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Malthus

#1560
June 18, 2009, 08:41:10 AM
Quote from: Tyr on June 18, 2009, 08:38:02 AM
Quote from: Malthus on June 18, 2009, 08:14:49 AM
It just sounds funny to this non-Irish, non-Scot.  :blush:

"Declan" sounds sort of like a make of car, rather than a first name. Here it is reasonably unusual.

"McManus" has the unfortunate 'McDonalds' ring to it, combined with "anus".

Taken together, it sounds funny to North Americans - probably why he changed it.
Surely though in a Anglo country, even if not Scotland, Mc/Mac names are rather common?
They certainly are in Britain even beyond Scotland.

Certainly they are reasonably common. In fact, "McDonald" is a reasonably common surname.
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Grey Fox

#1561
June 18, 2009, 08:47:44 AM
What's the correct pronounciantion of Declan Mcmanus?

Dee-Clahn Mc-ManOUS ?
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Ed Anger

#1562
June 18, 2009, 08:50:45 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on June 18, 2009, 08:47:44 AM
What's the correct pronounciantion of Declan Mcmanus?

Dee-Clahn Mc-ManOUS ?

"Mick"
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Cerr

#1563
June 18, 2009, 08:58:50 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on June 18, 2009, 08:47:44 AM
What's the correct pronounciantion of Declan Mcmanus?

Dee-Clahn Mc-ManOUS ?
In English it's roughly:

Deck-lin Mic-Man-ous or Mac-Man-ous

Grey Fox

#1564
June 18, 2009, 09:19:13 AM
My accent is destroying it. :lol:
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Syt

#1565
June 18, 2009, 11:30:59 AM
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Syt

#1566
June 18, 2009, 11:36:52 AM


:rolleyes:
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jimmy olsen

#1567
June 18, 2009, 10:47:57 PM
I just realized I'd never posted a map here, and it just wouldn't be Languish without it.

I don't feel like making a new one, so here's probably the best world map I've made.

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Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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garbon

#1568
June 19, 2009, 02:06:16 AM
I think I shouldn't go on dates. I'm always rather ambivalent afterward. :mellow: <- the garbon
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katmai

#1569
June 19, 2009, 03:59:01 AM
And yet you were offended when i named it that :rolleyes:
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Maladict

#1570
June 19, 2009, 04:31:39 AM
Quote from: Malthus on June 18, 2009, 08:30:49 AM

Certainly. After all, there is nothing funny in India about the name "Ramee Updias", but it sounds unfortunate when pronounced aloud by a Westerner ...  ;)

How about having prime ministers called Wim Kok and Ruud Lubbers for twenty years.
Talk about running a joke into the ground, especially when Ruud Lubbers was accused of sexual harassment.
Thankfully we just stick to Harry Potter impersinators nowadays.  <_<

ulmont

#1571
June 19, 2009, 08:26:18 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 18, 2009, 10:47:57 PM
I don't feel like making a new one, so here's probably the best world map I've made.

Ok, I'll bite.  What exactly is this map supposed to represent?

Grey Fox

#1572
June 19, 2009, 08:32:23 AM
What I wonder is how Brazil got France to give up French Guyana
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Tonitrus

#1573
June 19, 2009, 09:08:03 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on June 19, 2009, 08:32:23 AM
What I wonder is how Brazil got France to give up French Guyana

That's nothing compared to the Scandinavian imperial domination of Afghanistan, The Incan colony of Madagascar, and the Egypto-Chili Confederation.

HVC

#1574
June 19, 2009, 09:25:21 AM
Quote from: Cerr on June 18, 2009, 08:58:50 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on June 18, 2009, 08:47:44 AM
What's the correct pronounciantion of Declan Mcmanus?

Dee-Clahn Mc-ManOUS ?
In English it's roughly:

Deck-lin Mic-Man-ous or Mac-Man-ous
i knew a Mcmanus. he used Mic-Main-Us... but we called him Mic-Anus, or mick the ass. He did not like that.
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