What is the etymology of your moniker?

[Gandalf Parker]

alarikf said:
Well, I don't make the rules, I just nitpick.

But, having said that, I might be hoist by my own petard, as there is a conflict in this regard. I probably learned the British Version, the American Version is probably "A historian"

I have no problem understanding english..
its canadian, british, australian, and american which gives me problems

[Chronon]

I find it amusing that we've gotten off on a tangent about grammar here, but since the question came up it made me curious and I had to check the "manual." Although the use of "an historian" is commonplace among historians (we're an odd lot), technically you are correct Fyron. According to the Chicago Manual of Style, "an" is not used before a word that begins with a consonant sound (y, h, and w included). This is the style for American "English," of course, I don't if it's true for real English.

[dumbluck]

easy: the only way I ever win a game is by "dumb luck". Thus the name, dumbluck.

[Krsqk]

My name comes from back in the days of SE3 (dons old man voice). I had some idea that the best name for my race would be one without vowels (although I didn't go so far as the "must have an apostrophe or two" cliche). It is unpronounceable—just look at my signature—but attempts at vocalization have ranged from "Kursk" (like the Russian sub) to imitations of a burst of static.

Imperator Fyron said:

That is not correct... unless you don't ever pronounce the "h"? Would you say "an hat" or "an house?" I sure hope not...

Did you mean you surely hope not? Sorry, just the educator in me coming out (despite my best efforts).

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Seeing as it's a fictional name, you can pronounce it Bob if you want.

[Fyron]

Krsqk said:
Did you mean you surely hope not? Sorry, just the educator in me coming out (despite my best efforts).

Surely I did not.

[Ragnarok]

Hmmm, I have always pronounced it "Krisk" for some reason. That is just the first thing in my mind when I read it.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

I think it's time to resurrect this thread, seeing as to the fact that there are many new members with sometimes odd names (yes I'm looking at you NullAshton) and it might be interesting to see how they came up with them.

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My name:

Few years back I came across a simple website creation site called FreeWebs. Back then, I was playing Empire Earth a lot, and especially liked the map editor. So, I decided to make a site with ideas and information regarding the map editor for EE (in that time I wasn't really human yet). Somewhere on the site, I put down my e-mail adress for contact (no-one to my knowledge has ever even seen the site except for me, but like I said back then I was not really human.). However, I thought that putting down my home e-mail adress was a bad idea, so after a day or so I went to Hotmail and had to decide on a name. I thought that, since EE is a strategy game, something with "strategy" would be nice, and eventually I came up with "Strategia In Ultima", which is resemblant of "Ultimate Strategy". The name stuck.

[Slaughtermeyer]

I got mine from the Monty Python skit about the joke that won World War 2. It's supposed to be an imaginary German word or possibly a German name.

[RCCCL]

I use RCCCL for everything online. E-mail addresses, B.net, forums, and what have you.

As for the origins, well it happens to be my initials,(Yes, my full name consists of 5 names!)I have a hyphenated middle and last name.