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Tim. Tim Ark.

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okenobi wrote:
All I know so far is that Mark, Jimmy Olsen and Peter Parker use Nikon and everybody else seems to use Canon.
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Well you obviously. You're a one man vortex of despair.


Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:53 pm
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Ive always wondered what the "ark" meant in the eccentric timarks name means, is it a subliminal message meaning timark was a seal in his previous life?

as seals go "ark ark ark" etc :(

seals are bald too :shock:

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brataccas wrote:
seals are bald too :shock:
I laughed.
(8+D

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okenobi wrote:
All I know so far is that Mark, Jimmy Olsen and Peter Parker use Nikon and everybody else seems to use Canon.
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Well you obviously. You're a one man vortex of despair.


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Actually...

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Must resist....

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okenobi wrote:
I feel very thick now. What's war got to do with it?

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Despite the use of French words in the name Nom de plume, the term did not originate in France. H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler, in The King's English state that the term nom de plume "evolved" in Britain, where people wanting a "literary" phrase, failed to understand the term nom de guerre, which already existed in French. Since guerre means war in French, nom de guerre did not make sense to the British, who did not understand the French metaphor. The term was later exported to France

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Noms de guerre (French phrase meaning "names of war" or "war names") were frequently adopted by recruits in the French Foreign Legion as part of the break with their past lives.

Jim is my middle name.

Up until 2008 I was known by my first name but started using Jim "as part of the break with [my] past life".

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okenobi wrote:
I feel very thick now. What's war got to do with it?

Wikipedia wrote:
Despite the use of French words in the name Nom de plume, the term did not originate in France. H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler, in The King's English state that the term nom de plume "evolved" in Britain, where people wanting a "literary" phrase, failed to understand the term nom de guerre, which already existed in French. Since guerre means war in French, nom de guerre did not make sense to the British, who did not understand the French metaphor. The term was later exported to France

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Noms de guerre (French phrase meaning "names of war" or "war names") were frequently adopted by recruits in the French Foreign Legion as part of the break with their past lives.

Jim is my middle name.

Up until 2008 I was known by my first name but started using Jim "as part of the break with [my] past life".


I like that 8-)

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This one is quite straight forward as it was more or less invented by the Eddman.

Otherwise i have been known to use my Star wars name on some forums, and uni nickname on others. compartimenting is key.


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Thanks for that tinbath. I just read the phrase and translated it literally in my head and got confused. Must stem from the fascination with French that was held by British aristocracy at the time. Good explication.

As for JJ's post.... :lol:


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okenobi wrote:
As for JJ's post.... :lol:
I liked it too. (8+)

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okenobi wrote:
All I know so far is that Mark, Jimmy Olsen and Peter Parker use Nikon and everybody else seems to use Canon.
ShockWaffle wrote:
Well you obviously. You're a one man vortex of despair.


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All my names are real.

Imaginary names are all the wrong colour.

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we would all be called "i" aswell, that would be confusing.

my username is simple: its the first thing i thought of when trying to create a hotmail account. train of thought was something like "what should i use? oh sod it... ah ha!!!". it sort of stuck after that.

my real name is super-duper secret, so secret not even i know it :o


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