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WillowLuman

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Urist and other names
« on: June 04, 2012, 01:23:16 pm »
When you can't be arsed to remember their names, the impromptu names of all sentient creatures shall be as follows;

Urist McDwarf

Olith LeHuman

Acita O'Elf

Ulspa GoblinBerg

Kobold [Profession]son
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Re: Urist and other names
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2012, 01:58:16 pm »
No dice bucko: Urist McDwarf is meme-y; those others, not so much.
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WillowLuman

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Re: Urist and other names
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2012, 02:14:00 pm »
The elves are Irish, being faeries and Welsh not having a convenient name prefix. Humans are French, because they live in quaint surface houses and trade a lot of cheese and wine. Goblins are Norwegian because why the hell not? Kobolds are English/Vikings, because nothing else was left and they don't really match much of anything. Dwarves are Scottish because everyone knows Dwarves are Scottish.
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Re: Urist and other names
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2012, 02:24:41 pm »
Quote from: HugoLuman on June 04, 2012, 02:14:00 pm
The elves are Irish, being faeries and Welsh not having a convenient name prefix. Humans are French, because they live in quaint surface houses and trade a lot of cheese and wine. Goblins are Norwegian because why the hell not? Kobolds are English/Vikings, because nothing else was left and they don't really match much of anything. Dwarves are Scottish because everyone knows Dwarves are Scottish.

The original idea for elves actually comes from germany.  :P
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Quote from: No2religions on August 02, 2012, 06:36:57 pm
I also just had a human diplomat enter from the surface, hold a meeting, then exit the map via hell.... I guess he thinks he's pretty hardass.

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Re: Urist and other names
« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2012, 02:42:56 pm »
Yes, but Germany doesn't really have a convenient name prefix.
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Re: Urist and other names
« Reply #5 on: June 04, 2012, 02:51:51 pm »
I won't lie.... I lol'd at Goblinberg.
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« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2012, 03:46:49 pm »
Quote from: HugoLuman on June 04, 2012, 02:42:56 pm
Yes, but Germany doesn't really have a convenient name prefix.

Yeah, I suppose Acita Das Elf doesn't have much of a ring to it.  :P
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Quote from: No2religions on August 02, 2012, 06:36:57 pm
I also just had a human diplomat enter from the surface, hold a meeting, then exit the map via hell.... I guess he thinks he's pretty hardass.

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Re: Urist and other names
« Reply #7 on: June 04, 2012, 04:24:42 pm »
Quote from: HugoLuman on June 04, 2012, 02:42:56 pm
Yes, but Germany doesn't really have a convenient name prefix.

"von"?
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Re: Urist and other names
« Reply #8 on: June 04, 2012, 04:30:35 pm »
Acita von Elf doesn't sound quite right. That would be more like Urist von McVampire
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« Reply #9 on: June 04, 2012, 04:39:54 pm »
Froderick Von Elfensteen?

Anyway, kobolds are, like elves, Germanic in origin, the word goblin itself has French roots, and dwarf is based on Old English (though the common image of them is of Norse origins by way of Wagner and Tolkien). Far as Welsh goes, there's ap (son of). Elf ap Treehugger.

And, Scrooge McDuck notwithstanding, Mc is Irish while Mac is usually Scottish.
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Re: Urist and other names
« Reply #10 on: June 04, 2012, 04:51:36 pm »
It started as MacDwarf, I believe, but people began abbreviating. Elves, being druids, get to have Irish names, since O'Elf just can't be passed up.
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Re: Urist and other names
« Reply #11 on: June 04, 2012, 04:57:42 pm »
Can't I just refer to them all as 'subject'? It's accurate, and it would make things far simpler.
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Re: Urist and other names
« Reply #12 on: June 04, 2012, 07:51:12 pm »
Quote from: Ubiq on June 04, 2012, 04:39:54 pm
Froderick Von Elfensteen?

MY NAME... IS... ELFENSTEIN!!

Sorry, watched Young Frankenstein not too long ago...
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Re: Urist and other names
« Reply #13 on: June 04, 2012, 07:57:41 pm »
Someone NEEDS to tell the story of Heinz Elfenstein, Elf Adventurer!
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Re: Urist and other names
« Reply #14 on: June 04, 2012, 08:05:52 pm »
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ForcedMeme (there's even a DF entry!)

You can't create a new forum meme by simply declaring it. The best route is to just start using it in posts. If it looks popular, it might catch on. Like that magmaaa one, which may now lead to you getting warned.
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