Origin Of Flayra

ElectricSheep · June 2003

<div class="IPBDescription">WTH?</div> In at book I was reading called Watership Down they have all sorts of made up words for the language in it. One of these words is <b>Flayrah: Exceptionally good food. E.G. Lettuce</b> Wherd did the NS team get their names for that matter wherd did all of you get your names? Post your story or information.

I got my name from a level in the most excellent game Marathon: Infinity.

Venmoch · June 2003

My nick?

It was first created for a Imperial Guard Catachan commander. Then because it looked so cool I started to use it online!

DoADrunkMonkey · June 2003

i could bet my A$$ that 50% of nicks are origin of retro games of some type.

my freind saw a truck saying "DeepFreezeSupplys" on it, so he became that and i decided to be DrunkMonkey. just out of the blue for no reason <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'> so i stuck with it for the hell of it <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

dr_d · June 2003

<a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=10&t=5896&hl=where+did+you+get+your+name' target='_blank'>http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/in...u+get+your+name</a>

lock this and continue this here : P.

I'm a doctor, people call me D, mwa ha.

Burncycle · June 2003

I don't remember where I got my name, but according to a lot of people it's a game. I'll have to try it one day....

I also go by Refleks which is a russian ATGM, but I just like the spelling <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

I used to go by Tempest or Absolut_Tempest after meh latin class, but then a bunch of guys thought I was a girl so that had to go. "A-HYUCK DO YOU HAEV BIG BOOBZ?" (notice the mis-spelling of "have" and the rip off of goofy's "a-hyuck" which illustrates the reletively spaceyness and low IQ of someone who can't read the difference between Tempest and Temptress)

I think I'll go have pie now. mmm pie.

X_Stickman · June 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (ElectricSheep @ Jun 19 2003, 07:47 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> In at book I was reading called Watership Down they have all sorts of made up words for the language in it. One of these words is <b>Flayrah: Exceptionally good food. E.G. Lettuce</b> Wherd did the NS team get their names for that matter wherd did all of you get your names? Post your story or information.

I got my name from a level in the most excellent game Marathon: Infinity.  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
lol, why were you reading a book about Rabbits?

Anyway, my nick is pretty obvious.... I put an X_ in front of stickman

BadKarma · June 2003

I have mine because I think it's got a nice ring to it. It used to be Col. Kilgore, from apocalypse now.

voogru · June 2003

Mine is 100% made up.

I just was looking for an alias to use so I came up with a bunch of names starting with "v".

It appears to have no meaning.

Hida_Tsuzua · June 2003

My name comes from the Hida family of Legend of the Five Rings (members of the Crab Clan). It's my more or less offical clan. Tsuzua is a bunch of Japanese sounds throw together that sounds good. The closest word is tsuzuru which means bind.

Liku · June 2003

Mine is my Character's name, Liku. Hopefully when I get a Scanner I can start my webcomic about him.

Mullet · June 2003

Mullet is my name because of my hair... <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'> And because Mullets are the coolest thing ANYONE has ever invented!

AllUrHiveRblong2us · June 2003

My name on most other forum and ingame used to be "Mighty Mullet" beacause of my FORMER hairstyle.

Nowadays I like to have a name that says "How much nerdlier could I get?"

Thansal · June 2003

/me is in the same boat as voogru, however I was starting them with 'th'

Hayaat · June 2003

<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'> my origins are basically the Arabic Language.

Hayaat translates from Arabic into English as "Life" and all that it entails. I used to use Thanatos and other variants of death in HLDM, usually using the Ankh as my spray... so it was kinda a gradual evolution. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

ciao,

Thansal · June 2003

hehe, gone from death to life

/me poke life boy, the ankh is a syboly of life and fertility, not death

<a href='http://www.swagga.com/ankh.htm' target='_blank'>Ankhs</a>, yah my GF gave me her necklace (when I went off to college) so I made sure I know what it is for when every one asks me <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>

lolfighter · June 2003

Having already read Watership Down (great book) <b>long</b> before playing NS, I frowned at his name once, then though "bah, he probably just liked the word" and didn't think any more about it.

"lolfighter", as well as my usual nick "Squid Fizzy" (sometimes Squidfizzy) are both 100% original. Although I <b>may</b> have stolen "lolfighter" from a friend.

And Marathon: Infinity was a REALLY great game.

sekdar · June 2003

i really really liked the evil skedar race in Perfect Dark, so that was my online handle for a while.

a retired clanmember i used to play tribes 2 with idles in IRC and talks typo-ese all day long. One fateful day he misspelled my name 'sekdar' and i liked it enough to change nicks.

*shrug* yes i know i have a few screws loose.

Gliss · June 2003

I already posted mine in Th@ annoying kid's.
Actually, I have a new one now. That scorpian that hovars without flapping fad thing has been going on, and when Savage wanted to register the channel (#scorpianthathovarswithoutflapping), the guy wanted to abbreviate it (STHWF). I just added some vowels and stuff, and it came to Sythawf, which is much, much cooler than Pjofsky. At least people don't inquire about me being Polish, 'cause I'm not ^^.

Brave_Ulysses · June 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mullet @ Jun 19 2003, 06:57 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Mullet is my name because of my hair... <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'> And because Mullets are the coolest thing ANYONE has ever invented!  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
Hairstyle of Cro-Magnon man and the official white man's afro. Good lord no thanks!

Brave_Ulysses · June 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (lolfighter @ Jun 19 2003, 07:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Having already read Watership Down (great book) <b>long</b> before playing NS, I frowned at his name once, then though "bah, he probably just liked the word" and didn't think any more about it.  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
I read it much longer ago than you to the extent that when I saw the name "Flayra" it didn't register as a Watership Down thing at all. I just assumed it had something to do with <b>The God Of Whipping People To Death</b> ("flay"ing people alive, and Ra the Egyptian sun god).

ka0s · June 2003

My nick is defined clearly in the Bible and many more religious books, so you do the math <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

Mouse · June 2003

I dressed up as that fat mouse from cinderella (Gus I think) when I was a kid, I've had it as a nickname for over 10 years now

Origin Of Flayra

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