:
Waves happily to everyone; blows grateful kisses to Admins for name change amnesty.

I missed "kisses to" in my first scan...

Posted by garlick (# 7375) on :

Decluttering...

Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on :

Like anyone was using my last name. Like I was using my last name.

Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :

Surely it should be Ariston &on&on&on ?

Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on :

You know, I didn't even know that was a washing machine company until after I got here. Plato's father? Sure. A strangely common name for small Italian hotels? Ditto. Something that clean? Woulda disowned it.

Posted by lilBuddha (# 14333) on :

Because shortening your name to even more resemble the appliance manufacturer makes this soo much clearer.

BTW, This thread should be in Hell. I Hate the name changing. Now my responses shall have to be based on post content instead of preconception.

Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :

quote:
Originally posted by lilBuddha:
. I Hate the name changing. Now my responses shall have to be based on post content instead of preconception.

I shouldn't worry. All rebrandings ultimately fail - think Windscale/Sellafield.

Posted by Niteowl (# 15841) on :

Took the 2 out of name.

Posted by leo (# 1458) on :

quote:
Originally posted by lilBuddha:
I Hate the name changing.

So do I.

Posted by Niteowl (# 15841) on :

quote:
Originally posted by leo:

quote:
Originally posted by lilBuddha:
I Hate the name changing.
So do I.

I don't like it if I don't know who they were before but as long as there's a signature or a post on one of the two threads indicating the change I don't mind.

Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :

I was Think², but I have returned to a previous incarnation. With matching facelift.

[ 12. August 2012, 18:31: Message edited by: Doublethink ]

Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :

Ariston, here is a list of names that do not imply an unreasonable standard of hygiene. Personally, I quite like Grock or Popov.

[ 12. August 2012, 18:37: Message edited by: Doublethink ]

Posted by Stephen (# 40) on :

I've gone back to my original - and in fact real - name
From Royal Spaniel to Stephen

Posted by Spike (# 36) on :

Don't forget to put your old name in your sig!

Posted by lilBuddha (# 14333) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Doublethink:
Ariston, here is a list of names that do not imply an unreasonable standard of hygiene. Personally, I quite like Grock or Popov.

That alone is nearly worth all this name change hassle.

Posted by Stephen (# 40) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Spike:
Don't forget to put your old name in your sig!

Sorry Spike - forgot - just done it!

Posted by Tubbs (# 440) on :

Please don't forget the four line limit on sigs either. Your usual plus a name change announcement could push you over.

Tubs

Posted by Darllenwr (# 14520) on :

Name changes are fine if you need to correct a mis-spelling - I should know [Hot and Hormonal]

(If you need further explanation, ask Carys, if you can find her.)

Posted by Olaf (# 11804) on :

Formerly Martin L
Presently Olaf
Futurely Forgetting New Name

I am not a big fan of the name changes myself, but having sat out the name changing windows a couple of times for lack of creativity, I simply felt it was time. That, and people seemed to be actually thinking my IRL name is Martin.

Posted by Moo (# 107) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Doublethink:
I was Think², but I have returned to a previous incarnation. With matching facelift.

Good! I never could remember how to do the superscript.

Moo

Posted by Left at the Altar (# 5077) on :

Left again

Posted by CuppaT (# 10523) on :

I rather enjoy a good Ship Shaking now and then myself. But I admit I am more of a watcher than a participator. Even in name changes, although I thought my name sort of silly at first, I grew into it, and now I use it all over the internet. If you run into another CuppaT, it's quite possibly me.

Posted by Ancilla (# 11037) on :

I've been a Wannabe Heretic for years and I wasn't getting anywhere with it. In fact if anything I was just getting more orthodox.

so...

Ancilla, formerly Wannabe Heretic

Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Left at the Altar:
Left again

I remember you.

Posted by Late Paul (# 37) on :

OK I already posted on the Styx thread but I guess I need to do it here too?

Anyway I'm back to being LatePaul (sadly I couldn't have it without the space).

Posted by hilaryg (# 11690) on :

Yellow no longer - after 6 years on board I decided to use my real name.

Must change my avatar now.....

Posted by Soror Magna (# 9881) on :

Formerly OliviaG, now Soror Magna. OliviaG

Posted by Pants (# 999) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Doublethink:
I was Think², but I have returned to a previous incarnation. With matching facelift.

Yay.

Posted by Not (# 2166) on :

Despite potential for resulting ambiguities I am now Not.

Posted by Roseofsharon (# 9657) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Doublethink:
I have returned to a previous incarnation.

Never thought of you as anything else

Posted by Gay Organ Grinder (# 11833) on :

How do you change your name?? I can't find anywhere to do so.

Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on :

I was Paddy O' Furniture but now I'm not. It was funny for a little while but I got sick of it rather quickly. And, as I really AM the fifth Mary in my family, what better online moniker?

Posted by Porridge (# 15405) on :

The once (and possibly future, if I live long enough to see another Amnesty -- how often do these happen, anyway?) Apocalypso.

[ 13. August 2012, 22:13: Message edited by: Porridge ]

Posted by Dennis the Menace (# 11833) on :

Just changed mine!!

Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on :

Ohhh my head hurts - too much change, can't cope aarrrrhgg! ... (goes off to lie down in a darkened room)

I'm not changing mine, I'm named after my lovely pooch who came from Battersea dogs home and lived with us 19 years. I think of him with a smile every time I log in.

[Smile]

Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Porridge:
The once (and possibly future, if I live long enough to see another Amnesty -- how often do these happen, anyway?) Apocalypso.

I describe my teddy bear as being a porridge, because he's beige and squishy.

Are you beige and squishy? [Paranoid]

Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on :

I no longer have an underscore. It probably doesn't warrant an announcement. Was
considered using a capital letter somewhere, but i feel I don't warrant one. Probably this post is also not warranted.

Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :

It is a minor name change, but still a change, and the post is appreciated. Personally, I'd still put it in my sig too, so as to avoid testing how literal the admins feel.

Posted by Enigma (# 16158) on :

My name is obvious so I will not be changing it.

Posted by Nicolemr (# 28) on :

A minor little change that most people won't even notice, but since my divorce is now final I dropped my ex husband's initial from my name. The timing of the name change amnesty was too perfect to resist. [Big Grin]

Posted by balaam (# 4543) on :

Lack of capital letter. Now my blog name and ship name match.

Posted by Nenya (# 16427) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Boogie:
I'm named after my lovely pooch who came from Battersea dogs home and lived with us 19 years. I think of him with a smile every time I log in.

I like knowing why people have chosen their names and if they've changed them why. Is there such a thread somewhere? [Smile]

Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Nenya:
I like knowing why people have chosen their names and if they've changed them why. Is there such a thread somewhere?

I imagine there have been several.

[Smile]

No harm in starting another though - for relative newbies. Maybe it would be a good time after the recent name changes?

Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Enigma:
My name is obvious so I will not be changing it.

If your name was obvious it would be something else.

Posted by daronmedway (# 3012) on :

My name has been changed from Call Me Numpty to daronmedway via an ill-considered period of sock-puppetry as Daron.

Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :

Raises a welcoming toast to a refreshingly honest man

Posted by Pyx_e (# 57) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Doublethink:
Surely it should be Ariston &on&on&on ?

Old person alert. (damn that makes me old too)

AtB, Pyx_e

Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Gwai:
It is a minor name change, but still a change, and the post is appreciated. Personally, I'd still put it in my sig too, so as to avoid testing how literal the admins feel.

It cannot be done.

quote:
Sorry, your profile has been specifically locked by the board admins. This means that you cannot make any changes to your registered profile information.

Posted by Curious (# 93) on :

quote:
Originally posted by daronmedway:
My name has been changed from Call Me Numpty to daronmedway via an ill-considered period of sock-puppetry as Daron.

I thought sock puppetry was a banning offence.....

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :

That was all properly dealt with at the time.

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