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Where did you get your name from

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  • 07-07-2006 12:57am
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    nanook
    Registered Users Posts: 1,888 ✭✭✭


    Simple question, where did you get your name from ?

    I have seen some unusual names on here, eiretimacha (sorry about the spelling), takola etc and i thought where did you get the idea from.

    I have to set a rule here, sorry about this, and here it is


    No rudeness in the explination of your name, this is a family forum

    muffler i am dying to see you get around this one.


    I will start the ball rolling, Nanook is the name of my pooch. People think it comes from a book "Nanook of the North" but it came from a film and i just loved the name.

    Who's next


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    smashey
    Registered Users Posts: 21,676 ✭✭✭✭smashey


    Harry Enfield's television show.

    Smashey and Nicey. Radio FAB FM.


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    smashey
    Registered Users Posts: 21,676 ✭✭✭✭smashey


    nanook wrote:
    No rudeness in the explination of your name, this is a family forum

    I might just sit up all night waiting for this.


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    muffler
    Registered Users Posts: 46,095 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    nanook wrote:
    I have to set a rule here, sorry about this, and here it is


    No rudeness in the explination of your name, this is a family forum

    muffler i am dying to see you get around this one.

    Pass :o:o


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    jimmycrackcorm
    Registered Users Posts: 14,339 ✭✭✭✭jimmycrackcorm


    My Father and mother ????


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    Star Lord
    Registered Users Posts: 30,123 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    DamoElDiablo
    Damo being the shortened version of my first name, and El Diablo meanin the devil...

    Seen The Omen?
    Explained! :D


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    Donegal Lass
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,356 ✭✭✭Donegal Lass


    mines dont really need an explanation!:rolleyes:


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    Sin scéal eile
    Closed Accounts Posts: 131 ✭✭Sin scéal eile


    You know, I'd love to hang around and discuss my nambe, but as they say "that's another story" ;)


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    eiretamicha
    Closed Accounts Posts: 345 ✭✭eiretamicha


    I have been very slowly creating a language for many years now. It's a work in progress, and it will probably never be finished. I'm a writer, when I have the time and motivation, and this language is to be the tongue of the people of Selcia, a race of people who live in the otherworld. :o

    Eire means Earth. Micha means kiss. Ta implies ownership, but not in the same sense as the english language. Eiretamicha means Earth's Kiss. :)


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    Donegal Lass
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,356 ✭✭✭Donegal Lass


    thats impressive stuff!


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    Sin scéal eile
    Closed Accounts Posts: 131 ✭✭Sin scéal eile


    eiretamicha wrote:
    Eire means Earth.

    Which means Ireland rules the World...


    ...no, wait...


    Ireland (Éire) IS the World :)


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    magnumlady
    Registered Users Posts: 3,659 ✭✭✭magnumlady


    Mine is Magnum from the rock band (not the ice cream, the champagne or the gun).
    And lady cos I like to think I am one! :D


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    nanook
    Registered Users Posts: 1,888 ✭✭✭nanook


    some good and simple ideas, hey jimmy how is mr and mrs crackcorm today :)


    muffler wrote:
    Pass :o:o

    Go muffler, admitt it, when you where younger you started the whole pimp my ride in the donegal area with your bright green datsun cherry with a twin silencer on the back box.

    go admitt it, you were a little boy pratt racer in your day.

    go on admit, if not to us, then to yourself at least


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    Carrickman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,282 ✭✭✭Carrickman


    I am a male from Carrick incase ye didn’t know!!


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    muffler
    Registered Users Posts: 46,095 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    nanook wrote:
    Go muffler, admitt it, when you where younger you started the whole pimp my ride in the donegal area with your bright green datsun cherry with a twin silencer on the back box.

    go admitt it, you were a little boy pratt racer in your day.

    go on admit, if not to us, then to yourself at least
    It was actually a red Massey 35 with twin link boxes and yeah, you always heard me before you seen me


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    nanook
    Registered Users Posts: 1,888 ✭✭✭nanook


    but muffler, according to your story then you shoudl be called

    masseylotanoise


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    Tall Tom
    Registered Users Posts: 95 ✭✭Tall Tom


    I'm Tom and and I am really tall, 6'7". (Boring, I know, but 'Tommyboy' was taken)


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    takola
    Registered Users Posts: 4,138 ✭✭✭takola


    Tall Tom wrote:
    I'm Tom and and I am really tall, 6'7". (Boring, I know, but 'Tommyboy' was taken)

    Now that IS impressive! :eek:

    My brother gave me the nickname when i was younger. Have no idea why and never had a chance to ask him why. I've since found out its the name of a place. Maybe he was implying i should go live there and stop annoying him! Subtle as ever! :rolleyes:


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    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,993 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    From the great British rock band formed in Torquay in the summer of '69. :)


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    muffler
    Registered Users Posts: 46,095 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    nanook wrote:
    but muffler, according to your story then you shoudl be called

    masseylotanoise
    I was going to make that my user name but it was already taken as were a lot of variations of it. It seems it was a popular name for Leitrim members :D

    Seriously though I will tell how the name muffler came about but there's not much to tell. I was doing the crossword just before I registered and after trying a couple of common user names that were already taken I seen muffler wrote as a clue in the crossword and I just went for it.

    I know that will come as a bit of a disappointment to my army of female fans but there you have it


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    il gatto
    Registered Users Posts: 3,021 ✭✭✭il gatto


    I wanted to call myself The Cat. It was gone. And An Cat Dubh was gone. So il gatto is Italian for The Cat. I'm not Italian. I like italian stuff. And cats. Obviousley :)


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    retalivity
    Registered Users Posts: 14,298 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    Retalivity - because it works.......in theory......

    and i ghost around a lot of other places with that name too for years,
    and so cant rem where it actually comes from


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    slavigo
    Registered Users Posts: 85 ✭✭slavigo


    Little late I know.
    I took Sligo and Dave and mutilated them.

    Dave
    Sl^igo

    Slavigo

    Thinking back now, I had a lot of time on my hands in those days (college days that is).


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    smallpaws
    Closed Accounts Posts: 142 ✭✭smallpaws


    Smallpaws is a variant of my dog's middle name.

    I know, I know, you're all smacking your foreheads in amazement and jealousy.


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    retalivity
    Registered Users Posts: 14,298 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    smallpaws wrote:
    Smallpaws is a variant of my dog's middle name.

    I know, I know, you're all smacking your foreheads in amazement and jealousy.

    my head hurts....


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    muffler
    Registered Users Posts: 46,095 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    smallpaws wrote:
    Smallpaws is a variant of my dog's middle name.

    I know, I know, you're all smacking your foreheads in amazement and jealousy.
    Middle name?????????? :confused: What are its other names. Cant wait to find out


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    nanook
    Registered Users Posts: 1,888 ✭✭✭nanook


    smallpaws wrote:
    Smallpaws is a variant of my dog's middle name.

    I know, I know, you're all smacking your foreheads in amazement and jealousy.

    a dog with a middle name, jaysus thats posh


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    smashey
    Registered Users Posts: 21,676 ✭✭✭✭smashey


    smallpaws wrote:
    Smallpaws is a variant of my dog's middle name.

    I know, I know, you're all smacking your foreheads in amazement and jealousy.

    Right, I took the word "smallpaws" and put it into an anagram site I found on google. Here are the results.

    ALL SWAMPS
    MALL SWAPS
    MALL WASPS
    MALLS PAWS
    MALLS WASP
    MALLS SWAP
    SMALL PAWS
    SMALL WASP
    SMALL SWAP
    SPALL SWAM
    WALLS PAMS
    WALLS MAPS
    WALLS AMPS
    WALLS SAMP
    WALL SPASM
    LAMPS AWLS
    LAMPS SLAW
    LAMPS LAWS
    PSALM AWLS
    PSALM SLAW
    PSALM LAWS
    PALMS AWLS
    PALMS SLAW
    PALMS LAWS
    PLASM AWLS
    PLASM SLAW
    PLASM LAWS
    PSALMS LAW
    PSALMS AWL
    SLAMS PAWL

    Poor dog.


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    #29
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,096 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    I got it from the works of Tolkien. Tar meaning king and my whole name meaning, The mariner king.


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    #30
    nanook
    Registered Users Posts: 1,888 ✭✭✭nanook


    tar, welcome back. thought you had forgotten about us.


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    nanook
    Registered Users Posts: 1,888 ✭✭✭nanook


    smashey wrote:
    Right, I took the word "smallpaws" and put it into an anagram site I found on google. Here are the results.

    ALL SWAMPS
    MALL SWAPS
    MALL WASPS
    MALLS PAWS
    MALLS WASP
    MALLS SWAP
    SMALL PAWS
    SMALL WASP
    SMALL SWAP
    SPALL SWAM
    WALLS PAMS
    WALLS MAPS
    WALLS AMPS
    WALLS SAMP
    WALL SPASM
    LAMPS AWLS
    LAMPS SLAW
    LAMPS LAWS
    PSALM AWLS
    PSALM SLAW
    PSALM LAWS
    PALMS AWLS
    PALMS SLAW
    PALMS LAWS
    PLASM AWLS
    PLASM SLAW
    PLASM LAWS
    PSALMS LAW
    PSALMS AWL
    SLAMS PAWL

    Poor dog.

    smashey, you have wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy to much time on your hands, should you not be planning awedding or summit :)


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