Alternative usernames : Othor Games

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 7:23 pm

If the mods gave you a chance to change your username what would you change it too?

For me:
Clear-Water-Flood Productions

Or

GeckIX Productions

So what about you...?

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:46 pm

Narmy (my current handle, my gamesas one is outdated :nope: )

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 4:05 pm

Antibody

:violin:

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:24 pm

I don't think I would change mine here, but I do go by jagrattlehead on other forums. Also use my first name on one forum.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:27 pm

Keywork

I made this name when I was 14, I don't think that was the brightest idea :confused:

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:58 pm

Keywork

I made this name when I was 14, I don't think that was the brightest idea :confused:

Err, it's different...

@ Nami88
Where does "Nami" come from?

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 11:41 am

Paradox me. Like wingus there isn't any real meaning to the name, but it's what I've been using everywhere else for a few years now.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 3:38 pm

Majka plo?a

It's... complicated.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 6:55 pm

Squarecrow.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 6:54 pm

Majka plo?a

It's... complicated.

Yay, she's back! Who is she? (your avatar)

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:20 pm

Yay, she's back! Who is she? (your avatar)

Alizée

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 11:36 pm

Yay, she's back! Who is she? (your avatar)

Ok, that's enough. From now on we officially refer to her as "Majka plo?a". At least someone is going to go by that name around here.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 2:46 pm

Ok, that's enough. From now on we officially refer to her as "Majka plo?a". At least someone is going to go by that name around here.

You're from Croatia? :huh:

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:54 am

You're from Croatia? :huh:

From close, but live in.

How did you figure that one out? :mellow:

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 11:44 am

From close, but live in.

How did you figure that one out? :mellow:

Majka plo?a is Croatian

not many people outside of Croatia speak the language, so it was logical to assume that you were from Croatia. :shrug:

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:38 pm

not many people outside of Croatia speak the language, so it was logical to assume that you were from Croatia. :shrug:

Well duh

(although that's not technically quite true), but my question was how did you figure this:

Majka plo?a is Croatian

out? Google translate autodetect? If that's the case then please note that the translation doesn't quite capture the colourful humour of the phrase. (And also that the given pronunciation svcks balls.)

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:42 am

Alizée

Just checked out here Wikipedia page, can't believe I havnt heard if her before. I always find myself mesmerized by Veeno's avatar :wub:

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:18 pm

Well duh

(although that's not technically quite true), but my question was how did you figure this:out? Google translate autodetect? If that's the case then please note that the translation doesn't quite capture the colourful humour of the phrase. (And also that the given pronunciation svcks balls.)

I immediately realized that it was some south slavic language so I googled it and most of the links I saw had a Croatian domain.

EDIT: If you are wondering how I knew that is was a south slavic language: It's because of the ?, it's a letter exclusive to slavic languages.

I knew it wasn't Russian since I understand basic Russian, and it didn't feel like Polish (There are a lot of Polish people in Iceland, so I've been studying the language) so the only thing that remained was the south slavic group of languages.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 4:11 pm

Just checked out here Wikipedia page, can't believe I havnt heard if her before. I always find myself mesmerized by Veeno's avatar :wub:

Don't talk that way about Majka plo?a. She's quite sensitive.

I immediately realized that it was some south slavic language so I googled it and most of the links I saw had a Croatian domain.

EDIT: If you are wondering how I knew that is was a south slavic language: It's because of the ?, it's exclusive to slavic languages.

And here I was revelling in my mystery. :sadvaultboy:

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 11:24 pm

Chocolate Thunder :cool:

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 3:21 pm

Alizée

I wonder if she knows that in the US her name means a kind of cheap and foul tasting blue liquor that is the No. 1 drink among rap artists.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:45 pm

And here I was revelling in my mystery. :sadvaultboy:

Sorry, I have a thing for languages and I couldn't resist asking

I wonder if she knows that in the US her name means a kind of cheap and foul tasting blue liquor that is the No. 1 drink among rap artists.

No that's Alizé

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 6:02 pm

Sorry, I have a thing for languages and I couldn't resist asking

If you're generally interested in languages then perhaps you'll be interested in my poor attempt at explaining the humour of the phrase.

Boring linguistics stuff follows.

Spoiler

"Majka plo?a" is a literal translation of the English "motherboard". However, the point of the joke is that the word "majka" is only used for "the female parent", "the woman who gave birth to/raised someone" - i.e., it is a word used only for a person, never in the sense in which the word "mother" is used in "motherboard". So in a way "majka plo?a" means "a female parent (who is a) board". I know, it's not funny. These things tend to be difficult to explain properly.

Anyway, the proper word for "motherboard" in (Serbo-)Croatian is "mati?na plo?a", as seen http://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mati%C4%8Dna_plo%C4%8Da (and speaking of which, http://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardver is a brilliant word).

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 3:13 pm

If you are wondering how I knew that is was a south slavic language: It's because of the ?, it's a letter exclusive to slavic languages.

Also, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvian_alphabet.

edit: Oops, I didn't realise I was double-posting...

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:03 pm

Fanner, or TESFanner. But alas I am bound to say small-capped forever.