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Old 02-17-2009, 12:06 PM   #1
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Been awhile since I'm here. Good to know that I have, yet, not been deleted. I think it's about time I brush up anew on the books. Glad to see that the site is up and looks productive. I wish you all well.
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Old 02-18-2009, 07:04 PM   #2
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Long-time* lurker, 4th-time poster (for now).

I write fan fiction. It may or may not be good.

...that's all for now. Can't wait till I'm rotten!

*As in, I first visited the site in '01.
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Old 02-19-2009, 08:41 AM   #3
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Long-time* ...
*As in, I first visited the site in '01.
Now that is a great achievement.

Welcome to the 'Downs Mnemosyne!

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Old 02-19-2009, 02:42 PM   #4
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I'm only at 6 posts and I already need a nickname? Yeesh!

And to be fair, the '01 visit(s) were only for the main site; I don't think I discovered the forum till '03 or so.

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Old 02-20-2009, 02:39 PM   #5
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I'm only at 6 posts and I already need a nickname? Yeesh!
Nonetheless, you still have been on the 'Downs more than probably half the people here, Nemi/Synie (you choose!).

Anyway, since I've only been here for barely a year, I suppose you know how these things work better than I do.
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Old 02-20-2009, 06:54 PM   #6
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Old 02-19-2009, 03:48 PM   #7
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...that's all for now. Can't wait till I'm rotten!

*As in, I first visited the site in '01.

I don't think you need to worry about waiting to go rotten. From the sounds of it, you were dead on the inside a long time ago.

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Old 02-20-2009, 09:09 AM   #8
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Or Emo? (Don't worry, guys, I'm not being nasty to a newbie - if she's been stalking the 'downs all the time I've been here she should know me well enough not to take my jokes as offenses or mocking but as friendly banter... )

Anyway, warm welcome, Mnemosyne, and welcome back, zifnab.
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Old 02-20-2009, 10:48 AM   #9
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Mnemo, nemo, emo, mo...

Shire names may reverse the custom, but in Jolly Old English -o usually denotes masculinity. I'd rather not have a gender-confusing name, kthx.
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Old 02-20-2009, 10:58 AM   #10
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What about Nemi as a nickname?
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Old 02-20-2009, 12:52 PM   #11
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What about Nemi as a nickname?
Sad thing was, I'd actually thought of that... Though you could make it Mnemi or Mnemie or something like that and it'd still be pronounced the same, at least in English (no initial "mn" cluster like in Ancient Greek. ).

Syne also has appeal, though, because in Scots it means something along the lines of "past time" as in "Auld Lang Syne," which ties in nicely with the whole Memory thing. But to pronounce it in English it'd be equivalent to Sine, and there's something really weird about being named after a trigonometric function*.

On the other hand, if it were pronounced Elvish style with the rounded u and extra "e" syllable (as I tend to pronounce all members' names that aren't recognizably English) it sounds rather pretty.

Look, I'm sure one will stick to me soon enow.

*...I'd better get off this tangent...
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Old 02-20-2009, 10:59 AM   #12
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Shire names may reverse the custom, but in Jolly Old English -o usually denotes masculinity. I'd rather not have a gender-confusing name, kthx.
What about Syne, then? (Although in my mothertongue, that would be simply a vocative for "son". ) Or Mosey? (Though that sounds to me as having the same problem as above.) Or just MMS (Hey! But that sounds good, doesn't it?)
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Old 02-20-2009, 12:53 PM   #13
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