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m4davis

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well this is odd
« on: August 10, 2011, 04:14:12 pm »
I just had a dwarf named urist literally
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Korgus

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Re: well this is odd
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2011, 04:16:58 pm »
That happens all the time. Why do you think it's the stereotypical dwarf name?
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Re: well this is odd
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2011, 04:18:11 pm »
Because It just so happens to be the dwarven word for stone.
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Re: well this is odd
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2011, 04:22:15 pm »
Uh. It means "dagger", bro.
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Re: well this is odd
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2011, 04:26:11 pm »
Quote from: m4davis on August 10, 2011, 04:14:12 pm
I just had a dwarf named urist literally

i have about 20 or more natural urists running around.  i think one is my broker.

interestingly enough, like the "first" urist, most of my urists are female.
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« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2011, 08:36:53 pm »
I always liked Urists. Real hard workers them. So much better than those damn lazy Ustuths.
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Lectorog

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« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2011, 08:46:34 pm »
The Olins are the best workers.
Oddly enough, a high percentage of my appointed nobility (like managers) have been named Olin.

I once had a dwarf named Olin Olinar. (If I'm right, that means Tongs Tongsflesh.) He was a cool bookkeeper. His office was carved out of an empty level on the main stairway. This stairway descended into the HFS. He was, sadly, one of the first to go.

And RAKninja, that's because it's a female name. I don't think dwarf names are strictly gender-specific, but there's definitely a preference.
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Mazonas

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Re: well this is odd
« Reply #7 on: August 10, 2011, 08:59:16 pm »
Cerol's are always a pain.  Never let them achieve notable rank in the fortress.  They'll drive you mad.
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Re: well this is odd
« Reply #8 on: August 10, 2011, 09:06:16 pm »
My Urists are always sooooo lazy. They just hang around, arranging parties. The hardest working Dwarves are Bomreks.
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Re: well this is odd
« Reply #9 on: August 10, 2011, 09:23:48 pm »
Quote from: Lectorog on August 10, 2011, 08:46:34 pm

And RAKninja, that's because it's a female name. I don't think dwarf names are strictly gender-specific, but there's definitely a preference.
i thought that it was 50-50.

i'm also fairly partial to eturs and cattens.
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Re: well this is odd
« Reply #10 on: August 10, 2011, 09:40:48 pm »
Olin is very common for me, I rarely get any Urists.
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« Reply #11 on: August 10, 2011, 09:53:02 pm »
Olin Isethilral has been an important dwarf in three successive forts, somehow - in the first, a weaponsmith who created an artifact adamantine short sword; in the second, my militia commander (who, through sheer dumb luck and my personal decision, ended up wielding an artifact adamantine short sword); in the third and most successful, the only survivor of my starting seven, legendary in six skills, and my count.
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Re: well this is odd
« Reply #12 on: August 10, 2011, 10:08:25 pm »
*checks dwarven language* SHIT *facepalms* I though that I read somewhere on this forum that Urist meant stone in dwarven. Fuck. Anyways, Im partial to cattens and bomreks, very hard workers.
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Re: well this is odd
« Reply #13 on: August 10, 2011, 10:18:48 pm »
I've seen a lot of good dwarves named Mosus in my time playing this game.
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« Reply #14 on: August 10, 2011, 10:24:30 pm »
Quote from: Mister Always on August 10, 2011, 04:22:15 pm
Uh. It means "dagger", bro.
Urist is the dwarvish word for dagger. Which is a misnamer really. Dwarves aren't that sharp...

Damn, I wish I knew how to make a link on that last sentence to the article on the wiki for Stupid Dwarf Trick.
Quote from: Icee77 on August 10, 2011, 09:06:16 pm
My Urists are always sooooo lazy. They just hang around, arranging parties. The hardest working Dwarves are Bomreks.
That is why I said that dwarfs with the name of 'Urist' aren't that sharp (actually, this refers to ALL dwarfs...).

I saw one guy type in Bomrek McExpeditionLeader in a post about stopping a flood. Apparently their expedition leader's first name happened to be Bomrek.
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