NationStates Jolt Archive

...some of them seem to be the product of much thought, and some...do not.

I just typed in some random letters.

I wanted a name that reflected someone who influenced my political beliefs, and "Noam Chomsky" was already taken at the time.

My real name is the Irish for "Dove"

I don't even remember....

...some of them seem to be the product of much thought, and some...do not.
I took the name of my native region.
Yours? (BTW: Ilie is a male name in my country)

I decided I needed a K and a Zed in there... and then added random letters.

I just typed in some random letters.

I can see that. Very good.

I wanted a name that reflected someone who influenced my political beliefs, and "Noam Chomsky" was already taken at the time.

Noam Chomsky is taken??

I took the name of my native region.
Yours? (BTW: Ilie is a male name in my country)

I used a Romanian name. Are you Romanian?

It sounds nice...

I decided I needed a K and a Zed in there... and then added random letters.

Why a K and Z? Are those your initials?

It sounds nice...

Thanks. Why are you Glitziness?

I used a Romanian name. Are you Romanian?

You know son, I believe he is.

I used a Romanian name. Are you Romanian?
Yep.

Noam Chomsky is taken??It was at the time, I'm not sure if that account became inactive and they allowed them to be reused...they did that at one point.

Thanks. Why are you Glitziness?
Heh, I meant that I chose Glitziness 'cause it sounds nice... :p

Mine came from my Social Studies project a long time ago. REALLY long time ago.

Yep.

Well shoot! Yes, I date a half-Romanian so I have been learning about the culture and whatnot.

I just thought about what a eutopic republican (i.e. US GOP) country would idealize.

My name was hastily thought of an influenced by some crappy project i was doing in college at the time.

Heh, I meant that I chose Glitziness 'cause it sounds nice... :p

It DOES sound nice. Very feminine.

I just thought about what a eutopic republican (i.e. US GOP) country would idealize.

Ah yes, unabashed greed. I'd say that the U.S. idealizes that. :rolleyes:

easy. Wallbank is my surname

Mine came from my Social Studies project a long time ago. REALLY long time ago.

I'm sure I'm being ignorant, but what IS Pythogria?

I chose it because I thought it went well with "The Nomadic Peoples of...".
When I made my nation I didn't think I'd ever end up on the forum, if I had, I'd have chosen more wisely. It's stupid and unwieldy and I like my puppet nation's name better, but somehow I've grown attached by now, so...

Well shoot! Yes, I date a half-Romanian so I have been learning about the culture and whatnot.
So, how did Ilie come about? The saint that rides in the skies and causes thunders?

My name was hastily thought of an influenced by some crappy project i was doing in college at the time.

so, what was half-hidden in your project?

So, how did Ilie come about? The saint that rides in the skies and causes thunders?

Yes, I cause thunders when I eat at Taco Bell. (It's worth it.)

I'm sure I'm being ignorant, but what IS Pythogria?

Pythogria? Well, the assignment was to learn about culture by making one up. It popped into my head, I used it, got a great mark, and used it as my NS name.

Pythogria? Well, the assignment was to learn about culture by making one up. It popped into my head, I used it, got a great mark, and used it as my NS name.

Nice! So do you model your nation after the original fictional culture? What was the culture you created?

Yes, I cause thunders when I eat at Taco Bell. (It's worth it.)
Heheh.
I don't want to see icons of that, though.

Quite embarrasing story really... took the name from the D & D God of Ooze and modified it. So there. Feels kinda lame when you think about it.

Heheh.
I don't want to see icons of that, though.

Don't worry, I'm not much of an icon-user. Just give me my lightbulb and that's all I need.

Do you actually know anybody named Ilie?

Quite embarrasing story really... took the name from the D & D God of Ooze and modified it. So there. Feels kinda lame when you think about it.

D & D lives! I think it would have been even funnier for your name to be God of Ooze. It was probably taken, now that I think about it.

Nice! So do you model your nation after the original fictional culture? What was the culture you created?

Exactly the same as the one I use in RPs. It's a benevolent, democratically elected dictatorship. The "dictator" (put in quotations because he/she isn't REALLY a dictator) has many limits on their power, and mainly just guides foriegn policy and passes laws (which can't nrgate a really strict constitution).

As for culture, they are kind of like Canada, but more conformed to my personal views. (Example: Smoking, alchohol, drugs, prostitution, and pornography are illegal.) They also hate cars, and use footpaths, conveyor belts, and bullet trains instead. If you want to know a really in-detail report, let me know.

Don't worry, I'm not much of an icon-user. Just give me my lightbulb and that's all I need.

Do you actually know anybody named Ilie?
Yeah, but it's not used so much anymore. There are many people over 40 that still bear the name, and some young people in the countryside. Otherwise, it's mostly a family name (perhaps you know the soccer player Adrian Ilie).

I was thinking about creating a 21st century Rome. I changed my mind, but the name stuck.

D & D lives! *snip*

The nerds shall inherit the world!

I got an excellent mark on a module on Stalinism for my degree (I do history). I felt I owed the guy something.

Exactly the same as the one I use in RPs. It's a benevolent, democratically elected dictatorship. The "dictator" (put in quotations because he/she isn't REALLY a dictator) has many limits on their power, and mainly just guides foriegn policy and passes laws (which can't nrgate a really strict constitution).

As for culture, they are kind of like Canada, but more conformed to my personal views. (Example: Smoking, alchohol, drugs, prostitution, and pornography are illegal.) They also hate cars, and use footpaths, conveyor belts, and bullet trains instead. If you want to know a really in-detail report, let me know.

I like it! Sure, you can TG me.

I believe I was reading "El general en su laberinto" at the time.

Yeah, but it's not used so much anymore. There are many people over 40 that still bear the name, and some young people in the countryside. Otherwise, it's mostly a family name (perhaps you know the soccer player Adrian Ilie).

Oh, I didn't know that. Sounds like the name Henry here. I should have just called myself Henry.

I was thinking about creating a 21st century Rome. I changed my mind, but the name stuck.

Wow, what would a 21st century Rome be like?

The nerds shall inherit the world!

I hope we do, cause I'm not getting much of anything right now.

I got an excellent mark on a module on Stalinism for my degree (I do history). I felt I owed the guy something.

I'm sure he appreciates it.

my name is Smunkee.

oh and then I added the ville because my girls like the powerpuff girls. ;)

I didn't want people to know my real persona.

~Alan Smithee
Director of Woman Wanted~

Wow, what would a 21st century Rome be like?

Well, my first thought was something like in that Star Trek episode, but then I decided that would be corny.

Otherwise, it's mostly a family name (perhaps you know the soccer player Adrian Ilie).
Nope...but I know of Ilie Dumitrescu (sp?). Only because he played in England for a little bit...for Sheffield Wednesday I think.

The nerds shall inherit the world!

I thought us meek were getting it, if that's alright with all of you.

I'm sure he appreciates it.
He'd better. Or I'll...erm...get drunk on vodka. Now he certainly would appreciate that.

Name of a nation of a fantasy novel I read. I didn't realize it when I chose it but then I was like... crap it's not origional! Still I really like the name, that's why I chose it after all. :)

I've used Cluich as my online handle since I first got an Internet account back in '94 (gawd, it's been over 12 years now! :eek: ). I needed to nationify it up, so I added the "-stan" suffix. But what does "cluich" mean?

From a Gaelic-to-English Dictionary:

Cluich,-e,pl.-ean [-eachan & -eannan] s.m. Play,pastime,sport,game. 2.Funeral games or solemnities. 3 Battle. 4 School vacation.5 Flirting. 6 Gaming. 7 Theatrical performance. A' cluich, pr.pt of cluich. -----a'cluich,a'cluicheachd & a'cluicheadh v.a. Play,sport,game. 2 Finger a musical instrument. 3 Represent a character. 4 Gamble. Cluichabhachd s.m. Comedy. Cluicheadh. Representing a character on stage.

my name is Smunkee.

oh and then I added the ville because my girls like the powerpuff girls. ;)

Your last name is Smunkee? Wow.

Heh, I meant that I chose Glitziness 'cause it sounds nice... :p
it does sound nice :fluffle:

just like amy :P :fluffle: (aha so smooth... ;))
and also, i'll point out again that glitziness is just one letter away from dirtyness *nods*



i chose Pure Metal cos i was an out & out metalhead when i created the nation IIRC (just came here after the Iron Maiden BB crashed and burned), and it was the only metal-related name not already taken. i think i was also listening to the Iced Earth song 'Pure Evil' at the time, so that was the inspiration...
on reflection, i quite like it. it's short, easy to abbreviate to PM, and probably grants me an air of hostility toward those who don't know me :P
it is also, unfortunatley, one of the more 'dumb' names around... i mean, some people have cool and intelligent-sounding latin-esque names while i have a pleasantly (or stupidly) monosyllabic monkier. bah...

I didn't want people to know my real persona.

~Alan Smithee
Director of Woman Wanted~

...yeeeah. :p

Well, my first thought was something like in that Star Trek episode, but then I decided that would be corny.

You mean the one where everybody is beautiful and have sex all the time? The one Riker likes?

-considerable snippage-
a pleasantly (or stupidly) monosyllabic monkier. bah...
Monkier? :p More monkey than thou?
I won't point out that it's not monosyllabic. Oh, wait...;)

I thought us meek were getting it, if that's alright with all of you.

Looks like it's only the confident nerds doing it. Look at Google, for heaven's sake.

He'd better. Or I'll...erm...get drunk on vodka. Now he certainly would appreciate that.

I'll join you. To Stalin!

Mine is a homage to my birth nation.

Name of a nation of a fantasy novel I read. I didn't realize it when I chose it but then I was like... crap it's not origional! Still I really like the name, that's why I chose it after all. :)

It's weird how some things like that squirrel themselves into your brain and you eventually spit it back out and think you made it up. I do that all the time.

Monkier? :p More monkey than thou?
I won't point out that it's not monosyllabic. Oh, wait...;)
lol! well moniker sorts out the first complaint there (i can't type tonight)

and secondly.... shut up! :p
it depends how you say "metal"... yeah..... *shiftyeyes*

I've used Cluich as my online handle since I first got an Internet account back in '94 (gawd, it's been over 12 years now! :eek: ). I needed to nationify it up, so I added the "-stan" suffix. But what does "cluich" mean?

From a Gaelic-to-English Dictionary:

Cluich,-e,pl.-ean [-eachan & -eannan] s.m. Play,pastime,sport,game. 2.Funeral games or solemnities. 3 Battle. 4 School vacation.5 Flirting. 6 Gaming. 7 Theatrical performance. A' cluich, pr.pt of cluich. -----a'cluich,a'cluicheachd & a'cluicheadh v.a. Play,sport,game. 2 Finger a musical instrument. 3 Represent a character. 4 Gamble. Cluichabhachd s.m. Comedy. Cluicheadh. Representing a character on stage.

So, cluich means...any activity ever?

Your last name is Smunkee? Wow.
no. not my legal name. I guess it's like my alias or something. On my permanent record it says <my legal name> AKA Smunkee


*permanent record (school records, police records, ect.)


just about everyone calls me Smunkee, well everyone who met me between 1987 and 2001, post 2001 they call me by my first name (unless they met me through someone who calls me Smunkee)

it does sound nice :fluffle:

just like amy :P :fluffle: (aha so smooth... ;))
and also, i'll point out again that glitziness is just one letter away from dirtyness *nods*



i chose Pure Metal cos i was an out & out metalhead when i created the nation IIRC (just came here after the Iron Maiden BB crashed and burned), and it was the only metal-related name not already taken. i think i was also listening to the Iced Earth song 'Pure Evil' at the time, so that was the inspiration...
on reflection, i quite like it. it's short, easy to abbreviate to PM, and probably grants me an air of hostility toward those who don't know me :P
it is also, unfortunatley, one of the more 'dumb' names around... i mean, some people have cool and intelligent-sounding latin-esque names while i have a pleasantly (or stupidly) monosyllabic monkier. bah...


Don't be so hard on yourself..."metal" has two syllables.

You mean the one where everybody is beautiful and have sex all the time? The one Riker likes?

No, I was thinking about the older one where Kirk discovers a world with a Roman society and 20th century technology. But the world you mention sounds more fun to me. :)

So, cluich means...any activity ever?

Its meaning would depend on the context. I thought at least a couple of them fit me rather nicely, though. ;)

Oh, I didn't know that. Sounds like the name Henry here. I should have just called myself Henry.
I'm not sure I know what you mean. Is it because Henry is rare, or because it isn't? Also, are you American?
I think that Ilie is discarded because it sounds like the name of a simpleton (Bubba is an equivalent, perhaps?). We have an avalanche of new names, which were hardly used before: Sebastian, Eric, Dominic... (some of them have a slight tradition as Catholic names).
There were other interesting trends with communism and all. For example, my communist grandfather refused to give his kids saints' names. My leftist mother didn't give me and my sister saints' names, but my conservative father insisted, and we both have a saint's second name.

Nope...but I know of Ilie Dumitrescu (sp?). Only because he played in England for a little bit...for Sheffield Wednesday I think.
Oh, yeah. I had forgotten about him. Anyway, Adrian Ilie played in Spain for a while. I don't even know why I mentioned him, cause he's all washed up now.

So, cluich means...any activity ever?

It's actually the only word in the Irish language.

Don't be so hard on yourself..."metal" has two syllables.
yeah... i know that now.... :headbang: :p

Mine is a homage to my birth nation.

*cue anthem here*

Very touching. :D

no. not my legal name. I guess it's like my alias or something. On my permanent record it says <my legal name> AKA Smunkee


*permanent record (school records, police records, ect.)


just about everyone calls me Smunkee, well everyone who met me between 1987 and 2001, post 2001 they call me by my first name (unless they met me through someone who calls me Smunkee)

Wait, so it's like a nickname? How did you come up with that?

It's actually the only word in the Irish language.


LOL! Zing! :D

no. not my legal name. I guess it's like my alias or something. On my permanent record it says <my legal name> AKA Smunkee


*permanent record (school records, police records, ect.)


just about everyone calls me Smunkee, well everyone who met me between 1987 and 2001, post 2001 they call me by my first name (unless they met me through someone who calls me Smunkee)

How did THAT come about?

*cue anthem here*

Very touching. :D

The New Zealand national anthem sucks. Alas, if I was only born in Russia...

just like amy :P :fluffle: (aha so smooth... ;))
and also, i'll point out again that glitziness is just one letter away from dirtyness *nods*
Very true ;)

hehe :P :fluffle: smoothness indeed ;)
I actually like the name Amy. Comes from french word that means "beloved" "to like" or "friend" in French too - Awww :p
get my email?

it is also, unfortunatley, one of the more 'dumb' names around... i mean, some people have cool and intelligent-sounding latin-esque names while i have a pleasantly (or stupidly) monosyllabic monkier. bah...
At least it isn't a stupidly girly name like mine :p Plus, it just sounds normal and is memorable and ... oh, I'm biased - I associate it with you and therefore I love it :p :fluffle: like i love you... oh the smoothness, hehe :P
Plus, it was the reason we first got chatting *nods* That's enough reason to like it :D

"Czardas" originally came from a random Hungarian word, but I liked it because its common abbreviation Czar means a ruler or emperor. Which I of course am. :p

just like amy :P
Actually, after you start writing a novel centering on a city called "The City", and its suburbs, called "The Outlands", where AMY (originally an acronym for "Artificial Intelligence Metamorphosis through Extra-Scientific Echelons", which eventually is simplified into a more familiar version) is the code-name for an evil sentient AI that rules everyone in a Hive-like society and has developed a system of exams by which those who fail are cast out of society, branded with a special mark, and used as shooting practice by the Secret Police or captured by slave traders—and whom the main character eventually confronts in a massive empty tech lab containing hundreds of thousands of monitors all lit by a faint blue glow... it actually loses some of its appeal. Unless you like that kind of thing. :p

[I never finished the novel btw... Halfway through I discovered NS, which now occupies all of my time. Sorry. :p]

its very descriptive

Wait, so it's like a nickname?
kinda. Most people don't know my "real name" or they get freaked out by it and I suggest Smunkee as an alternative. Only 2 of my teachers in highschool knew my first and last name, they called me Smunkee anyway though. It said Smunkee on the attendance form.....I don't know quite how that happened, but it did.


How did you come up with that?
I am not quite sure where Smunkee came from, I honestly don't remember. I think it has something to do with Sea Monkeys though. Seriously everyone has called me this since I was quite young, I think it didn't start with my family though, since most of them call me by my middle name.

Anyway, there are still people who don't know my name, and only refer to me as Smunkee, I have like a cult following. I can be in public places and hear "SMUNKEEEEEEE!!!!!!"* and then see someone (most of the time someone I don't recognize) running to me to chat about old times (most of the time I don't remember when, what, or where they met me/knew me)


* always in the same tone from everyone, like "STELLLAAAA!!!!!" (http://www.gotwavs.com/cgi-bin/wavs.cgi?Streetcar_Named_Desire=stella.wav) from "A Streetcar Named Desire", I don't know why it's like that either, but it always is, maybe there is a personal joke I am supposed to remember but don't.....:confused:

~snip~
Don't forget, it's everyone's favorite dance

Actually, after you start writing a novel centering on a city called "The City", and its suburbs, called "The Outlands", where AMY (originally an acronym for "Artificial Intelligence Metamorphosis through Extra-Scientific Echelons", which eventually is simplified into a more familiar version) is the code-name for an evil sentient AI that rules everyone in a Hive-like society and has developed a system of exams by which those who fail are cast out of society, branded with a special mark, and used as shooting practice by the Secret Police or captured by slave traders—and whom the main character eventually confronts in a massive empty tech lab containing hundreds of thousands of monitors all lit by a faint blue glow... it actually loses some of its appeal. Unless you like that kind of thing. :p
How do you manage to, 99% of the time, post things which I have no idea how to even attempt a response to?

How do you manage to, 99% of the time, post things which I have no idea how to even attempt a response to?
Sheer genius, my friend. Sheer genius... /nods/

I'm not even going to go into any of the other crazy stories I used to write... a murder mystery set entirely on an unmanned spacecraft for instance... you get the idea.

Fist to keyboard, add vowels to suit. Voila.

Sheer genius, my friend. Sheer genius... /nods/

I'm not even going to go into any of the other crazy stories I used to write... a murder mystery set entirely on an unmanned spacecraft for instance... you get the idea.
What Clitziness said:eek: :confused:

What Clitziness said:eek: :confused:
What's so confusing?

Sheer genius, my friend. Sheer genius... /nods/

I'm not even going to go into any of the other crazy stories I used to write... a murder mystery set entirely on an unmanned spacecraft for instance... you get the idea.
Genius... yeah... that's what it is...

What's so confusing?
a murder story on an unmanned space ship...just...i have no words for it...

a murder story on an unmanned space ship...just...i have no words for it...

I find myself intrigued. If it's unmanned, then who was murdered? And who did the murdering? And who investigated the murder?

This might just drive me mad.

a murder story on an unmanned space ship...just...i have no words for it...
Heheh, maybe I should go back and actually finish some of those stories. I also started a brief Surrealist short story, featuring a main character named P (for Protagonist) whose primary antagonist was named, well, can you guess? Lots of fun too. Elephants turning into teacups, talking hedgehogs, variable climate control (depending on the mood of the sky), and all that. :p

No, I don't remember what I was high on, and no, you can't have any.

Heheh, maybe I should go back and actually finish some of those stories. I also started a brief Surrealist short story, featuring a main character named P (for Protagonist) whose primary antagonist was named, well, can you guess? Lots of fun too. Elephants turning into teacups, talking hedgehogs, variable climate control (depending on the mood of the sky), and all that. :p

No, I don't remember what I was high on, and no, you can't have any.that's just weird:eek: :D

and i want some:(

kinda. Most people don't know my "real name" or they get freaked out by it and I suggest Smunkee as an alternative.
Whoa, what is your real name?

its very descriptive
So you like to lick meat do you?

Whoa, what is your real name?
Joey.

I wanted a name to describe how I occasionally feel, how I'm occasionally treated and how ultimately I want history to remember me.


Yessss.... one day, mothers will use me to scare their children into good behaviour! Then, as the parents curl up in their own bed and turn out the light their thoughts will fill with some of that half remembered terror, as the wind curls around the eaves and the cats cry out in the night.....

Now thats immortality.

Joey.

Joey, is that you? :eek:

http://hometown.aol.com/pepsi4425/roo.jpg

:D

Joey, is that you? :eek:

http://hometown.aol.com/pepsi4425/roo.jpg

:D
LOL

I explain to little kids how to say my name by saying "Joey, like a baby kangaroo, like on Winne the Pooh" and they seem to get it then, adults however half the time don't even realize that a baby kangaroo is called a Joey. :(

LOL

I explain to little kids how to say my name by saying "Joey, like a baby kangaroo, like on Winne the Pooh" and they seem to get it then, adults however half the time don't even realize that a baby kangaroo is called a Joey. :(

What can I say? I'm a little kid trapped in an adult body. ;)

I was very drunk and very bored..... in fact, half of the above is still true:D

Whoa, what is your real name?


So you like to lick meat do you?


Ooo-you are the clever one.

Joey.


I dont see that as being a reason to be freaked out.
I kinda like it

My nation was originally a Roman-style nation and I chose a Latinesque name; interestingly, Vetalia is similar to vetala, a Hindu term for an evil undead spirit.:eek:

I dont see that as being a reason to be freaked out.
I kinda like it
well, I like it too when I don't have to deal with idiots who don't like it.

It's not short for anything, I'm not named after anyone, and I am female, the combo of those things freak people out.

I got my name off a bottle of wine I found in my nanas house.

http://www.ideahobby.it/ARTICOLI/collezionismo/mostra-bere/images/big-07.jpg

Smunky-ville correct?

*doesnt see the hard part of pronouncing that*

Smunky-ville correct?

*doesnt see the hard part of pronouncing that*
Smunkee!!!!!!!

oh, and they have a problem with Joey, they try Joy, Jody, Josie, Julie, ect. but never can quite understand that the woman in front of them is named Joey..... yeah I don't get it either.

Smunkee!!!!!!!

oh, and they have a problem with Joey, they try Joy, Jody, Josie, Julie, ect. but never can quite understand that the woman in front of them is named Joey..... yeah I don't get it either.
I shall call you Smunkz!

*dies*

...some of them seem to be the product of much thought, and some...do not.
Well, I remembered this site from when I was looking for games on the internet. I had wanted to create a country that is like paradise, but is moral, decent, and religious in my point-of-view. Here's the simple equation:

Religious+Best Place on Earth= Holy Paradise

well, I like it too when I don't have to deal with idiots who don't like it.

It's not short for anything, I'm not named after anyone, and I am female, the combo of those things freak people out.


My advice then- dont deal with idiots. Your name is fine. You're actually making it cuter.

I picked a random book and opened it at a random page then picked the nicest looking word.

My other nations name, Cornflake Gremlins, came about when I was high and had a very long debate about why the man in the Cornflakes advert lost his beard after eating his breakfast.

I just used the first name that came to mind, "Bolol". It started out as just some random name, and now it seems to have stuck. I'm using it for other purposes now.

I believe and are an imperialist. Imperius was taken, so I got dibs on Imperiux.

When I signed up to play the game, I wanted to recreate "Rome". They wouldn't let me take the name "Rome" itself, so I just stuck a "W" at the end (for "West"- hence, "Rome West") and here we go.

I believe and are an imperialist. Imperius was taken, so I got dibs on Imperiux.

I believe in and am an imperialist.

It's onamatopaeic, obviously.

No, I was thinking about the older one where Kirk discovers a world with a Roman society and 20th century technology. But the world you mention sounds more fun to me. :)

Which episode is that? I'm curious.

I should qualify that my nation is exactly what you wanted to create- a 21st century Roman Empire. More information can be found in my signature (under "The Complete Roman Factbook"), but essentially what I've done is transform Rome into a liberal democracy- because that's what Roman values (e.g., honour, equality and fairness) translates to today. It shouldn't be surprising that it's like the West today- after all, Rome is what gave "the West" it's proper beginnings.

Star Trek TOS #43: "Bread and Circuses"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_Circuses

My name has an odd history - it's actually derived from another nonsense word ("Taredi"). In turn, the nonsense word "Taredi" dates back to an empire name I chose once when playing Master of Orion III; I wound up winning that particular round of the game, and the name "Taredi" just stuck in my memory for some reason. I changed "Taredi" to "Taredas" because I felt that "The Federation of Taredi" just didn't sound right. (I rejected my usual Internet alias ["Tarhalindur"] for the same reason, though I may dredge up that particular name for a puppet at some point.)

Yes, I think too much about these things, I know. :p

I got my nickname in 1994 when I joined the soccer team at my U.S. highschool as a foreign student. Being from Germany, everyone expected me to be good at playing soccer (little did they know - all my experience came from playing in the streets and the garages courts).

Well, anyway - my teammates started telling our opponents that they were in for a real surprise 'cause they had a German on the team and what I lacked in mad socker skills I made up in enthusiasm and readiness to make sacrifices and take one for the team.

They even put it down in my yearbook and I've been the German Nightmare ever since.

Man do I miss those good ol' times in North Carolina! (We just did a unit on U.S. highschool in the German school at which I did an internship and dug out my yearbook - good memories indeed!).

I am American, but I wanted to come up with something that sounded "European" in a sense. I guess I always imagined my country as a peaceful little nation state in Europe, unnoticed by the rest of the world. Although now "Saladador" makes me think of chopped Romaine lettuce.

My advice then- dont deal with idiots. Your name is fine. You're actually making it cuter.
aww.... thanks ;)

Star Trek TOS #43: "Bread and Circuses"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_Circuses

Thanks! Very interesting. Do you know if the episode addressed the issue of how the Christian Roman Empire restored gladiatorial combats?

I'm Italian, I believe in Values... voila.

I'm Italian, I believe in Values... voila.
Funny that the word is the same in Romanian.

Funny that the word is the same in Romanian.

They *are* both Romance languages, so it's not a surprise.

They *are* both Romance languages, so it's not a surprise.
The singular of the word differs, however.

I named it after my secret organization/society

Joey.
Oh, how very freaky. :rolleyes:

I was trolling about the interwebs looking for inspiration when I saw a cute pic that I could use as an avatar. I also thought it looked pretty dangerous and, well, guess you can figure out the rest ...

http://www.nationstates.net/cute_dangerous_animals

It DOES sound nice. Very feminine.

Also, as PM has stated. You replace one letter towards the beginning, and it says something very feminine.

Funny that the word is the same in Romanian.

As already stated, it's probably because they are both romance languages. Afterall, in English it is "values", in Romanian and Italian it is, "valori", in Spanish it is, "valores", and in French it is, "valeurs". They are all very similar in the scheme of things.

As already stated, it's probably because they are both romance languages. Afterall, in English it is "values", in Romanian and Italian it is, "valori", in Spanish it is, "valores", and in French it is, "valeurs". They are all very similar in the scheme of things.
*takes that opportunity to nudge Valori and Argesia in the general direction of the Watcha sound like?-Thread. Only two non-English speaking people have posted so far. What better way to promote the beauty of romance languages?;) *

It's sort of a title of a John Keats Poem: La Belle Dame Sans Merci. Read it, it's actually quite good. One of my favourite poems.

Obviously, my name isn't serious, but my older accounts got deleted because of idleness... This name is just an experiment (I'm testing a hypothesis that extreme-leaning countries, either left or right, do better than politically neutral ones).

My dead account:
Adelphoi- Its a Hebrew word that was taken into the context of family, like brothers and/or sister

*takes that opportunity to nudge Valori and Argesia in the general direction of the Watcha sound like?-Thread. Only two non-English speaking people have posted so far. What better way to promote the beauty of romance languages?;) *
Don't own a mike. I've been looking at the thread, and cursing my luck.

I'm a New York Rangers fan

It's sort of a title of a John Keats Poem: La Belle Dame Sans Merci. Read it, it's actually quite good. One of my favourite poems.

Yay pretty Lady!

I like penguins, they are funny.

And linux is so hippy.

The glittering is a personal thing between my boyfriend and I...

Don't own a mike. I've been looking at the thread, and cursing my luck.

I'm right there with you Argesia. I guess foreign people are either too frugal to by mics or have different things to spend their money on.

Although, I've heard everybody's accents and there is one in particular that threw me into dream land for a brief moment. :p

Just two syllables mashed together. I don't even particularly like it.

Meh.

A thing from years ago about me having similar characteristics to a mongoose- quick reflexes, agile, fast, and eyes kinda dart around looking for danger (I had that sort of school :p )

Hate the first part though.

I couldn't, so I didn't.

that's just weird:eek: :D
I'm just weird, lol. Although I think that eventually ended up as a total surrealfest where we're not exactly sure who is who and everyone ends up spouting deeply philosophical and analyzeable nonsense. I'll check to see if I still have it on my HD. :p

Don't own a mike. I've been looking at the thread, and cursing my luck.I'm right there with you Argesia. I guess foreign people are either too frugal to by mics or have different things to spend their money on.

Although, I've heard everybody's accents and there is one in particular that threw me into dream land for a brief moment.
No no no, you don't need a mic. You think I have one? (Of course, I'm a frugal European, too, so maybe that's why :p)
All you need is pair of headphones.
You just plug them into the mic slot of your computer and then talk into the earpiece. Feels stupid but works. You don't even have to download any recording software if you don't want, just use the windows sound recorder (under start > programs > accessories > media. Or something like that, I forget). And then upload it to where we can access it (www.gimehost.com seems to work best so far).
I for one would like to hear some Italian and Romanian.
Oh, and Valori: Aerou. Or Fass. :p Right?

[/end thread hijack! Sorry Ilie, won't happen again, I promise]

I wanted a nation in honor of my favorite Hitchiker's Guide character, Wonko the Sane, a man that lived outside of society because he had realized they were all insane except for him (he was driven to this after seeing instructions on the back of a box of toothpicks). Not wanting to just be Wonko, I simply created a nation of those sane enough to recognize the rest of the world as unstable and called it Sane Outcasts.

wanted mercenaries and it was taken, and being the clever person I am I changed a e with a 3.

-snip-
Don't you mean headphones with a mike?

Don't you mean headphones with a mike?
Nope. Just your old normal headphones. I didn't know that either, but several people recommended it. Works great (sound is maybe a bit worse, but eh). They can't be "powered" though, if I remember correctly, i.e. no own batteries.

No no no, you don't need a mic. You think I have one? (Of course, I'm a frugal European, too, so maybe that's why :p)
All you need is pair of headphones.
You just plug them into the mic slot of your computer and then talk into the earpiece. Feels stupid but works. You don't even have to download any recording software if you don't want, just use the windows sound recorder (under start > programs > accessories > media. Or something like that, I forget). And then upload it to where we can access it (www.gimehost.com seems to work best so far).
I for one would like to hear some Italian and Romanian.
Oh, and Valori: Aerou. Or Fass. :p Right?

[/end thread hijack! Sorry Ilie, won't happen again, I promise]

What if you have Altec Lansing speakers without a mic hookup?

And damn you and your guessing skills, damn you. *shakes fist suspiciously*

Valori What if you have Altec Lansing speakers without a mic hookup?

We vote for you to try it and see.:)

And damn you and your guessing skills, damn you. *shakes fist suspiciously*
Ah, I knew as well, as soon as you made that post. I knew it had to be Aerou. What a lovely accent.

Nope. Just your old normal headphones. I didn't know that either, but several people recommended it. Works great (sound is maybe a bit worse, but eh). They can't be "powered" though, if I remember correctly, i.e. no own batteries.
Doesn't work.

We vote for you to try it and see.:)


Ah, I knew as well, as soon as you made that post. I knew it had to be Aerou. What a lovely accent.

I tried it, but my speakers and monitor only have a microphone slot and when I went to play it back it just showed the slider moving with no sound. Then when I went to close it, it beeped really freakin loud because I turned my speakers up so high to try and hear. And now my ears hurt... Thank you for this Peech. :p

Who said it was Aerou, maybe I think Fass has one damn sexy voice. Straight men can like other guys voices, geeze. :)

I forsaw my nation as somewhat of a Star Trek nerd's paradise. It didn't come out quite the way I expected, but I like it all the same.

Well, truth be told, I have no idea where my name came from. I don't particularly like gerapes. I believe I was just really high and couldn't think of a name.

I didn't name my nation after my hometown; I named it after the town next to my hometown.

Thanks! Very interesting. Do you know if the episode addressed the issue of how the Christian Roman Empire restored gladiatorial combats?
Yes, I do. It doesn't.
And while the blueprints of most larger Federation ships do give a location of a place of worship or a chapel, Star Trek does not really tackle religions to keep out of trouble, I guess.
But there is the Klingon Bible...

Once again, I am posting the same thing I always post in these threads. It's been well over a year since I wrote it now come to think of it..



Back in the day, (a few years ago actually) me and my best mate were N64 wh0res and one of the games we played was wcw/nwo revenge, a pro-wrestling game. One day I decided to re-name on of the made up characters. Being a southpark fan then too, I named him 'FiveassedmonkeymanVII' with the 'manVII' being added on in a spur of the moment thing. About a month later, I was discussing with this said friend what I should use for my yahoo msger ID (I just started using that again even though no one I know is ever on) and he suggested I use the fiveassed name, so I did, 'Fiveassedmonkeyman7' became my Yahoo ID. A few months later, I started playing the online game 'Planetarion' (sometime during Round 3 for people who know when that was) and stuck with the name for my planets ruler name. Using IRC became an important part of playing this game, and I was forced to shorten my name to 'Monkeyman7' for IRC. Sometime during the round, my birthday happened and some of my friends gave me an orange 'pimp' tshirt which I wore constantly. When round 4 of Planetarion started, I adjusted my ruler name slightly on the back of this tshirt to 'Fiveassedmonkeypimp7' or 'Monkeypimp' for IRC. When I started up on NS, I ran with it.

My Last name+Town+Idea that populations wouldn't get so big in the game otherwise it would have been Harleland...

The agreeable society was the name given by a collection of goofball stoners one sunday afternoon through a haze of smoke to their common belief that this was quite possibly the greatest way to spend sunday afternoons. As such the society was formed and a rule book written.

Needless to say, within an hour or so the whole thing had been forgotten.

I coined the name as i believed it reflected exactly the make up of the group and at the time had the vague idea that if i formed the political party of my choice then this would aliteratively (if thats actually a word!) reflect the society i would be aiming to create... and then i stumbled across NS

Viva UKC Alumni 2002-05!

It's a swahili term for "He who laughs loudly when groins are being kicked."

:)

It's a swahili term for "He who laughs loudly when groins are being kicked."

:)
Even when it's your groin?

Mine is the amalgamation of several nations that I had previously.

I saw it on a DVD that was lying around

mine reflects my political beliefs. my other one (dark chocolate hobnobs) reflects my taste in biscuits.

Even when it's your groin?
One I can breathe normally again, yes. :(

Unfortunately, I am gifted and cursed with the ability to find such things funny. Even when I am the victim.

It has caused me nothing but pain. :p

One I can breathe normally again, yes. :(

Unfortunately, I am gifted and cursed with the ability to find such things funny. Even when I am the victim.

It has caused me nothing but pain. :p
I'm worried for your kids....

location

Heh, the name is actually from a really long Red Eye fanfiction I wrote, Bejerot's Diagnosis, and the way I got that name was from the name Nils Bejerot, who was the first psychiatrist to diagnose Stockholm syndrome after the bank robbery/hostage situation in Normmalmstorg.

Charlen was a mythical paradise in a series of stories I wrote in creative writing in high school. In it's native language it's really spelled Carlen, as they pronounce the first C in every word as a Ch.

How did you come up with your NS name?

My favorite baseball player looks and acts like a total pothead stoner...seemed like as good a name as any.

my name had something to do with the game Tribes 2 and a certain voice bind that everyone used a lot...


VGS = SHAZBOT!

...some of them seem to be the product of much thought, and some...do not.

It's the name of the hill i live on...

well, actually, after first thinking that, i find that i'm wrong, and that half the hill is Pant-y-graig-wen, and i live on Pen-Y-Graig-wen.

Not changing it now though.

It s the name of a place in the Philipines, i looked over an atlas of the philipines when forming the nation and thats the name that stood out.

Because i often feel like a jester, (no, not like a clown, smartass), telling uncomfortable thruth in a humourous package. And because i liked Wyrd Sisters, where the jester becomes king.

What Clitziness said:eek: :confused:

Post #86 in this thread...

I caught that! For shame!

*hands Glitziness a batch of flowers*

Now to remain true to the thread's purpose:

Tarlachia comes from the Gaelic word "Tarlach" which means "one that aids". I added the "ia" after that to make it sound nation-worthy.

Yes, I'm Irish.

No, I did not get drunk this St. Patrick's Day because I had to work the entire night shift... *shock*

Post #86 in this thread...

I caught that! For shame!

*hands Glitziness a batch of flowers*
You know, it could have been a typo........





































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....... no, this is NS General, that's impossible. Carry on. :p

Post #86 in this thread...

I caught that! For shame!

*hands Glitziness a batch of flowers*
Flowers? Oooo :p

Though I noticed that as well and I hardly have any objections....

Flowers? Oooo :p

Though I noticed that as well and I hardly have any objections....

XD

Priceless.

Taulkinham is the name of a city in a book by Flannery O'Connor (who I'm madly in love with).

I have no fuckin' clue where did this come from. Somebody please tell me?

XD

Priceless.
Heh, most people who know me wouldn't be at all shocked with my response :D :p

Flowers? Oooo :p

Though I noticed that as well and I hardly have any objections....
*sniggers*

Empire in Al bhed.

I created my nation a few hours ater watching Tim Burton's Beetlejuicemovie. The image of all those funky-looking dead people just stuck in my head...

I was just listening to that u2 song and i needed a adjective

I'd like to hunt cats to end with their international conspiracy. That's why me and my citizens are the Cathunters.

I don’t know if I could have been less original for the name of my nation. My name is Bruce; I have a lot of Scottish heritage; and I read a lot of history. I’m just glad my name wasn’t Bob or I would have had an even less originally named nation. When I look around at the other nation names out there I can’t help but think I was suffering from writer’s block when I named my first nation state… :)

I think my puppet, Ummagumma, was a lot more original. I wanted it to have a Pink Floyd styled name without being blatant about it, but still sounding good.

I am a reincarnation of a previous nation, which became known by the initials AB, the name of which was an anagram of my RL name.

you know, it's funny. I had to do a project for my spanish class where we made up a country, so I called it Gromlandia. So when I found out about NS I had a ready made name.
Don't remember why i decided to call the spanish country Gromlandia though.

I don’t know if I could have been less original for the name of my nation. My name is Bruce; I have a lot of Scottish heritage; and I read a lot of history. I’m just glad my name wasn’t Bob or I would have had an even less originally named nation. When I look around at the other nation names out there I can’t help but think I was suffering from writer’s block when I named my first nation state… :)

I think my puppet, Ummagumma, was a lot more original. I wanted it to have a Pink Floyd styled name without being blatant about it, but still sounding good.

At least you didn't name it "Bruce Bruce"