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Title: [OT] How'd you get your first name?
Post by: Turnsky on October 14, 2003, 07:14:35 pm
Okay.. all you people have to do, is say why you got your first name... for example...

my mother partly named me after Saint Luke..the other reason... Luke Skywalker...:lol:   True story
Title: [OT] How'd you get your first name?
Post by: Knight Templar on October 14, 2003, 07:15:23 pm
They liked the name.
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Post by: Hippo on October 14, 2003, 07:45:04 pm
grandfather...






for those who don't know, its Rob
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Post by: Taristin on October 14, 2003, 07:53:24 pm
It's my Father's name... :doubt:
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Post by: Solatar on October 14, 2003, 08:05:23 pm
Michael Patrick Kerrigan

First name is my dad's middle name, middle name is grandfather's middle name. Nothing interesting. :)
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Post by: lobsterclaw on October 14, 2003, 08:30:07 pm
My dad, grandpa, great grandpa, and great-great grandpa were all named Robert, so I am too.
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Post by: HotSnoJ on October 14, 2003, 08:40:33 pm
Well I can't rightly say. But I can remember that there was no one already named Josh in the family. One reason may be the Joshua of the Bible.

Ph34r mi R34| |\|4/\/\3! :mad2:
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Post by: Nuclear1 on October 14, 2003, 08:53:09 pm
Alexander the Great. *moan*
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Post by: Stealth on October 14, 2003, 09:00:39 pm
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Originally posted by Knight Templar
They liked the name.


shit, if my mother had called me "John" when my last name was "Smith" i'd have shot myself in the head
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Post by: DragonClaw on October 14, 2003, 09:03:33 pm
I have no idea why my first name is Jon.. but whatever. My middle name is after my great grandfather who served in the Dutch army in World War I.  :)

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Originally posted by nuclear
Alexander the Great. *moan*


He was gay you know... :devil:

You might want to hook up with snipes.
Title: [OT] How'd you get your first name?
Post by: Knight Templar on October 14, 2003, 09:04:58 pm
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Originally posted by Stealth


shit, if my mother had called me "John" when my last name was "Smith" i'd have shot myself in the head


why exactly are you quoting me on that? :wtf:
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Post by: Taristin on October 14, 2003, 09:11:09 pm
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Originally posted by Dry****

He was gay you know... :devil:


It was socially acceptable then. As in Roman times.

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Also Originally posted by Dry****

You might want to hook up with snipes.


You mean you don't want me anymore...?
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Post by: demon442 on October 14, 2003, 09:44:03 pm
My immediate family got together and thought about it for a few hours.  Sadly, I got stuck with Clinton Neil Kralik.
Title: [OT] How'd you get your first name?
Post by: Stealth on October 14, 2003, 09:51:40 pm
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Originally posted by Knight Templar


why exactly are you quoting me on that? :wtf:


because it must farking blow to have the name "John Smith" :D ;)
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Post by: Setekh on October 14, 2003, 09:52:25 pm
Well, they chose my middle name first (Kent) to go with my older brother and sister (Kevin and Kylie), then my dad found out he had an affinity for Old English names, so he named me Edward. :)
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Post by: Stealth on October 14, 2003, 09:56:43 pm
that's badas$ :D :D :D :D :D
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Post by: Setekh on October 14, 2003, 10:07:12 pm
Lol, well, no one calls me Edward these days anyway... school friends call me Eddie (if you think I had a lot of names here, like in my sig, I have twice many names among my school friends), teachers mostly call me Ed, family calls me Ez. Go figure. :p
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Post by: Stealth on October 14, 2003, 10:08:30 pm
so you've got multiple names... that's even cooler :D
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Post by: Setekh on October 14, 2003, 10:33:53 pm
Including the ones I have here, I've got like 16 names. :D
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Post by: Carl on October 14, 2003, 10:51:28 pm
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Originally posted by DragonClaw
He was gay you know... :devil:


actually, he was bi.
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Post by: Knight Templar on October 14, 2003, 11:26:08 pm
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Originally posted by Stealth


because it must farking blow to have the name "John Smith" :D ;)


It wouldn't really be bad.. there are plenty of worse names.
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Post by: Setekh on October 14, 2003, 11:27:44 pm
Yeah, like... well, where's Petrarch and his title?
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Post by: Knight Templar on October 14, 2003, 11:31:01 pm
Ah yes. I think Rusty is worse though.
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Post by: Setekh on October 14, 2003, 11:35:13 pm
Not quite. :p Anyway, here is my full list of names, if anyone wants to know:

[list=1]


There ya go. :D
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Post by: Turnsky on October 14, 2003, 11:38:05 pm
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Originally posted by Setekh

Neo/The One (apparently I look something like him when I'm decked out in sunnies and trenchcoat


oddly enough... you could pass for him:nod:
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Post by: Setekh on October 14, 2003, 11:43:11 pm
I have a shot somewhere... wait a minute...

Ah, here it is. :)
Title: [OT] How'd you get your first name?
Post by: Turnsky on October 15, 2003, 12:10:56 am
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Originally posted by Setekh
I have a shot somewhere... wait a minute...

Ah, here it is. :)


:lol: the resemblence is uncanny..:p :nod: :yes:
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Post by: Carl on October 15, 2003, 01:15:28 am
my cousin looks alot like neo, minus 15 years or so.
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Post by: Carl on October 15, 2003, 01:16:15 am
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Originally posted by Setekh
AWACS (haven't been called that for a while)


i'm sorry to hear that, AWACS.
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Post by: Ulala on October 15, 2003, 01:41:22 am
My sibs and I all have Bible names, guess my parents chose one they liked. My middle name is from my grandfather, so I ended up with lots of stern "Caleb Grant!"s when I was a naughty little boy. ;)
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Post by: Nico on October 15, 2003, 02:16:30 am
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Originally posted by Knight Templar
They liked the name.


voila
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Post by: Kamikaze on October 15, 2003, 02:54:21 am
My parents based my name off of asm, as in assembly...

I'm serious.
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Post by: Gloriano on October 15, 2003, 03:38:54 am
to our family history


(my family tree is 612year's )
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Post by: Setekh on October 15, 2003, 05:11:36 am
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Originally posted by Carl
i'm sorry to hear that, AWACS.


Thanks, Carl. :p
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Post by: icespeed on October 15, 2003, 05:18:54 am
they named me after a queen in the bible... and when i first heard that my reaction was
i) cool
and
ii) how the hell am i supposed to live up to that?
Title: [OT] How'd you get your first name?
Post by: Turnsky on October 15, 2003, 05:24:02 am
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Originally posted by icespeed
they named me after a queen in the bible... and when i first heard that my reaction was
i) cool
and
ii) how the hell am i supposed to live up to that?


take a number and attempt world domination:D :p
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Post by: icespeed on October 15, 2003, 05:25:52 am
im working on it.
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Post by: TheCelestialOne on October 15, 2003, 05:45:12 am
I wonder what the parents of Mike Hunt were thinking when they chose their son's name :D
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Post by: HotSnoJ on October 15, 2003, 07:07:10 am
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Originally posted by icespeed
they named me after a queen in the bible... and when i first heard that my reaction was
i) cool
and
ii) how the hell am i supposed to live up to that?
Can I take a guess? Esther?

Well I was named after the guy who _almost_ destoryed all the people who lived in the present day Israeli area. So I have _WAY_ more to live up to then you. :p
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Post by: Setekh on October 15, 2003, 07:14:49 am
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Originally posted by HotSnoJ
Can I take a guess? Esther?

Well I was named after the guy who _almost_ destoryed all the people who lived in the present day Israeli area. So I have _WAY_ more to live up to then you. :p


Very good. Have a look at her title, in l33tspeak. ;)

...I give up... :nervous:
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Post by: icespeed on October 15, 2003, 07:30:42 am
"Well I was named after the guy who _almost_ destoryed all the people who lived in the present day Israeli area. So I have _WAY_ more to live up to then you. "
-HotSnoJ-

, im gonna say the most obvious and most likely wrong answer: adolf.
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Post by: Taristin on October 15, 2003, 07:32:47 am
He already said his name was Josh :p
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Post by: icespeed on October 15, 2003, 07:48:01 am
oh right, i have the memory of a goldfish...
no he didnt. destroy almost everyone in the present day israeli area i mean. that's why the old testament hebrews had such trouble with staying faithful to God. he left a whole stack of people behind him.
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Post by: HotSnoJ on October 15, 2003, 07:59:28 am
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Originally posted by Setekh


Very good. Have a look at her title, in l33tspeak. ;)

...I give up... :nervous:
Esta?


[EDIT]If wasn't clear enough earlier I was meaning ancient Palestine, as in Bible times. :p
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Post by: Setekh on October 15, 2003, 08:03:39 am
Yeah, that's how we pronounce her name... :)
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Post by: icespeed on October 15, 2003, 08:05:38 am
that's me being lazy (you can type 'esta' with one hand) it's really 'esther'
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Post by: HotSnoJ on October 15, 2003, 08:11:06 am
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Originally posted by icespeed
that's me being lazy (you can type 'esta' with one hand) it's really 'esther'
You can type almost anything with one hand. Infact, this entire sentence was was writen with one hand. :p

Even clicked "Submit" with the same hand.
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Post by: Setekh on October 15, 2003, 08:15:14 am
You know what else can be typed really quickly with one hand? Edward. Heh, I like that. ;)
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Post by: icespeed on October 15, 2003, 08:19:25 am
oh and yeah, hotsnoj, that's what i meant in my later post too.
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Post by: Nico on October 15, 2003, 09:47:50 am
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Originally posted by HotSnoJ
You can type almost anything with one hand. Infact, this entire sentence was was writen with one hand. :p

Even clicked "Submit" with the same hand.


very handy (arf arf ) when you browse porn sites :p
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Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on October 15, 2003, 10:52:11 am
My dad's called Philip Richard Beverley, so they just stuck Graham on the front of that, supposedly after Graham Hill, father of Damon Hill.

I intend to use similar tactics, so that generations from now there'll be some poor sod with about 12 middle names.
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Post by: HotSnoJ on October 15, 2003, 11:54:45 am
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Originally posted by Venom


very handy (arf arf ) when you browse porn sites :p
I resent that. :mad2:
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Post by: Nico on October 15, 2003, 12:02:04 pm
Oh my god, i'm sorry!!!
No, wait, I don't care, not my pb if you lack humor.
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Post by: magatsu1 on October 15, 2003, 12:06:35 pm
don't know "why", but I do know it was either "Pete(r)", thats' my name, or "Greame".
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Post by: Flipside on October 15, 2003, 12:22:00 pm
Well, my name was going to be Robert, but my uncle on both sides of the Family was called Peter, and family pressure won out.

Flipside :D
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Post by: magatsu1 on October 15, 2003, 12:36:33 pm
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Originally posted by Venom
Oh my god, i'm sorry!!!
No, wait, I don't care, not my pb if you lack humor.


almost chocked on my Pepsi when I read that.....
:D
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Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on October 15, 2003, 12:37:28 pm
I don't suppose anyone here is called Alphonse, which is a bloody shame, as it's a great name.
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Post by: Hippo on October 15, 2003, 12:37:31 pm
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Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB

I intend to use similar tactics, so that generations from now there'll be some poor sod with about 12 middle names.


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Post by: magatsu1 on October 15, 2003, 12:41:19 pm
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Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
I don't suppose anyone here is called Alphonse, which is a bloody shame, as it's a great name.


Alphonse, the Fifth Musketeer.
Do Cartoon Characters count ?:p
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Post by: Nico on October 15, 2003, 01:01:06 pm
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Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
I don't suppose anyone here is called Alphonse, which is a bloody shame, as it's a great name.


I agree, I would have liked being named Alphonse ( it's a damn old french name, not used at all, but still I like it ). Hence why te main character of my comics is named Alphonse :) ( also a hint to Patlabor ).
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Post by: TheCelestialOne on October 15, 2003, 01:03:58 pm
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Originally posted by Venom
Oh my god, i'm sorry!!!
No, wait, I don't care, not my pb if you lack humor.

:D:yes:
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Post by: Gortef on October 15, 2003, 02:12:34 pm
I have no idea.... :p

Perhaps just because they liked the name... and it is short "Aki"
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Post by: Sandwich on October 15, 2003, 06:17:35 pm
I was named after myself. :D
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Post by: Stealth on October 15, 2003, 06:39:58 pm
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Originally posted by Setekh
  • Neo/The One (apparently I look something like him when I'm decked out in sunnies and trenchcoat)
    • [/B]


probably because you're asian.  any asian (tall particularly) with a trenchcoat and dark sunglasses will look like Neo.  in fact, i'm sure pretty much anyone in the world will look like Neo if in the right costume with the right makeup...

i dunno though, asians naturally look scary when dressed as Neo.  my friend Jimmy (from mainland China) looks like neo, even though neo's not asian... it's one of those mysteries of life ;)
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Post by: Setekh on October 15, 2003, 06:49:28 pm
I think he's 1/16th Asian... that would explain it. :D