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[Vidar]

Timo Günther Kürten

[CodeCat]

Razgriz 1, on 22 Nov 2006, 01:14, said:

Sean Joseph MacCormac. Sean is a Gaelic form of John, and MacCormac is Gaelic for "son of Kormak"-Kormak is actually a Norse name; not too surprising as Ireland as a nation was founded by Scandinavian settlers.

Not entirely true. Ireland already had a system of states before the Vikings arrived. While the Vikings did certainly contribute, they weren't responsible at all for making Ireland 'a nation' or whatever.

http://www.irishclan...sinireland.html

[LCPL Carrow]

William Justin Thomas Carrow.


What can I say, my parents liked alot of people.


I've grown up being called Justin, and so I instinctively introduce myself as such, although by now between the Marines and high school about as many people call me 'Carrow' as 'Justin'.

I often wish my name was different and reflected some of my heritage better. Namely something either Scottish, Swedish, German, or Catawba Indian. Since I don't look like a Native American at all, something of the first three would probably fit better.


But as it is, I go by a ton of names anyway. JC, Tom, Bill, Will, Cairo (a play on my last name, I'm not Egyptian at all), Mormo (a play on my religion, I'm Mormon), RLH (a shortening of an old screen name, Runlikehell312), Albert (because I wear a Florida Gators hat everywhere), J-dogg, J-izzle, C-izzle, J to tha C, Pimp-C, etc. etc.

I generally just go ahead and tell people that they can call me whatever the hell they want.

[Lord Atlantis]

Timothy Peter Feierabend

Everyone calls me Tim.

-lord_atlantis

[Lord Atlantis]

It might be Finnish, but I thought "Timo" and all the other versions of "Tim" were German.

-lord_atlantis

Edited by lord_atlantis, 04 December 2006 - 06:11.

[Dutchygamer]

Richard Stemmer. Not very special

[CodeCat]

lord_atlantis, on 4 Dec 2006, 07:11, said:

I thought "Timo" and all the other versions of "Tim" were German.

No, it's from the Latin name 'Timotheus', known in English as 'Timothy'.

[Teron]

lord_atlantis, on 3 Dec 2006, 19:31, said:

Timothy Peter Feierabend

Everyone calls me Tim.

-lord_atlantis

"Feierabend"? Now thats a cool name (no offensive, of course)

[DerKrieger]

Feierabend=vacation evening/time in German
Code Cat, what I meant is that much of Ireland as we think of it today was founded by Viking settlers (I am aware of the vibrant monasteries in Ireland that preserved much of the knowledge of the ancient world from being lost during the Dark Ages)-i.e. Dublin and most other major cities were founded by Norsemen.