NationStates Jolt Archive


NationStates Names and Stereotypes

Jocabia
07-04-2005, 21:44
Do you ever look at someone's name and think they are of some particularly nationality, ethnicity, gender, etc.?

I'll give an example, I got in my head that Sdaeriji was a Persian Male. I guess because of the spelling of the name, which I don't think actually resembles Farsi.

I also thought Dempublicents1 was a male, but I think that was because of some of the things she said.

Can you think of examples of people you assumed were of gender, nationality, etc that you found out later were something else?
Santa Barbara
07-04-2005, 21:47
Some people (who don't know their saints) assume I'm female because of the "Barbara" in Santa Barbara.
ProMonkians
07-04-2005, 21:50
Some people (who don't know their saints) assume I'm female because of the "Barbara" in Santa Barbara.

I assumed you were the island... :D

I thought Eutrusca was a woman when I first started, and in some ways I prefer to think of him in this way...
Niini
07-04-2005, 22:00
Some people (who don't know their saints) assume I'm female because of the "Barbara" in Santa Barbara.

I'm one. I was I mean. It was because of the "Barbara"

Never good with saints :p
Sdaeriji
07-04-2005, 22:01
Do you ever look at someone's name and think they are of some particularly nationality, ethnicity, gender, etc.?

I'll give an example, I got in my head that Sdaeriji was a Persian Male. I guess because of the spelling of the name, which I don't think actually resembles Farsi.

I also thought Dempublicents1 was a male, but I think that was because of some of the things she said.

Can you think of examples of people you assumed were of gender, nationality, etc that you found out later were something else?

I've been told by a lot of people that they thought I was Asian the first time the talked to me.

I used to think Bottle and Aerou were guys, and Spoffin and Incertonia were girls. And I usually assume people are American until I find out they're not.
Dakhistan
07-04-2005, 22:06
I thought Tink was American (is she? Just making sure...)
Sdaeriji
07-04-2005, 22:07
I thought Tink was American (is she? Just making sure...)

She's English.
Gataway_Driver
07-04-2005, 22:08
I thought Tink was American (is she? Just making sure...)

I thought she was a brit :confused: . Tink where u from?
Aerou
07-04-2005, 22:10
I thought she was a brit :confused: . Tink where u from?

Tink is a Brit, I'm pretty sure.

And I thought Maciej's name (Sdaeriji) was some sort of Farsi as well, heh....
Lascivious Maximus
07-04-2005, 22:11
Hmm... I can't recall too many times when I've really been that far off on people based on their names - perhaps because I once had a female puppet! haha! I guess that tends to make me more analytical of how a person posts...

As for me, my own name seems to lead people into thinking that I actually am some sort of lascivious love obsessed lady charmer... to the max! ;)

Honestly, I have no idea where that misconception was born, or how it continues to thrive! Sheesh!
Gataway_Driver
07-04-2005, 22:12
No ones far off the mark with my name :)
Dakhistan
07-04-2005, 22:14
Hmm... I can't recall too many times when I've really been that far off on people based on their names - perhaps because I once had a female puppet! haha! I guess that tends to make me more analytical of how a person posts...

As for me, my own name seems to lead people into thinking that I actually am some sort of lascivious love obsessed lady charmer... to the max! ;)

Honestly, I have no idea where that misconception was born, or how it continues to thrive! Sheesh!
Your name reminded me of the movie 'Gladiator'.
Lascivious Maximus
07-04-2005, 22:16
Your name reminded me of the movie 'Gladiator'.
Ooo! Now thats a stereotype I can live with! :D
Fass
07-04-2005, 22:16
I'm horrible at assigning gender to people; I'm almost always wrong (like I was in the case of Neo-Anarchists), so I try not to assign anything like that to others.

I have been taken for an American at times, but I guess that happens to anyone who isn't, here. A lot of people on the other side of the pond seem to have difficulties remembering that this is an international forum. Perhaps it's because of the English? Alas, introducing other languages to this little corner of the Internet has been futile.
Antebellum South
07-04-2005, 22:16
I think everyone assumes Letila is a girl until they find out he isn't.
Lascivious Maximus
07-04-2005, 22:19
I think everyone assumes Letila is a girl until they find out he isn't.
Ooo! That is a good one!
Sdaeriji
07-04-2005, 22:20
I'm horrible at assigning gender to people; I'm almost always wrong (like I was in the case of Neo-Anarchists), so I try not to assign anything like that to others.

I have been taken for an American at times, but I guess that happens to anyone who isn't, here. A lot of people on the other side of the pond seem to have difficulties remembering that this is an international forum. Perhaps it's because of the English? Alas, introducing other languages to this little corner of the Internet has been futile.

That's kind of stupid. Your location clearly says "Sweden". I think the people who mistake you for an American are just not bright.
Alien Born
07-04-2005, 22:21
Some people (who don't know their saints) assume I'm female because of the "Barbara" in Santa Barbara.

I am another one, but in my case it had nothing to do with the "Barbara", it was because "Santa" is the designation of a female saint in Portuguese whereas a male saint is Santo or São. I already apologised, but once more, sorry for the gender switch.
Jocabia
07-04-2005, 22:26
I intentionally put an "a" at the end of my name to make people think. I just started typing sounds and got Jocabia. Later I realized it seems like is has Jacob as it's root. Incidentally, Jacob is not my name.
Fass
07-04-2005, 22:26
That's kind of stupid. Your location clearly says "Sweden". I think the people who mistake you for an American are just not bright.

You'd be amazed at how many times, after informing them that I'm not American, I get the question: "Where are you from?".

D'oh!
Neo-Anarchists
07-04-2005, 22:32
I think everyone assumes Letila is a girl until they find out he isn't.
I know I did. And I referred to Letila as "she" a few times too before he told me he wasn't a girl.
Oops.
Personal responsibilit
07-04-2005, 22:43
The only person, of those I've actually formulated an opinion one way or the other about, that I happened to be wrong was Dempublicants. She debates in very stereotypically male manner and does so with the kind of tenacity and logic that is common to male ego based debate. And does it very well, I might add. ;) :p :fluffle:
Jocabia
07-04-2005, 22:46
I assumed Sinuhue was a man when I first started lurking. (I lurked for a while).

I thought Tink was older.

I thought Legless Pirates was American.

Like I said, I thought Dempublicents1 was a man and an idiot (I'm kidding, but if you look at it right, it's a compliment)

I thought UpwardThrust was not American.
Kryozerkia
07-04-2005, 22:51
And I thought that Lascivious Maximus was a two-bit, granola munchin' tree-hugging commie from BC... oh wait... *giggle* ;)
Lascivious Maximus
07-04-2005, 22:57
And I thought that Lascivious Maximus was a two-bit, granola munchin' tree-hugging commie from BC... oh wait... *giggle* ;)
I thought Kryozerkia was a cutie-pie from Ontario who was smart and articulate... oh wait... *giggle* ;)

You silly girl! Hows Onterrible treatin ya? TA work still keeping you busy? Its been far to long since I've seen you on MSN darlin! How am I supposed to test out my bad puns??!?!?

Oh, and for what it's worth, I used to work in a saw-mill... so even though you could potentially use the term environ-mental-ist... it might be a stretch to say tree-hugger! Haha! Oh wait... maybe you werent talking about that kind of wood... uhhmmm... I mean... ah... yeah... :eek:
Cannot think of a name
07-04-2005, 23:23
I give you nothing with my name (or lack there of)-HaHA!

um, anyway-

I tend to think of you all as a very complicated type of Zork game that my computer creates to amuse and befuddle me, so I don't often think of picturing the person on the other end unless it comes up, and then I usually have a clue. I think, if pressed, I default to the assumption that people are male unless there is something compelling to suggest otherwise (feminist sigs, etc.)
North Island
07-04-2005, 23:26
I have had a few people ask me if I was from New Zealand, I didnt even know there was a real island named North Island until an Australian told me. It's in New Zealand by the way, the island that is. I'm not from NZ.
Sdaeriji
07-04-2005, 23:27
And I thought that Lascivious Maximus was a two-bit, granola munchin' tree-hugging commie from BC... oh wait... *giggle* ;)

Apparently Kryozerkia is a girl?
Lascivious Maximus
07-04-2005, 23:33
Apparently Kryozerkia is a girl?
Yup, ask me how I knew when I met her... no clue. Just a feeling I get I guess. Hmm, who knows. In any event - yes, and a great girl at that Sdaeriji. :)
Musky Furballs
07-04-2005, 23:50
It's much fun to see assumptions make as ass of you and me... :D
And being flamed is much more amusing when they get your gender wrong.

Lascivious Maximus, well that's a name that just makes me want to DO something about it... :fluffle:
Santa Barbara
08-04-2005, 00:30
Now that I think about it, I should have said, (people who don't know their cities in America) or something, as that would have made more sense. You're totally right on that.

Actually the thing is, I AM a female and I've been fooling you all. Hahaha!

I am another one, but in my case it had nothing to do with the "Barbara", it was because "Santa" is the designation of a female saint in Portuguese whereas a male saint is Santo or São. I already apologised, but once more, sorry for the gender switch.
Occidio Multus
08-04-2005, 00:37
everyone assumes i am a male. and a skinhead. which is pretty funny. hitler jugend assumed i was white. even funnier. then i say , just look at the pic thread............ then those telegrams of apology start showing up.
Sarzonia
08-04-2005, 00:49
I have the worst luck with ages here on NS. It took a few months before I found out one of my closest allies (and now one of my closest OOC friends whom I met on NS) was 14. I've seen people guess that I'm in high school. I don't think anyone has thought that I wasn't an American though, no matter how many times I spell "honour" or "colour."

C'est la vie, I guess.
Legless Pirates
08-04-2005, 00:51
Hmm... I can't recall too many times when I've really been that far off on people based on their names - perhaps because I once had a female puppet! haha! I guess that tends to make me more analytical of how a person posts...

As for me, my own name seems to lead people into thinking that I actually am some sort of lascivious love obsessed lady charmer... to the max! ;)

Honestly, I have no idea where that misconception was born, or how it continues to thrive! Sheesh!
I thought Lasc was some sort of elitist or something with a fancy name like that
Legless Pirates
08-04-2005, 00:52
everyone assumes i am a male. and a skinhead. which is pretty funny. hitler jugend assumed i was white. even funnier. then i say , just look at the pic thread............ then those telegrams of apology start showing up.
Definatly metal head..... and yes I thought you were male at first, but it's the safest to assume everyone is :p
Kervoskia
08-04-2005, 00:52
Sdaeriji, I thought you were Russian at first glance at your name.
Gataway_Driver
08-04-2005, 01:04
Definatly metal head..... and yes I thought you were male at first, but it's the safest to assume everyone is :p
well it is something like a 3:1 ratio isnt it?
The Chocolate Goddess
08-04-2005, 01:08
well it is something like a 3:1 ratio isnt it?
So? You have strong women here
Legless Pirates
08-04-2005, 01:10
And sissy men :p
The Chocolate Goddess
08-04-2005, 01:12
And sissy men :p

*smiles sweetly*
If you say so...
31
08-04-2005, 01:14
Nobody assumes I am anything. But, what can you do with 31?
Rainbirdtopia
08-04-2005, 01:25
People assume I am gay, which is a total fabrication and as such I expect a full apology. ;D

Rainbird is my last name, I added topia on the end because well it was the only thing I could think of at the time.
Free Soviets
08-04-2005, 01:27
nobody ever makes incorrect assumptions about me based on my nation name. not in the slightest.
Gataway_Driver
08-04-2005, 01:29
People assume I am gay, which is a total fabrication and as such I expect a full apology. ;D

Rainbird is my last name, I added topia on the end because well it was the only thing I could think of at the time.

why do people assume your gay?
The Chocolate Goddess
08-04-2005, 01:30
nobody ever makes incorrect assumptions about me based on my nation name. not in the slightest.

Same here. I got them exactly where I want them... *evil grin*
Rainbirdtopia
08-04-2005, 01:32
why do people assume your gay?

I dunno, when I started posting, they all said my name looked gay. :/

And I think they thought I was as well :|
Gataway_Driver
08-04-2005, 01:34
I dunno, when I started posting, they all said my name looked gay. :/

And I think they thought I was as well :|
strange people :confused: ahh well :)
The Cat-Tribe
08-04-2005, 01:34
nobody ever makes incorrect assumptions about me based on my nation name. not in the slightest.


That is because yours is easy.

You are a Muscovite prison-escapee. QED. :D
Kervoskia
08-04-2005, 01:34
People thought I was a female for some reason.
The Cat-Tribe
08-04-2005, 01:36
People thought I was a female for some reason.


You have to admit the high heels and miniskirt were a bit misleading. ;)
Gataway_Driver
08-04-2005, 01:36
People thought I was a female for some reason.

probably the a at the end of ure name
The Plutonian Empire
08-04-2005, 01:38
Tink is a Brit, I'm pretty sure.

And I thought Maciej's name (Sdaeriji) was some sort of Farsi as well, heh....
Maciej? That sounds exactly like the last name of a girl I had a HUGE crush on in high school. maybe they're related? :D (j/k ;) )
Israelities et Buddist
08-04-2005, 01:39
Oooo! Oooo! I Have An Example. Oh wait we count oursleves. But anyway my religion is Jewish-Buddhist, I am Israeli, Middle-Eastern, My mother is Israeli, My Father is Indian and Buddhist. My name is also the apitame(spl?) of my horid spelling. Lol But my name says a lot.
New Genoa
08-04-2005, 01:42
I'm never wrong about anything.
Kervoskia
08-04-2005, 01:42
You have to admit the high heels and miniskirt were a bit misleading. ;)
You really think the miniskirt was too much?
I was trying to make my name sound something like an Eastern European nation like Slavakia.
Patra Caesar
08-04-2005, 01:43
Many times have I made incorrect assumptions about people, but I suppose the one that comes to mind is when I found out Colodia was not an Italian woman...
Glinde Nessroe
08-04-2005, 01:44
People always think I'm a chick *points to IEB* he did lol.

Maybe using nicknames of Wizard of Oz witches wasn't the best way to signify my man-ness (new word).
Potaria
08-04-2005, 01:45
When I first started posting here, I thought Shaed was at least 30, and I thought Preebles was a guy!'

*ducks under desk*
Kervoskia
08-04-2005, 01:48
When I first started posting here, I thought Shaed was at least 30, and I thought Preebles was a guy!'

*ducks under desk*
Aren't you in your twenties, and your male right? If not then there are two assumptions I've made.
Israelities et Buddist
08-04-2005, 01:48
Ignore me. Fine.
Kervoskia
08-04-2005, 01:49
Ignore me. Fine.
Your name is cool.
*smokes*
Cool.
Potaria
08-04-2005, 01:50
Aren't you in your twenties, and your male right? If not then there are two assumptions I've made.

I'm 17 and Male. And I'm not being a jerk with the gender thing --- I'd still capitalize it if I were Female.
Teh Cameron Clan
08-04-2005, 01:51
not really...but try to guess my gender and nationalty :) heres a hint

---->HINT<---- (http://www.its.leeds.ac.uk/projects/hint/hint.gif)
Kervoskia
08-04-2005, 01:51
I'm 17 and Male. And I'm not being a jerk with the gender thing --- I'd still capitalize it if I were Female.
Oh, we're the same then....you're Jewish right?
Israelities et Buddist
08-04-2005, 01:53
Your name is cool.
*smokes*
Cool.
Huh? Im really confused.
Potaria
08-04-2005, 01:53
Oh, we're the same then....you're Jewish right?

Irish/Cherokee/Chickasaw/Scottish. Mostly Irish, though.
Kervoskia
08-04-2005, 01:55
Irish/Cherokee/Chickasaw/Scottish. Mostly Irish, though.
Oh. Korean-American here.
Nadkor
08-04-2005, 01:55
i have no idea what people think i am
Gataway_Driver
08-04-2005, 01:57
i have no idea what people think i am

female from Northern Ireland?
;)
Patra Caesar
08-04-2005, 01:59
People thought I was a female for some reason.

I'm guilty of this...
Potaria
08-04-2005, 01:59
Oh. Korean-American here.

That's odd, I always assumed you were Polish-American.
Kervoskia
08-04-2005, 02:00
I'm guilty of this...
Its okay, alcohol makes the pain go bye, bye.
Kervoskia
08-04-2005, 02:00
That's odd, I always assumed you were Polish-American.
Naw, I just have a fondness for Eastern Europe.
Peechland
08-04-2005, 02:01
lets see....in my very very early days of foruming.....

Sdaeriji = thought he was a fun loving, sweet, cuddly guy from Saudi Arabia. This was of course before he stopped believing in the fluffle.

Lascivious Max= thought he was an Italian body builder who taught Sunday school to kids and watched porn during work hours. (but i know the real man now and he's super duper)

Grave n idle= thought he was a magical wizard who knew everything there was about anything and carried a switchblade. Believe it or not, I hit the nail on the head with that one!

Frisbeeteria= thought he was a she and that she might have been a Korean law student in New York.

Cannot think of a name= I imagined he looked like the kid who played Napoleon Dynamite. But now I imagine him as a super cool cynical musican who looks like a member of ZZ Top.

more to come.....
Potaria
08-04-2005, 02:01
Naw, I just have a fondness for Eastern Europe.

So that's one thing about you which I assumed correctly!
Nadkor
08-04-2005, 02:02
female from Northern Ireland?
;)
youre good at this :p
Passive Cookies
08-04-2005, 02:02
I've been mistaken for a guy once or twice, but I didn't care to correct them.

I try not to make quick assumtions based on names, but I use to read Vittos as a girl (not sure why) and I thought Kanabia was Canadian because the names looked so similar (silly me not reading the left screen).

That's about all...
Jibea
08-04-2005, 02:02
Any British comparing and WW2 threads makes it obvious that i am an ethnocentric German/Irish/Italian. I am also too lazy to post things fully because people should learn my logic to connect the dots. I do only when people either ask or people corrupt/misinterpret what i say.
Gataway_Driver
08-04-2005, 02:03
youre good at this :p
so it has been said ;) :D
The White Nations
08-04-2005, 02:07
People think I'm a guy all the time. Probably because I'm the leader of a radical white supremist region, and most leaders of counter culture regions ARE typically male, only because in reality we are very militant people. But no, I am 100% female. :D

Now I shall leave this thread before I am bombarded with insults and immature comments.
Kervoskia
08-04-2005, 02:09
People think I'm a guy all the time. Probably because I'm the leader of a radical white supremist region, and most leaders of counter culture regions ARE typically male, only because in reality we are very militant people. But no, I am 100% female. :D

Now I shall leave this thread before I am bombarded with insults and immature comments.
I thought you were female at first because of that very reason, I'm sorry.
Nissin
08-04-2005, 02:09
It's scary how many people get me right.. I'd swear a complete nerd hemaphrodite treehugger could hide from stereotypes but nooooooo
Gataway_Driver
08-04-2005, 02:10
People think I'm a guy all the time. Probably because I'm the leader of a radical white supremist region, and most leaders of counter culture regions ARE typically male, only because in reality we are very militant people. But no, I am 100% female. :D

Now I shall leave this thread before I am bombarded with insults and immature comments.
What and go into stereotyping? nah wrong time wrong thread ;)
Gataway_Driver
08-04-2005, 02:11
It's scary how many people get me right.. I'd swear a complete nerd hemaphrodite treehugger could hide from stereotypes but nooooooo
you'd be supprised how many i've come across. There was this one time where i met this gir.... no wait, ah i'm blabbering *hides*
The Cat-Tribe
08-04-2005, 02:13
You really think the miniskirt was too much?



Not at all, hun. You work it!
Nadkor
08-04-2005, 02:14
People think I'm a guy all the time. Probably because I'm the leader of a radical white supremist region, and most leaders of counter culture regions ARE typically male, only because in reality we are very militant people. But no, I am 100% female. :D

Now I shall leave this thread before I am bombarded with insults and immature comments.
really? i had always thought you were a guy
The Cat-Tribe
08-04-2005, 02:18
People think I'm a guy all the time. Probably because I'm the leader of a radical white supremist region, and most leaders of counter culture regions ARE typically male, only because in reality we are very militant people. But no, I am 100% female. :D

Now I shall leave this thread before I am bombarded with insults and immature comments.

Yeah, we all know that anyone with this signature:

"We can have peace and security only as long as we band together to preserve that most priceless possession, our inheritance of European blood, only so long as we guard ourselves against attack by foreign armies and dilution by foreign races."

"So many people hate us for only being proud, well I'd like to ask them, whose the racist now?"

-|- SIEG HEIL! 14/88 -|-

Economic Left/Right: 0.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 8.00

really hates insults and immature comments. :rolleyes:
Cannot think of a name
08-04-2005, 02:26
Cannot think of a name= I imagined he looked like the kid who played Napoleon Dynamite. But now I imagine him as a super cool cynical musican who looks like a member of ZZ Top.


It's weird to be offended and flatered within a really short span...I'll take it. The truth is probably somewhere in between (though the only similarity I'll take with Napolean is that I have lidded eyes that make me either looked stoned or tired all the time no matter what-which I think is part of the reason my car is searched so often...well, and the long hair and beard....)
The Emperor Fenix
08-04-2005, 02:32
Its pretty hard to get me wrong :P.
Zooke
08-04-2005, 02:34
It's weird to be offended and flatered within a really short span...I'll take it. The truth is probably somewhere in between (though the only similarity I'll take with Napolean is that I have lidded eyes that make me either looked stoned or tired all the time no matter what-which I think is part of the reason my car is searched so often...well, and the long hair and beard....)

I know what you mean about the hooded eyes. I have big hooded eyes and people have often thought I was stoned or falling asleep. Anyway, most people think I'm a guy and some have asked if I'm in college yet. Huh...I wish I was college age. :(
Peechland
08-04-2005, 02:38
It's weird to be offended and flatered within a really short span...I'll take it. The truth is probably somewhere in between (though the only similarity I'll take with Napolean is that I have lidded eyes that make me either looked stoned or tired all the time no matter what-which I think is part of the reason my car is searched so often...well, and the long hair and beard....)

I am wise now and have observed you well.....you totally rock in my mind now.
Nadkor
08-04-2005, 02:42
at first i thought Neo-Anarchists was a guy, then i wasnt sure, then i thought she was a girl, then i wasnt sure. now i know shes a girl though

although, there have been a few people like that, who dont say and you have to rely on clues and stuff, and youre not sure for a while and then you know
Arthas Moloch
08-04-2005, 02:46
No one has ever made a wrong assumption about who i am, or where i Live (That's becasue this is my first post ever!)
The Emperor Fenix
08-04-2005, 02:47
No one has ever made a wrong assumption about who i am, or where i Live (That's becasue this is my first post ever!)
The mans right! Some one shake one of his many silvery arms.
Arthas Moloch
08-04-2005, 02:48
:eek: How did you know!
FOR THE EMPEROR!!!
The Emperor Fenix
08-04-2005, 02:53
It is magic, magic that is powered by love, and the frequent sacrafice of virgins to ram headed gods.
Cannot think of a name
08-04-2005, 03:01
I am wise now and have observed you well.....you totally rock in my mind now.
Aw...I'm all blushy now...which means I probably should bail and do that flier I sad I was going to do a week ago.

Thanks, you're pretty cool too.
Peechland
08-04-2005, 03:02
Aw...I'm all blushy now...which means I probably should bail and do that flier I sad I was going to do a week ago.

Thanks, you're pretty cool too.

*plots to make CTOAN blush again tomorrow*
Anikian
08-04-2005, 03:24
If not informed otherwise, I generally assume that people are American, and from my area, too - I'm sure if I lived in Europe, or Austrailia, or anywhere else, I would assume everyone is from where I am until I find out otherwise, because I tend to view this as a semi-face-to-face interaction, not as one that reaches across the globe - it is pretty mind-boggling to think that I am communicating to people from all over the place, and so to avoid spending half my time confused, I just make assumptions until they are proven wrong.
The Lynx Alliance
08-04-2005, 03:27
dunno what people assume about me....

probably the one ones i would assume are YGSM, DemonLordEnigma, Vastiva and Fibblites are all male, and The Cat-Tribe is a female, about 20.
Lashie
08-04-2005, 09:38
I tend to think of everyone as my age approx (14) even though i know it's not true... and i think of almost everyone as American or European...
Los Banditos
08-04-2005, 09:42
I am not a latino and I only know a little bit of Spanish (more than most but not enough to get by in Mexico City).
Pepe Dominguez
08-04-2005, 09:55
People almost universally assume I'm a Chinese woman, living in Eastern Europe... I can't explain it. Either that or they assume I'm elderly.. all false! :headbang:
Los Banditos
08-04-2005, 09:56
People almost universally assume I'm a Chinese woman, living in Eastern Europe... I can't explain it. Either that or they assume I'm elderly.. all false! :headbang:
Man, I was way off then.
Harlesburg
08-04-2005, 09:59
Do you ever look at someone's name and think they are of some particularly nationality, ethnicity, gender, etc.?

I'll give an example, I got in my head that Sdaeriji was a Persian Male. I guess because of the spelling of the name, which I don't think actually resembles Farsi.
I thought he was a Jew! but now i know how he got his name!
I thought Occidius Multus was Irish/Italian
Mind you i think your all Jews! :p
Cannot think of a name
08-04-2005, 10:00
I know what you mean about the hooded eyes. I have big hooded eyes and people have often thought I was stoned or falling asleep. Anyway, most people think I'm a guy and some have asked if I'm in college yet. Huh...I wish I was college age. :(
I'm in college at 33 and I just last quarter directed a woman in her 50s? 60s? (I didn't ask, she looked more than capable of delivering a swift kick) in a play (I cast her as god and an Irish girl as famine-cause it made me laugh...). So, really, you're always college age. It just depends on how much crap you had to put up with before you go there.
Occidio Multus
08-04-2005, 10:42
People think I'm a guy all the time. Probably because I'm the leader of a radical white supremist region, and most leaders of counter culture regions ARE typically male, only because in reality we are very militant people. But no, I am 100% female. :D

Now I shall leave this thread before I am bombarded with insults and immature comments.
you assumed that you would be attacked. thats why people hate you, miss know it all. nazis cant predict the future.
New Sancrosanctia
08-04-2005, 10:46
nazis cant predict the future.
not to hear my grandma tell it. that's why we locked her in the bathroom.
Occidio Multus
08-04-2005, 10:50
It's weird to be offended and flatered within a really short span...I'll take it. The truth is probably somewhere in between (though the only similarity I'll take with Napolean is that I have lidded eyes that make me either looked stoned or tired all the time no matter what-which I think is part of the reason my car is searched so often...well, and the long hair and beard....)
well , you sound awesome!
Kelleda
08-04-2005, 11:04
Yes, I -am- going to have to ask, despite not speaking up that often, what you have as your preconceptions of me....
Refused Party Program
08-04-2005, 11:08
I thought Refused Party Program was Swedish. Imagine my surprise when it turned out that he was a Martian.
Sdaeriji
08-04-2005, 16:44
So apparently I'm Persian, Saudi, and Russian. Interesting.


Maciej? That sounds exactly like the last name of a girl I had a HUGE crush on in high school. maybe they're related? :D (j/k ;) )

Maciej is my first name.
UpwardThrust
08-04-2005, 16:47
Things with cat in the name (after katganistan and feminist cat woman) for some reason (cat or kat) reminds me of a female
maybe it is because it is used for the short version of names like katrina and such
Catholic Europe
08-04-2005, 16:47
I think everyone assumes Letila is a girl until they find out he isn't.

That has always been the case.
Kroblexskij
08-04-2005, 16:49
what dya think i am/
Occidio Multus
08-04-2005, 16:50
I thought he was a Jew! but now i know how he got his name!
I thought Occidius Multus was Irish/Italian
Mind you i think your all Jews! :p
i am half italian, harls!
Occidio Multus
08-04-2005, 16:51
I thought Refused Party Program was Swedish. Imagine my surprise when it turned out that he was a Martian.
really?i just thought you were osama bin laden. imagine that.
Sdaeriji
08-04-2005, 16:51
i am half italian, harls!

Yay for Italian girls!
Occidio Multus
08-04-2005, 16:53
Yay for Italian girls!
double yay for Italian guys!!
Frangland
08-04-2005, 16:53
I thought Skapedroe was a member of Saddam's regime seeking asylum...

hehe
Refused Party Program
08-04-2005, 19:22
really?i just thought you were osama bin laden. imagine that.

Awesome. :D
Occidio Multus
08-04-2005, 19:31
Awesome. :D
so if it pleases you- it COULD be true.
*insert suspicious arched eyebrow here*

i will have to get all 1337 and log your IP addy. :p EDIT:- d00d!
Peechland
08-04-2005, 19:49
*suddenly gets weirded out by SD and Occy shouting "yay!"*

Thats much to merry for you two....
Jocabia
08-04-2005, 20:11
Things with cat in the name (after katganistan and feminist cat woman) for some reason (cat or kat) reminds me of a female
maybe it is because it is used for the short version of names like katrina and such

Personally, I think it's because we have a tendency to think of cats as feminine and dogs as masculine (GENERALIZATION).
Eutrusca
08-04-2005, 20:13
I assumed you were the island... :D

I thought Eutrusca was a woman when I first started, and in some ways I prefer to think of him in this way...
Bite me! LOL! :D
New Sancrosanctia
08-04-2005, 20:15
Bite me! LOL! :D
Forrest, seriously. i don't think i'm just speaking for myself when i say that i have no wish to bite you. because that would be gross. besides which, you're covered in plaster, silly! that's bad for ingestion.
Zotona
08-04-2005, 20:19
Out of curiousity... what are some stereotypes on my name? ;)
New Sancrosanctia
08-04-2005, 20:25
Out of curiousity... what are some stereotypes on my name? ;)
i always assume that you'rea tree hugging canadian brunette woman. armed with only your wits and a powerful liking of maple syrup, you swing from tree to tree in your frozen wasteland's deciduous forests. you wrestle bears. slender hips and shapely legs offset thick, muscled arms, and a friendly, warm lumberjacks face.
Zotona
08-04-2005, 20:33
i always assume that you'rea tree hugging canadian brunette woman. armed with only your wits and a powerful liking of maple syrup, you swing from tree to tree in your frozen wasteland's deciduous forests. you wrestle bears. slender hips and shapely legs offset thick, muscled arms, and a friendly, warm lumberjacks face.
Um... I am female, and brunette, and (I guess) witty, and I do like maple syrup, and I have literally been a tree hugger at certain stages in my life. So I guess that was a pretty good guess. :D
New Sancrosanctia
08-04-2005, 20:44
Um... I am female, and brunette, and (I guess) witty, and I do like maple syrup, and I have literally been a tree hugger at certain stages in my life. So I guess that was a pretty good guess. :D
sweet.
Occidio Multus
08-04-2005, 20:51
Forrest, seriously. i don't think i'm just speaking for myself when i say that i have no wish to bite you. because that would be gross. besides which, you're covered in plaster, silly! that's bad for ingestion.
the fact that you are calling him forrest is making me laugh way to hard right now. when i address him, i call him sir. even in my head. becaue i cannot call him mr. horn, either.
Eutrusca
08-04-2005, 20:52
Forrest, seriously. i don't think i'm just speaking for myself when i say that i have no wish to bite you. because that would be gross. besides which, you're covered in plaster, silly! that's bad for ingestion.
It wasn't a suggestion! :D
Eutrusca
08-04-2005, 20:53
the fact that you are calling him forrest is making me laugh way to hard right now. when i address him, i call him sir. even in my head. becaue i cannot call him mr. horn, either.
A woman who calls me "Sir" can't be bad! :D
New Sancrosanctia
08-04-2005, 20:56
It wasn't a suggestion! :D
well, whatever floats yer boat buddy. but you're gonna have to come to me, if you're looking to get bitten. i don't go however-the-fuck far it is to your corner of the east coast to get nobody's rocks off but my own. and linda, the anonymity of the internet makes it easier to ignore ones predisposition towards respect for your seniors. not that i have much of that anyway. seriously, Mr. Horn, sir, please don't hurt me. :D
Israelities et Buddist
08-04-2005, 22:43
People always think I'm a chick *points to IEB* he did lol.

Maybe using nicknames of Wizard of Oz witches wasn't the best way to signify my man-ness (new word).
you cant blame me, you came on to me. not much else.
Cannot think of a name
08-04-2005, 22:48
Out of curiousity... what are some stereotypes on my name? ;)
You're one half of an evil set of mercenary twins who works for Cobra with you're band of Australian henchmen in the swamps.

Or maybe that was a cartoon I used to watch....one of the two...
Free Soviets
09-04-2005, 13:19
I thought Refused Party Program was Swedish. Imagine my surprise when it turned out that he was a Martian.

see, me, i always assumed that you were fucking dead. or perhaps that you'd rather be dead.

mmm, songs to fan the flames of discontent.
Refused Party Program
09-04-2005, 13:36
see, me, i always assumed that you were fucking dead. or perhaps that you'd rather be dead.

mmm, songs to fan the flames of discontent.

:D

I thought for a while that you were a righteous Russian.
Jeruselem
09-04-2005, 13:40
* NOT Jewish *
Free Soviets
09-04-2005, 13:49
I thought for a while that you were a righteous Russian.

oddly enough, i'm actually swedish


ok, fine, my grandpa's grandparents were swedish. same thing. certainly won't stop me from drinking mead in my mead hall all winter and going viking in the summers.
Refused Party Program
09-04-2005, 13:58
oddly enough, i'm actually swedish


ok, fine, my grandpa's grandparents were swedish. same thing. certainly won't stop me from drinking mead in my mead hall all winter and going viking in the summers.

Tha's cool. And obviously I like to pretend I'm Swedish at every given opportunity.
Choqulya
09-04-2005, 15:12
No ones far off the mark with my name :)

so in my conclusion that you are in a high ranking crime family and the only one who can drive a car would therefore put you where you are and your arrogance in your position would lead you to flaunt it in our faces like we are some mere chattle? :headbang:
Choqulya
09-04-2005, 15:41
I was right about Jenrak he reallys is a boy and from Canada!
Nidnodistan
09-04-2005, 16:26
I've assumed Dakhistan is of Pakistani origin, because it says something about 'chirya' in her sig... :confused: