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Re:Ask Dang: What tools do you use for moderating HN? by kennethrc on Thursday February 23, 2023 @11:55PM (#34920958)
Huh. Been pronouncing it in my head as "dang!" (like the "expletive") all this time
Re:Ask Dang: What tools do you use for moderating HN? by tjr on Friday February 24, 2023 @12:13AM (#34921068)
Not necessarily wrong though!

https://jargon-file.org/archive/jargon-1.5.0.dos.txt

Login names are often used as nicknames, pronounce[d] if possible and spelled if necessary. My wife and I met at MIT, and she still calls me "Gliss", because my login name was GLS. "Guy" sounds very weird to her.

Re:Ask Dang: What tools do you use for moderating HN? by benatkin on Friday February 24, 2023 @03:14AM (#34922206)
Some are more than just logins or nicknames, they're handles. I will never use substack.com* after they stole substack's handle.

* as a publisher or a subscriber, and to some extent even as a reader

Re:Ask Dang: What tools do you use for moderating HN? by Zecc on Friday February 24, 2023 @03:32AM (#34922302)
My thoughts go to the person in my college whose login, based on their initials, was `acne`.
Re:Ask Dang: What tools do you use for moderating HN? by jjice on Friday February 24, 2023 @12:07AM (#34921031)
Oh man I just got this too. Dan G. Jeez. I'm going to pretend I didn't see that, but what a minor change to something I interact with every day. Neat!
Re:Ask Dang: What tools do you use for moderating HN? by daxfohl on Friday February 24, 2023 @02:15AM (#34921824)
It's like that Seinfeld episode. https://seinfeld.fandom.com/wiki/Donna_Chang
Re:Ask Dang: What tools do you use for moderating HN? by spindle on Friday February 24, 2023 @12:43AM (#34921276)
There's no way I'm ever going to stop pronouncing it "dang!". I'm sure dang knows this.
Re:Ask Dang: What tools do you use for moderating HN? by brundolf on Friday February 24, 2023 @01:11AM (#34921436)
"Dang" is a last name some people have, I assumed it was that for a long time
Re:Ask Dang: What tools do you use for moderating HN? by dang on Friday February 24, 2023 @02:42PM (#34929045)
Re:Ask Dang: What tools do you use for moderating HN? by pkrotich on Friday February 24, 2023 @04:21PM (#34930303)
Same here - reminds me of a lawyer named “So Sue” - cannot find the reference but I thought it must be interesting seeing her name on legal papers.