First names

What is everybody's?

You already know mine so I'm not answering that!

I know.I'm asking the others-UBH,Xizor.

What cha wanna bet they won't tell ya...

Yeah probally not.

My first name is Xizor. My species is Falleen. And my favorite quote is: "To contend with Xizor is to lose.....never forget that."😄 On a SW's forum are real names have no need to be mentioned EJ.

If people want to sahre that kind of info they can make their profile public can't they.

I think they can...though I don't kwow who'd want to. Speaking of names...where did Ratcat come from?

OK, it's a longish story but here's the abreviated version. Used to have a CB radio about 12 years ago, I took the handle of Ratcatcher after a character from the Batman Dark Knight comics.
When I got my first real PC about 6 years ago I needed a login but couldn't be fussed with typing ratcatcher all the time so I shortened it to Ratcat, as my CB days were long behind me, and it stuck.

Not very thrilling is it. Also about 18 months ago I found out that Ratcat is also the name of a Australian band of some kind but apart from that I haven't heard of any other Ratcat's out there.

I will bet each and every one of you, $500 American dollars, that you don't have my first name. My nickname (no not middle name, nickname) is Chris, which I use on the internet, because people laugh at my real name. My first name is Herr. (Yes, its German, pronounce Hair), and my middle name is Bruno. You might have heard of that one.

Isn't Herr like the German Equivelent of Mr. ???

Does that make you Herr Herr Bruno ?

Are those common names in Germany UBH? 🙂

Maybe they're like Guy or Gaston?....

Hey Heer did the turtouise beat you.Hehe.My name is Mark.

C'mon...dont make jokes...at least he's probably got the most unique name on the forum...🙂

Yeah I was just joking.Hey my Great Grandpa had a funny name too.He was German too.His name was Karl Augustis Rudolph.

I don't believe Karl is German. Herr is not Mr. at least from Bavaria (the province I live in). Different parts of Germany have different slangs. Kind of like how Texans shorten You all to Yall. Herr is pretty common down here. Some others are Johann, Achim, Bruno, and Christoph, while for the feminies, its Alexandra, Dagmar, and Anna.

UBH, I wasn't trying to make a joke BTW, it was a serious question.

The reason I asked was that in all tho old WW2 movies the German Officer would always refer to non military types as Herr such and such. For example:

"Now Herr Schmitt, we know you have the plans. Where have you hidden them?"

Not a quote from a film but you get the idea. I think my dialogue is probaly about a lame as Georgew Lucas....

Maybe it's just the way all the English filmmakers liked to make a spin on that particulat part of world history. I wouldn't know, being born 23 years after all that.

Karl isn't but Mark is.Dosen't it mean money in Germany?

Actually Mark is the English form of Marcus (latin) which refers to Mars... Most Americans have English derived names...even if their forefathers were of other nationalities. On a side note I don't really understand people who say their Irish American or Italian American etc...well, I can if their family hasn't been in the country for more than a few generations. I don't know all the places my family came from but even if I did what would I call myself? a Irish-Anglo-German-Italian-etc. American?

Well, our national currency is the Mark. 2 Marks=1 Dollar

There you go, you learned something.