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spidey_mon
10-19-2010, 04:13 AM
Rushed to it, please ignore the thread
Can a mod please delete it
Ziggy Stardust
10-19-2010, 04:17 AM
I..... can't.....

It's here..... and I am too damn curious to know what it's about to let it go!
spidey_mon
10-19-2010, 04:19 AM
Curiosity killed...Choi?
How do they spell the name of the creature in your avatar?
Ziggy Stardust
10-19-2010, 04:25 AM
Chewbacca the Wookie!

Maybe we can turn this into a "Tell us about your avatar and why you picked him/her/it/them!" thread?
spidey_mon
10-19-2010, 04:27 AM
I just remember Harrison Ford calling his companion of this kind Chewy
Ziggy Stardust
10-19-2010, 04:30 AM
Yup, that's his nickname.

I always wondered where that term came from, nickname....
dasNdanger
10-19-2010, 05:13 AM
nickname
mid-15c., misdivision of ekename (c.1300), an eke name, lit. "an additional name," from O.E. eaca "an increase," related to eacian "to increase" (see eke; also see N).


:D


das
spidey_mon
10-19-2010, 12:08 PM
Is that a valid info or a joke?
It's really weird
CutterMike
10-19-2010, 01:52 PM
Chewbacca the Wookie!

Maybe we can turn this into a "Tell us about your avatar and why you picked him/her/it/them!" thread?Wookiee.
CutterMike
10-19-2010, 02:02 PM
nickname
mid-15c., misdivision of ekename (c.1300), an eke name, lit. "an additional name," from O.E. eaca "an increase," related to eacian "to increase" (see eke; also see N).


:D


das


Is that a valid info or a joke?
It's really weird

That's legit. Over time "an ekename" got slurred to "anekename" and, eventually, "a nickname".

It's similar to, IIRC, how the original Indian name of a native citrus fruit, "naranja", when imported to Europe became "a naranja", was slurred to "aneranje", and eventually was mis-split to "an orange".
dasNdanger
10-19-2010, 02:34 PM
Is that a valid info or a joke?
It's really weird


That's legit. Over time "an ekename" got slurred to "anekename" and, eventually, "a nickname".

It's similar to, IIRC, how the original Indian name of a native citrus fruit, "naranja", when imported to Europe became "a naranja", was slurred to "aneranje", and eventually was mis-split to "an orange".

Totally legit - http://www.etymonline.com/

I love that site. :)


das