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WCDT Strips 3221 to 3225 (16 - 20 May 2016)
retrosteve:
--- Quote from: zmeiat_joro on 22 May 2016, 06:06 ---@Tova, I may have asked you this before, but your username means "this" in Bulgarian, probably not the actual origin, but?
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It also means 'good' (fem. sing.) in Hebrew. And being a pretty short word with two open syllables, is probably represented in a lot of languages. But I know for sure it's a Hebrew girl's name.
oeoek:
Needed some time to get my head around the past week.
1: Clin-ton seems to have a subscription on weird nights. Must be character building or something.
2: Have we seen Chad before the store? Like here?
3: I see no indication for Brun being autistic. After all this is a universe that has pizza's delivered by superheroes or dropped from orbit, and even an every day coffee shop has several lethal weapons within reach. A harpoon in a bar is peanuts. For all we know Brun might be a heavy stutterer who has managed to overcome her problem, unless stressed. Silence is just her other solution.
4: I am very curious about that clock...
Zastie:
Man, it's gonna be really depressing if Clinton&Brunhilde become a thing and to see Emily's reaction. She didn't outright reject Clinton 100%, and if he suddenly goes off for someone else that'd just be sad 'cuz she'd probably be regretful about it all.
(Also I just noticed when Clinton is saying he'll call a cab his breath is a little heart flopping downward.. probably not intentional but still kinda funny.)
Case:
I think his seal could use a herring ...
Tova:
Hi zmeiat_joro and retrosteve,
--- Quote from: zmeiat_joro on 22 May 2016, 06:06 ---@Tova, I may have asked you this before, but your username means "this" in Bulgarian, probably not the actual origin, but?
EDIT1: and your avatar is from The Wombles?
EDIT2: pretty sure I asked you this before.
EDIT3: also, if anyone's interested, we can talk about ablaut! :psyduck:
EDIT4: also did you know that "!" is a kind an emoticon?
EDIT5: there's a connection between the original comment and EDIT1, which may not be obvious to most.
EDIT6: they call emoticons emojis these days, don't they? what's supposed to be the difference?
EDIT7: probably that they're graphical rather than using punctuation/letters to represent emotions. But fora started automatically replacing stuff like : ) with a graphic two decades before, although you could set your profile on whether that should happen. "!" is just IO with the I on top of the O, with the O represented as a dot. Basically "Yo".
EDIT FINAL: I'm aware of the subtext of the word "decent". I just couldn't find a better one and I'm hoping to maybe reclaim it.
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--- Quote from: retrosteve on 22 May 2016, 09:03 ---It also means 'good' (fem. sing.) in Hebrew. And being a pretty short word with two open syllables, is probably represented in a lot of languages. But I know for sure it's a Hebrew girl's name.
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Okay, so the story behind my username...
I used to play World of Warcraft, and I had just created a new character... a female dwarf holy priest (I am male, but usually picked a female character in WoW). I was fishing about for a name that was short but not taken, which was a pretty big ask, even in those relatively early days of the game.
I came across Tova, and I liked it. I chose it for exactly the reasons that retrosteve mentioned. It means 'good', which I felt worked for a healer, and it's a nice short name that is easy to type and to say over ventrillo while raiding. And I liked the sound of it. Most importantly, no-one else had yet taken it. It ticked all the boxes.
I've stopped playing now, which is a long story in itself. I got to a point where I identified closely with my character by the time I was done with the game, so I've become fond of the name and still use it from time to time.
Avatar: yes, it's from The Wombles, a show I grew up watching. Yes, it's Uncle Bulgaria. :) I didn't actually realise Tova was a Bulgarian word, so that's just a happy coincidence.
Emoticons: I still remember when we just called them smilies. (:
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