The DK'ers,
The DKer's,
The DKers,
The Dkers,
The Deekairs
(Okay, I admit it I made this last one up)
You may wonder which spelling is correct. I would say right off the bat that the ones with apostrophes are the worst. It is not suppose to be some kind of contraction, and the s is to make it plural not to show possession. Let's get rid of the unnecessary apostrophes. That leaves us with two options, the DKers and the Dkers.
First, by spelling it with a lower case k it looks more like one word. I think this is a good thing because it affirms that we perform as a unit rather than as two individuals. There is a difference between songs sung by a duo and songs with the word "featuring" in the title. I really thing this duo aspect is one of our real strengths in comparison to a lot of other juggling acts, almost all our tricks involve interaction, synchronization, or collaboration between the two of us.
Second, I really like that Darren is Capitalized, and I am lower case. If I had to say the difference between our juggling styles/approaches in one sentence, " Darren is Capitalized, and I am lower case." is a pretty cool way to do that. I have already wrote a post on how Darren likes the idea of being "PROFESSIONAL" while I cheer for the amateur and hobbyist. Darren's big solo trick is balancing a SIX FOOT LADDER on his chin, and my solo trick involves juggling tennis balls of different sizes. The last new juggling prop Darren bought was a FOURTH TORCH, the last juggling prop I got was a shiny shirt (The shiny jacket trick is awesome). Darren's costume idea was BLACK BUTTON UP SHIRTS WITH WHITE PANTS AND MATCHING SHOES/BELTS, my idea was sewing felt on T-shirts. Darren practices number juggling and works on his SIX BALL pattern, while I play with three balls and search for new tricks. Darren built a GIANT JUGGLING SHED for practice, I built a cardboard podium for an advertisement. Darren deals with the SPEAKERS and MICROPHONES, I deal with the ipod. It is really easy to come up with examples like this, but I think that is enough. Also just to be clear, I am not putting down the things I do, I am saying that I actually like the lower case smaller things better.
Finally, I just think the DKers looks corny.
I know Darren will be unfazed by my first reason, and he will probably be actively irritated by the final reason, but I think he will have to acknowledge the validity of reason number two. I don't think he will officially change our name to the Dkers on facebook, but I can dream.