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 14th September 2017, 09:56 PM
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 There's a frisbee in my brunch
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I remember putting serious thought into mine (while waiting for my mum in a supermarket car park lol) as I wanted it to have some form of personal meaning while also sounding like it'd fit nicely on a real world map.
'Des' came from 'desu' - Japanese for 'to be' - which had become my nickname during a uni semester in Tokyo after I kept introducing myself incorrectly.  'bua' is the Irish word for victory... Can't fault my ambition. And 'nda' was just a mix of trying to work my actual name (Andy) into it and also giving the entire thing a realistic/African feel.
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14th September 2017, 10:06 PM
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 I'm in a vewy bad mood, Bwadley.
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I mean, Henderson is my surname. Not remotely creative.
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14th September 2017, 10:13 PM
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 I'm a paragon so don't perceive me
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QUOTE(ⓐⓦⓐⓡ^ @ Sep 14 2017, 10:43 PM)  Pronunciations are important too, there's a few countries I'd struggle to pronounce without someone telling me. In the case of Iz~ am I right to assume the country is pronounced "Say-Uh-Tay-Nah" ?  Yes. That was the other reason I put the accent on the e, to hint people into the correct way of saying it. |
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14th September 2017, 10:32 PM
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The horrors persist, but so do I
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Since it's a song contest I wanted my country name to be something musical, plus I LOVE the word 'harmonica', it's one of my favorite words. I wish it was a suitable name for a human, which it's not, but it rhymes with Veronica so I used that for the capital city
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14th September 2017, 11:45 PM
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Rob aah
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Well I never picked mine as I was struggling to think of something, actually that's slightly incorrect... I was thinking of using my surname Summer anyway but since I happened to be talking to James (JSG) he came up with the icia add on. It's clearly meant to be a upbeat cool vibes sounding name basically albeit no other real meaning to it!
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15th September 2017, 12:32 AM
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I thought mine sounded pretty, almost changed it to Democratic Nation of Quintessa upon my return as a reflection of my poor standing in the contest but I couldn't be arsed.
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15th September 2017, 05:35 AM
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I was thinking of a country name at work and thought that I'll simply use the name of our group 'DW' (the population of the 'country' /6/ was valid at the time). So yeah, nothing creative here. Btw 'DW' stands for 'Digital Workflow', not Dr Who
 Although I quit DW more than a year ago, I really loved the team and found some great friends there, so I think I'll keep the name in the long run, as it reminds me of a pleasant phase of my life.
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15th September 2017, 06:13 AM
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Buzzjack's Finest Alcoholic.
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Cadelicia is named after an "actor" on a NSFW site.
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15th September 2017, 06:50 AM
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 I asked for my account to be banned
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QUOTE(FrankLuck @ Sep 15 2017, 06:35 AM) I was thinking of a country name at work and thought that I'll simply use the name of our group 'DW' (the population of the 'country' /6/ was valid at the time). So yeah, nothing creative here. Btw 'DW' stands for 'Digital Workflow', not Dr Who Although I quit DW more than a year ago, I really loved the team and found some great friends there, so I think I'll keep the name in the long run, as it reminds me of a pleasant phase of my life.okay but like, I have always thought of it as "Land of Don't Worry" 
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15th September 2017, 08:07 AM
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Buzzjack's Finest Alcoholic.
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I always assumed Frank was a massive "Arthur" fan.
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15th September 2017, 08:14 AM
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Former iconic poster with no consistent posting style
Pronouns: Don't take em seriously tbh
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QUOTE(Oliver @ Sep 15 2017, 09:07 AM) I always assumed Frank was a massive "Arthur" fan. lol same
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15th September 2017, 08:15 AM
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 Here to play, here to stay
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There goes my suspicions that DW had something to do with DarkWing Duck!
 
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15th September 2017, 08:20 AM
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 there's nothing straight about plump Elvis
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Mine is very creative and original and took a lot of brainstorming.
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15th September 2017, 04:11 PM
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QUOTE(ⓐⓦⓐⓡ^ @ Sep 14 2017, 11:20 PM) Addy yours is one of my favourite country names! But I always have to check the spelling every time I type it! Awee Andrew thanks  And yes I saw a lot of people typing Botannika instead of Botanikka 
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16th September 2017, 02:05 PM
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Buy yourself a car, and a house in Devon
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I was randomly contemplating country names and realised that if I chose 'Niceland' I could make a very easy pun with the flag...
(one of my 'interesting' potential name choices was Devland, in honour of King Dev *.* & I was honestly planning on revealing my votes in the wrong order in my first contest  )
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16th September 2017, 02:27 PM
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QUOTE(StillJupiter @ Sep 15 2017, 09:20 AM) Mine is very creative and original and took a lot of brainstorming. same |
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16th September 2017, 02:32 PM
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The Lady Said Go Home!
Pronouns: He/Him
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Flynn is my surname so yeah pretty self-explanatory as to where Flynnonda comes from
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16th September 2017, 02:37 PM
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Bitch of t seet
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I searched for "fantasy name generator" and this popped up
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16th September 2017, 05:50 PM
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Say that hiss with your chest, and...
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I just thought the idea of having a mountain realm was appealing and so I called it Buzzjack Mountain!
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16th September 2017, 06:20 PM
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 Mansonette
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Fljótavík means a cove in Icelandic which is 1. pretty cool and 2. matches my country shape.
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