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Linus
02-20-2004, 03:06 AM
Brian Carper = Dr. Unne.

What does Dr. Unne do? Why, he carps of course.

Carping was one of my vocabulary words in English, and it made me think of him.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=carping

That page explains the term, and I want to know if you guys and gals agree that Carper is quite the carper.

HOOTERS
02-20-2004, 03:10 AM
You are what you eat or in this case what your last name is.

Shlup
02-20-2004, 03:10 AM
Wow, it fits. Good lookin' out, Linus.

Linus
02-20-2004, 03:10 AM
Do I get a gold star?

Shlup
02-20-2004, 03:13 AM
On your nose! *stick*

Leeza
02-20-2004, 03:13 AM
I don't think so.

Agent Proto
02-20-2004, 03:15 AM
Wow, that is pretty accurate.

Shlup
02-20-2004, 03:16 AM
Originally posted by Leeza
I don't think so. No? I think it fits.

My last name is Czech for "little nut," so it kind of fits me too. ...Just thought I'd toss that in for the sake of converation.

Leeza
02-20-2004, 03:17 AM
I meant that I don't think that Linus deserves a gold star, but you posted before I did.

I still don't think so though. Brian is just honest in what he says.

Flying Mullet
02-20-2004, 03:18 AM
Yeah, Carpie is a carper. :)

Linus
02-20-2004, 03:19 AM
My last name is Sutherland, a county in Scotland. So yes, my last name fits me too!

Yamaneko
02-20-2004, 03:19 AM
And Dr Unne loves dictionary.com so it can't be wrong. :)

Erdrick Holmes
02-20-2004, 03:23 AM
Wow, my life no longer makes sence. *curls up in a fetal position and thinks about cupcakes*

Linus
02-20-2004, 03:28 AM
Originally posted by Joel
Wow, my life no longer makes sence. *curls up in a fetal position and thinks about cupcakes*

Is that why you chose to spam in one of my few legit threads? Evil.

Erdrick Holmes
02-20-2004, 03:30 AM
Gotta even out the world somehow *is bored out of his mind*

Dr Unne
02-20-2004, 03:30 AM
Does it really seem like I nag?

Linus
02-20-2004, 03:32 AM
Not nag, <i>carp</i>!

Dr Unne
02-20-2004, 03:34 AM
That's what it means. To nag, or to find fault in insignificant details.

Linus
02-20-2004, 03:34 AM
I know, but I want you to say carp.

Yamaneko
02-20-2004, 03:46 AM
We all nag. There are a lot of people who nag more than you, Unne.

Linus
02-20-2004, 03:47 AM
HOLY CRAP I GOT A GOLD STAR!

I FEEL PRETTY, OH SO PRETTY, AND WITTY, AND GAAAAAAY!

Del Murder
02-20-2004, 04:46 AM
Way to spam up one of your few legit threads, Linus.

Election Booth
02-20-2004, 04:49 AM
<a href=http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=booth>my last name</a>

Madonna
02-20-2004, 05:44 AM
My last name's meaning fits me. I suppose after living with your name for so long, however, and liking it, you can relate to it rather easily.

I should like to think Unne carps constructively instead of incessantly nagging.

Cid
02-20-2004, 06:16 AM
Indeed he is quite a carper.

Shlup
02-20-2004, 07:13 AM
Originally posted by Genius Lynx
I should like to think Unne carps constructively instead of incessantly nagging. Yes, that. For the most part. ;)

Loony BoB
02-20-2004, 07:34 AM
My last name is Towns. I cover a lot of ground?

Peegee
02-20-2004, 07:52 AM
That's why we love Dr Unne

Nait
02-20-2004, 08:11 AM
Mother of all things holy, it FITS.


Arguably. :D

Mikztsu
02-20-2004, 10:02 AM
:)

My last name is Swedish and it means <i>spur</i>. You know, like spur on horses.

Nait
02-20-2004, 12:23 PM
Spåre? No, that's "track" as in "animal track".

Mikztsu
02-20-2004, 12:46 PM
No, it's not. It's older word for <i>Kannus</i> ( Spur). I asked my dad, and Salla's dad got it also for some weird reason, eventhough he's a teacher. Our family coat of arms also has spur, so it makes sense.

Erdrick Holmes
02-20-2004, 01:00 PM
My last name (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Holmes)

Nait
02-20-2004, 01:20 PM
Originally posted by Mikztsu
No, it's not. It's older word for <i>Kannus</i> ( Spur). I asked my dad, and Salla's dad got it also for some weird reason, eventhough he's a teacher. Our family coat of arms also has spur, so it makes sense.

Spåre e no va de e hörudunu. >:O

Mikztsu
02-20-2004, 02:01 PM
Originally posted by Nait
Spåre e no va de e hörudunu. >:O

http://www.google.fi/search?q=cache:7pf4hZGNl60J:[url]www.histdoc.net/historia/ahlqvist.html+sp%C3%A5re+kannus&hl=fi&ie=UTF-8

Läheisessä heimolaisuudessa edellisten nimien kanssa ovat semmoiset nimet, joilla on alkunsa josta-kusta vaate-kappaleesta. Tämmöisiä ovat. Kiiveri varmaan sota-väessä saatu. - Tupsunen, vert. saks. Knopf, jonka jälkimäisen kanssa nimellä Nupponen myös näyttää olevan yhteyttä. - Sopanen (sovat =vaatteet). - Turkki, Sarkkinen (katso edellä nimeä Nahkuri ja muutamia sen kanssa lueteltuja nimiä), saks. Pelz, ven. Schubin. - Mekkonen, Takkinen, saks. Wamsler, Kappe. - Hihonen. - Kormano. - Pöksyläinen, Nahkapöksy, Suurhousu. - Wirsu, Laapotti, Löttönen, Kautonen, Tallus, vert. saks. Schuh, Stiefel, Stiebel, Strümpfler. - <b>Kannus</b>, <i>Sporn, Spohr, Sporer, Spohrmann</i>, ruots. <b><I>Spåre</b></i>.

Hah, beat Nait in language-something. :-)

Maxico
02-20-2004, 02:16 PM
Awww I wanted to my last name but I broke it.

click, CLICK DAMMIT :( (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Van%20der%20merwe)

Nait
02-20-2004, 02:59 PM
http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/aimmad.gif



I was just... Kidding.

Mikztsu
02-20-2004, 03:07 PM
I know. ;-)

But seriously, our family name is weird as I could never find it from dictionary, and every Swede I've asked about the name, they've never said they've never heard such a name. *_*

How do you make smileys bigger?

Nait
02-20-2004, 03:12 PM
You cheat and use the img-tag and height= and weight= and width=. =|

Spåre is a cognate to "spår" (in finlandsvenska, the definite derivation of this word is /spo:re/, which I'll write as "spååre", which would mean "the track of someone or something", or "ski-track") still, though.

Mikztsu
02-20-2004, 03:16 PM
But there's no such a thing.

fire_of_avalon
02-20-2004, 04:13 PM
My last name is Powell, and I think Carper carps if we use carp loosely I think I just misspelled that. I don't know what Powell means. I can say cell phone in German. Das Handy! xD

Denmark
02-20-2004, 05:40 PM
Tryson.

Try, son?

:|

DeBlayde
02-20-2004, 05:55 PM
The good doctor and I disagree about a good many things. He does raise good points sometimes, he does contradict his own positions sometimes, and often he's too nitpicky.

BUT! he's ok. not everybody has to agree with me, and if they have evidence to support their positions and not abstract philosophical introspective babble, then I'll reconsider my positions.