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Author Topic: Origins of the name 'Urist' 's popularity.  (Read 3277 times)

QuakeIV

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Origins of the name 'Urist' 's popularity.
« on: July 31, 2009, 10:33:29 am »
I was wondering if anyone on this forum was around to see how the name Urist became such a popular name for the stereptypical dwarf.

I see the name everywhere from urist mcpenis to urist mcbadass.

Where did it come from?
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Re: Origins of the name 'Urist' 's popularity.
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2009, 10:36:49 am »
It's just one of the default dwarf names that got picked up on.

There was also a very popular story thread about an insane homicidal dwarf called Urist which I think helped.
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« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2009, 10:37:32 am »
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Re: Origins of the name 'Urist' 's popularity.
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2009, 10:53:47 am »
HAHA. Everybody's too busy reading it to post here.
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Re: Origins of the name 'Urist' 's popularity.
« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2009, 11:23:21 am »
All your feeble plans are belong to Urist McPsychopath.
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Re: Origins of the name 'Urist' 's popularity.
« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2009, 11:53:35 am »
Quote from: zchris13 on July 31, 2009, 10:53:47 am
HAHA. Everybody's too busy reading it to post here.

That's about right.  I ran across the link and spent the next hour reading it. :P
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Re: Origins of the name 'Urist' 's popularity.
« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2009, 02:44:46 pm »
Well, thanks for the answer, mystery solved, and a great story too!
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Re: Origins of the name 'Urist' 's popularity.
« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2009, 02:54:43 pm »
New question: How is Urist pronounced?

You-rist?
Ur-ist?
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Re: Origins of the name 'Urist' 's popularity.
« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2009, 03:12:06 pm »
However you like, though I favour YOUR-ist.
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Re: Origins of the name 'Urist' 's popularity.
« Reply #9 on: July 31, 2009, 04:19:59 pm »
I always think of it as uhr-ist, which sounds bad to me so I avoid using it to refer to my dwarves.
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Re: Origins of the name 'Urist' 's popularity.
« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2009, 04:29:08 pm »
eah, yuhr-ist sounds best.
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Re: Origins of the name 'Urist' 's popularity.
« Reply #11 on: July 31, 2009, 04:33:38 pm »
Quote from: QuakeIV on July 31, 2009, 10:33:29 am
Where did it come from?

wiki: "Urist"

Quote from: Reynard on July 31, 2009, 02:54:43 pm
New question: How is Urist pronounced?

It rhymes with "magma".
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« Reply #12 on: July 31, 2009, 07:49:36 pm »
I usually go with Err-ist
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« Reply #13 on: July 31, 2009, 07:51:56 pm »
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« Reply #14 on: July 31, 2009, 08:18:31 pm »
yer-ist
Rolling R.
First part is like the southern U.S. pronunciation of "Your"
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