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Jerry Cotton posted:So he murdered some babies. That's not exactly a real job. Your avatar was well chosen.
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Lol at that crown avatar for a guy furiously defending the honour of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha name in a PYF silly names thread. You bought that for yourself, didn't you?
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People who are really really into the British royal family is the weirdest phenomenon. I'm Canadian, and we have more than our our fair share of them since technically the Queen is our head of state. It's a bit odd to find it here, though, since the usual demographic of HELLO! magazine addicts is women in their 50s and 60s, which is NOT the primary demographic for these forums.
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Stoatbringer posted:Is he a boxer or something? I'd love to hear the commentary from one of those matches. Semen is actually pronounced closer to "Semyon" but a quirk of the transliteration of Cyrillic characters into Latin ones means that it can end up being spelled like... that. EDIT: Beaten like the Limeys at Yorktown 
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What kills me about names like these is that his name is actually Richard. He could be Rick Swett, or Rich Swett, or he could have maintained the full dignity of Richard Swett. But he chose - he CHOSE - to be called Dick Swett. My parents have a friend named Dick Johnson. He's a stern, kind of scary military dude so I never had the gumption to go up to him and say BUT WHY, UNCLE DICK?! but I've always wondered.
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If my name was Richard Johnson you can bet your rear end I'd go by Dick too.
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Osama Dozen-Dongs posted:Lol at that crown avatar for a guy furiously defending the honour of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha name in a PYF silly names thread. You bought that for yourself, didn't you? I'm not knocking or defending anyone, just stating facts. The name of the UK's present royal dynasty is The House of Windsor. The "Saxe-Coburg-Gotha" name is only used now by the German ducal house Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's husband, came from. But like all German royal and noble titles, they were all formally abolished after the war. Yes, of course I bought the avatar myself; so what? Dogfish posted:People who are really really into the British royal family is the weirdest phenomenon. I find royalty interesting on account of their role in European history, which is my main area of study. The UK royals have played a pivotal role in British history, and are deeply woven into that nation's psyche. From the point of view of an American, such a system does have certain advantages, which I find fascinating. And for the record, I'm a democratic socialist.
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King Possum III posted:I find royalty interesting on account of their role in European history, which is my main area of study. The UK royals have played a pivotal role in British history, and are deeply woven into that nation's psyche. From the point of view of an American, such a system does have certain advantages, which I find fascinating. Just so you know, you're doing a super, super good imitation of someone who believes that the monarchy is in place because of the divine right of kings, is wholly unproblematic, and must never in any way be challenged. If that's not what you're going for, it's probably time to revise your approach to communication.
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King Possum III posted:history, which is my main area of study Dogfish posted:communication. I take it you've never
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Jerry Cotton posted:I take it you've never On the contrary, my roommate in university was one and we hosted the History Society often. Funnily enough, there are self-aware and un-self-aware people in almost any area of study you can think of.
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Dogfish posted:On the contrary, my roommate in university was one and we hosted the History Society often. Funnily enough, there are self-aware and un-self-aware people in almost any area of study you can think of. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbO7czzIu_o
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Point taken, but I try to look at all perspectives from the outsider's point of view. It's said that there are two sides (or more) to every story, but facts themselves are neutral. As far as the advantages of any given system of government, it wouldn't survive long if it wasn't working on some level. But something that works well for one society may be unsuitable for another. Recent efforts to impose American-style democracy in the middle east is a good example of this. Divine right? An entity that doesn't exist can't bestow favor onto anyone.
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King Possum III posted:Point taken, but I try to look at all perspectives from the outsider's point of view. It's said that there are two sides (or more) to every story, but facts themselves are neutral. I think everything you've said here is quite silly but that's OK; we're strangers on the internet and neither one of us needs to impress the other. My unsolicited advice is to examine the reactions you get to the statements you make and consider whether you're expressing what you mean to express, and you are welcome to take it or not.
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Okay, let's all settle down and post some terrible names instead of... whatever this is.
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Has anybody said Chad yet?
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Mason Dixon was to be a groomsman in an area wedding.
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RC and Moon Pie posted:Mason Dixon was to be a groomsman in an area wedding. Please tell me they made him stand right in the aisle.
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:Has anybody said Chad yet? I believe I've mentioned my childhood acquaintances, two brothers named Chet and Chad, in this thread before. If I haven't, I have now, and I'm freshly appreciating the rear end in a top hat level it takes to name your kids Chet and Chad.
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Dogfish posted:I think everything you've said here is quite silly but that's OK; we're strangers on the internet and neither one of us needs to impress the other. My unsolicited advice is to examine the reactions you get to the statements you make and consider whether you're expressing what you mean to express, and you are welcome to take it or not. Thanks for the advice, Dogfish. I appreciate your sincerity.
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King Possum III posted:The "Saxe-Coburg-Gotha" name is only used now by the German ducal house Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's husband, came from. ...and I vote
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Pastry of the Year posted:For the record, I'm a Sexy-Cyborg-Goth... If corporations can have the same rights as a citizen, then a cyborg should too. Vote as your conscience (or software) directs you.
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My spouse took a contract awhile ago doing some clerical stuff for an environmental organization. One of his jobs was to compile the names of the government officials in charge of wastewater management for various American municipalities. My favourites were Grover Baguette and Randy Poindexter but there are a lot of amazing names in the public service in small-town America. A LOT.
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I just had a job posting emailed to me, and the boss's name is Dr. Meltem Tuna 
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Encountered a bumper crop today; 3 weird spellings of normal names and then one weird one in its own right. Charlaute (Charlotte) Jami Nickie Renajla
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Astrofig posted:Renajla Out of curiosity, how is this pronounced? Ruh-nay-la?
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I'm in a study teaching coping behavior to people dealing with a lot of stress and someone quoted in this week's lesson is named Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. I grew up in an area with a lot of odd Polish last names, and I generally try to pronounce names I come across online, but I don't know where to begin with that one.
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It's pronounced like "cheek-sent-me-hah-lyi." Hungarian, not Polish.
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Fleta Mcgurn posted:Out of curiosity, how is this pronounced? Ruh-nay-la? I didn't ask her, but I assume that's how it is.
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Lord Zedd-Repulsa posted:I'm in a study teaching coping behavior to people dealing with a lot of stress and someone quoted in this week's lesson is named Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. I grew up in an area with a lot of odd Polish last names, and I generally try to pronounce names I come across online, but I don't know where to begin with that one. I enjoy the fact that she (?) was named after her own last name
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He. Mihaly is just the Hungarian version of Michael. (Do you guys not have access to Google on your computers? Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is pretty famous and his Wikipedia page even tells you how to pronounce his name.)
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Dogfish posted:He. Mihaly is just the Hungarian version of Michael. Meh. I don't really give a poo poo
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King Possum III posted:If corporations can have the same rights as a citizen, then a cyborg should too. My conscience tells me to work for CANZUK union On topic: CANZUK. Short for Canada Australia New Zealand United Kingdom, it's a hypothetical customs union now that the UK has cut its own head off. What an idiotic passport that would be.
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Squall Leonhart
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Imperialist Dog posted:My conscience tells me to work for CANZUK union It's already begun. (Note for genetic_knockout: this is a joke article, from a joke website. It's a joke.)
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Dogfish posted:It's already begun. Lol dude. Wtf?
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Just didn't want you to have to go to the effort of looking up what The Beaverton was.
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Working for the post office you see a lot of silly names; Atom Reign Pagan, Barry Brack, Maxx Wang, Trund Quaca, Gay Wasp, Fnu Bambang, Babby A Love.
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I think Fnu has come up in this thread before. The person probably has only one name, and FNU (first name unknown) is one of the ways that gets dealt with in a society where at least two names are expected.
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