diff --git a/ircbot/bot.py b/ircbot/bot.py
index 67ec77f..5df7258 100644
--- a/ircbot/bot.py
+++ b/ircbot/bot.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class DrReactor(irc.client.Reactor):
                                          [connection.get_nickname()])
                 else:
                     all_nicks = connection.get_nickname()
-                addressed_pattern = r'^(({nicks})[:,]|@({nicks}))\s+(?P<addressed_msg>.*)'.format(nicks=all_nicks)
+                addressed_pattern = r'^(({nicks})[:,]|@({nicks})[:,]?)\s+(?P<addressed_msg>.*)'.format(nicks=all_nicks)
 
                 # ignore the first word, a nick, if the speaker is the bridge
                 try:
diff --git a/markov/ircplugin.py b/markov/ircplugin.py
index 4abb58c..f226bb3 100644
--- a/markov/ircplugin.py
+++ b/markov/ircplugin.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class Markov(Plugin):
                                      [connection.get_nickname()])
             else:
                 all_nicks = connection.get_nickname()
-            learning_what = re.sub(r'^(({nicks})[:,]|@({nicks}))\s+'.format(nicks=all_nicks), '', learning_what)
+            learning_what = re.sub(r'^(({nicks})[:,]|@({nicks})[:,]?)\s+'.format(nicks=all_nicks), '', learning_what)
 
             recursing = getattr(event, 'recursing', False)
             if not recursing:
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class Markov(Plugin):
         if re.search(all_nicks, what, re.IGNORECASE) is not None:
             context = self.get_or_create_target_context(target)
 
-            addressed_pattern = r'^(({nicks})[:,]|@({nicks}))\s+(?P<addressed_msg>.*)'.format(nicks=all_nicks)
+            addressed_pattern = r'^(({nicks})[:,]|@({nicks})[:,]?)\s+(?P<addressed_msg>.*)'.format(nicks=all_nicks)
             match = re.match(addressed_pattern, what, re.IGNORECASE)
             if match:
                 # i was addressed directly, so respond, addressing
diff --git a/tests/test_ircbot_bot.py b/tests/test_ircbot_bot.py
index 2d4c27c..d029028 100644
--- a/tests/test_ircbot_bot.py
+++ b/tests/test_ircbot_bot.py
@@ -72,6 +72,17 @@ class DrReactorTestCase(TestCase):
 
         self.assertTrue(mock_event.addressed)
 
+    def test_handle_event_bridge_addressed_alternate_with_colon(self):
+        """Test that the core identifies being addressed in the alternate style through a discord bridge."""
+        mock_event = mock.MagicMock()
+        mock_event.arguments = ['<someone> @test_bot: hello this is a test message']
+        mock_event.type = 'pubmsg'
+        mock_event.target = '#test'
+        mock_event.source = 'bridge!bridge@localhost'
+        self.bot._handle_event(self.mock_connection, mock_event)
+
+        self.assertTrue(mock_event.addressed)
+
     def test_handle_event_not_addressed_not_bridge(self):
         """Test that the core identifies not to chop the first word from a paste not from the bridge user."""
         mock_event = mock.MagicMock()
diff --git a/tests/test_markov_ircplugin.py b/tests/test_markov_ircplugin.py
index 63994f6..933271c 100644
--- a/tests/test_markov_ircplugin.py
+++ b/tests/test_markov_ircplugin.py
@@ -118,6 +118,20 @@ class MarkovTestCase(TestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(mock_learn_line.call_args.args[0], 'hello this is a test message')
 
+    def test_learn_bridge_and_variant_with_colon_self_edit(self):
+        """Test that we don't learn our own name when learning something addressed to us, discord style."""
+        mock_event = mock.MagicMock()
+        mock_event.arguments = ['<tester> @test_bot: hello this is a test message']
+        mock_event.target = '#test'
+        mock_event.recursing = False
+        mock_event.source = 'bridge!bridge@localhost'
+
+        with mock.patch('markov.lib.learn_line') as mock_learn_line:
+            with mock.patch('markov.lib.generate_line'):
+                self.plugin.handle_chatter(self.mock_connection, mock_event)
+
+        self.assertEqual(mock_learn_line.call_args.args[0], 'hello this is a test message')
+
     def test_autocreate_ircchannel(self):
         """Test that we create the necessary config objects when seeing a target for the first time."""
         self.assertEqual(IrcChannel.objects.filter(name='#fakechannel').count(), 0)