Great Historic Names: What Happened?
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Topic: Great Historic Names: What Happened?
Posted By: Atavachron
Subject: Great Historic Names: What Happened?
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 02:53
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...for instance, Hector; among the greatest warriors in Mythology, now it sounds like some computer geek with snot running down over his bow tie. And Leon; Spanish city and ancient Roman stronghold, in our time a guy who wears a lot of jewelry, smells like lamb, and "Likes the ladies". |
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 02:59
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Luke. Once a mean lean fighting machine from Star Wars - now sounding more like a camp hairdresser from Beverly Hills. Serious: Ernest Hemingway. Ernest? Really? ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 03:41
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^ indeed-- and I'm sure some evangelist in 1978 was saying the same about the Star Wars Luke how about Lawrence; martyred Saint of the poor and sick, now a spoiled college fraternity kid who just got a sportscar from Daddy. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 03:48
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Hector is a good one. Emerson is a name I miss (and wish I had of course). ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 03:52
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Donald have a great meaing to it etymologicaly and was probably a prominent name in the past, or Galahad, Lance, -------------  
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 04:02
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There has never been a philosopher called Gary. There has never been a fearsome warrior who instilled abject terror into his adversaries called Colin. ------------- 
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 04:04
| can you imagine the poor kid named Galahad, "Ooh, it's Galahad everyone, oooh.." |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 04:06
 and there never will be, dammit |
ExittheLemming wrote:Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 04:11
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 04:12
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 04:17
| ^ I think that says it all |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 04:47
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Malcolm - disciple of Saint Columba and slayer of Macbeth... currently used in our household (along with Colin) as the name of things that don't have a name and the slayer of dumb card tricks:
Amateur Conjurer: Name a card, any card...
Me: I name that card Malcolm...
Amateur Conjurer: git!
Me:
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Daughter: Dad, what's that tree called?
Me: Malcolm ------------- What? |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 04:57
| oh Malcom's perfect |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 05:02
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We have a huge car-port nailed on the side of the house that's never seen a car (no oil stains on the floor) that we use as a general eating-outside area like a covered patio.When we first bought the house we were trying to decide what to call it as car-port was inappropriate given its normal use: It's not posh enough to call a veranda and since we already have a paved uncovered-area that deems to be a patio we couldn't call it a patio either. Jokingly I said let's call it Malcolm, and that's what it's been called for the past ten years. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 05:07
...with apologies to anyone called Malcolm ... I actually think Dean also qualifies - once "the leader of ten men" now reduced to a sad old goth on a prog forum  ------------- What? |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 05:10
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for female names, Bertha is tragic; she goes from 'Bright One' to 'Unusually Fat One' |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 05:11
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not forgetting Bertha the Blues.
...I'll get my cloak. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 05:18
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Anton is another name which have lost all its glory, which is a fine name and prominant
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 05:22
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Even Mike Myers couldn't make Wayne cool, and I have no idea what went though Mr & Mrs Kerr's mind when they named http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Kerr" rel="nofollow - their son . ------------- What? |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 07:12
| Muhammad, once a great prophet or a fighter now a great terrorist. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 07:18
There was a Gawain in my daughters class. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 07:21
Malcolm the Empty Car-Port (A Rock Opera by a sad old goth on a prog forum) I expect the album to be available for download pronto Mr C -------------
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 07:41
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Hannibal. Thanks a lot, Thomas.  ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 07:43
Gary Larson?  ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 07:48
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 11:06
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Are there any proggers here named Titus? Oh Titus come hither! ------------- 
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 12:24
'cept me |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 12:24
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QED ------------- What? |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 13:12
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Whenever I think of Colin this never fails to spring to mind. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSNpx2Htu-c" rel="nofollow - Derek And Clive. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 13:22
------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 16:34
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and Egbert; 'Gleaming Sword' turned slowly into the name of a gay man's moody Siamese cat |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 17:25
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 17:28
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 20:17
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Any Adolf Schicklegrubers out there? I hope not!
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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: June 20 2012 at 10:04
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Some names sound out-dated nowadays: in France, names like Thierry, Marcel or even Cedric can tell to what generation you belong. And, then, there are names who can tell that you died in the last century. You can't name your kid "Edgar" or "Alphonse" anymore: it sounds quite... er, 1920? |
Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: June 20 2012 at 11:20
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