What's Your Name?

[Emher]

Eh, do what you want. Not like I have a copyright on it

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Eh, do what you want. Not like I have a copyright on it

It doesn't need a copyright. People should just be afraid of being smote if they try and take it for themselves.

Seriously though, when you say your name out loud, is the sound mysteriously amplified and echoed and your body surrounded by an aura of blinding energy?

Thank your parents. My name just means "noble" and "really, really Irish sounding." No bears or Scandinavian gods or anything.

 

[Stephen!]

Stephen

 

[Emher]

Eh, do what you want. Not like I have a copyright on it

It doesn't need a copyright. People should just be afraid of being smote if they try and take it for themselves.

Seriously though, when you say your name out loud, is the sound mysteriously amplified and echoed and your body surrounded by an aura of blinding energy?

Thank your parents. My name just means "noble" and "really, really Irish sounding." No bears or Scandinavian gods or anything.

Well you got a point there And no, no aura or amplifying.

Actually am quite thankful to my parents for it (even more so to my grandfather who suggested it), it's not so common in my generation even here in Sweden and I like Norse mythology.

I think however that the blandness of my middle names kinda cancel some of the awesome out

 

[SilentP]

Well you got a point there And no, no aura or amplifying.

Actually am quite thankful to my parents for it (even more so to my grandfather who suggested it), it's not so common in my generation even here in Sweden and I like Norse mythology.

I think however that the blandness of my middle names kinda cancel some of the awesome out

I like the mythology too, and since I have no middle name, if I ever choose to have one, I thought I'd spice it up a little.

 

[backstept]

since we brought up middle names, mine is . . . Kyle
I don't hate it, actually

I don't really have a nickname
my name is Andrew . . . don't call me Drew, for I do not answer to it

 

[SmoothieX]

Another Matthew here.

My wife has all sorts of cutesy wutesey nicknames for me though. Like "Take a shower, you stink!" and "Get your lazy ass off the couch and walk the dog!"

 

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

Wow I think I am the fourth Matthew here. I understand that is one of the most popular names these days. Never really liked that name though. I think Matthew sounds like an eight year old kid with glasses who has to give away his lunch money every day and wears corduroy pants and a Pete Rose haircut. I'd much rather be a Germanicus. Nobody fucks with a Germanicus. Or maybe an Abdullah. Abdullah's get to stab people with forks and be cool avatars.

 

[Chaos Descending]

Sean.

 

[JustKate]

Kathleen, although Kate is one of my actual nicknames. (I have lots - my family is just that sort of family.) Up until recently, nobody's called me DiaboliKate, though - I made that up myself.

JuanBolio, I never would have picked you for a Zach - it's a nice name, but I would have imagined you having something more exotic. But Barbara (another nice name - and not that common these days, either) really fits my image of you, Trampledamage.

 

[TrekkieMonster]

Late to the party again.

I'm Derrick. No nicknames that ever stuck. I was called Jack for a time when I first came to Boston because people thought it was amusing that I was from Oregon and worked in the wood products industry much of my early life, so they decided I was (by their reckoning) the closest any of them had ever come to a Lumberjack. If memory serves, it all began one night at the Black Rose when my "friends" got the band ... and everyone in the place ... singing "I'm and Lumberjack and I'm okay ...." They all seemed to find special amusement in the "... I dress in womens clothing, and hang around in bars ..." verse.

Although, as things turned out, I ended up getting a free beer every time someone spontaneously burst into a rousing chorus periodically throughout the night.

I'm Alex. Not Alexander or Alejandro, you damn gits!

No nicknames? With a fabulous mustache like that, I can't believe you have no nicknames.

I have a new nephew named Kai.

And no, his parents are NOT DS9 fans.

Fans of Kai Ryssdal http://marketplace.publicradio.org/about/cast_crew/ryssdal.html perhaps?

Wow I think I am the fourth Matthew here. I understand that is one of the most popular names these days. Never really liked that name though. I think Matthew sounds like an eight year old kid with glasses who has to give away his lunch money every day and wears corduroy pants and a Pete Rose haircut.

I find that ... disturbing, somehow.

My college roommate freshman year was a Matthew (not Matt, not Mat, not Hew -- we had one of those on our floor), and he was a tough M*****F****. Was a boxer, among other things. Scrappy little guy who could kick the sh*t out of anyone or anything. I guess that's why I've always thought of Matthews like that.

I'd much rather be a Germanicus. Nobody fucks with a Germanicus. Or maybe an Abdullah. Abdullah's get to stab people with forks and be cool avatars.

This is distrubing, too ... but in a much more amusing way.

 

[iguana_tonante]

I'm Michael. (But I guess there's no-one here who'd pronounce it correctly. )

Like Schumacher's? I've heard it pronounced Mee-chaa-el, with the "ch" aspirated like in "Bach" and the last vowel between "e" and "ee".

 

[B.J.]

My name actually is B.J., which is short for Bernard Jr.

 

[John Clark]

Another Stephen here.

 

[Tiberius Jim]

First name James, middle name Robert. They're both pretty common names but I like them due to the fact that I'm named after both of my grandfathers. Dad's dad was James Edward and mom's dad was Robert James.

Somebody once called me Jim Bob. They soon after regretted it.

 

[Count Zero]

I'm Michael. (But I guess there's no-one here who'd pronounce it correctly. )

Ooh, there's me! I know!

Mee-hayail.

Not too bad. But it's actually more like Me-chu-ail. The ch like in choose, the u like in nut and the ail like in tail.

Or maybe not... That's not how the ch is supposed to be pronounced in German. You crazy non-existing Bielefeldians!

I'm Michael. (But I guess there's no-one here who'd pronounce it correctly. )

Like Schumacher's? I've heard it pronounced Mee-chaa-el, with the "ch" aspirated like in "Bach" and the last vowel between "e" and "ee".

Yep. That's it.

Also got the the middlenames Jan (a short version of Jahan which is German for John as I understand it) and Mikael (my international name, since I can just use it as "Mike").

The German version of John would be Johannes (sometimes shortened to Johann). Jan is a common name in Germany, too.

I'd much rather be a Germanicus. Nobody fucks with a Germanicus.

Except for the Germans... And sometimes Germanici fall from horses and die. So maybe Matthew isn't that bad, after all?


I'm Laura by the way (pronounced like the perfume ). Like NCC-1701 I share in the grief of my name being pronounced weirdly internationally (I do it myself when abroad for simplicty's sake). It's nothing compared to my surname, though, which is unpronounceable in 190 languages at least.

 

[Kommander]

My real name is Kommander.

Well, my birth certificate says it's "Matthew," but I'm not weak-willed enough to believe something just because a piece of paper says it's true.

 

[Garak]

Percival McScrappington.

 

[AdAstra]

My name is Maarten. Try and pronounce it correctly, I dare ya

That's not difficult for a Dutch-speaker.

I'm Michael. (But I guess there's no-one here who'd pronounce it correctly. )

Do you want it pronounced correctly in Dutch, French, English or German?



I'm Sven. Which is not pronounced "Zven".

 

[captcalhoun]

my middle name is nicholas. of course, when primary school kids found out they made it 'Knicker-less'.

my. how. i. laughed.

not.

my nicknames are nearly non-existant. I've been called 'Scott of the Antarctic', 'Scotty McGrew' (WTF?!), Scotty-too-hotty (after some wrestler, apparently.) and one girl at primary school christened me 'Scott-ta-tot-tot' (WTF?! squared)

if anyone wanted to make up a nickname from my name, i'd be able to live with 'dog', i guess...