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Aerich · 06-22-2004, 02:42 PM

This may have been asked already some time ago. If so, forgive me for not looking through dozens of old posts...

I've noticed that some people have interesting/cool/clever/obscure names. I'd like to know how and why you picked them.

I picked "Aerich" because that's the name of my favourite character from one of my favourite books of all time - Steven Brust's "The Phoenix Guards". Aerich is an ultra-laconic, thoughtful, observant, Zen-like warrior. Don't ask me how the name is supposed to be pronounced. I generally go with "Air'-itch" as I believe the author is not so lame as to pronounce it "Eric" and just change the spelling.

06-22-2004, 02:42 PM	#1
Aerich Lord Ao Join Date: May 27, 2004 Location: Canada Age: 42 Posts: 2,061	This may have been asked already some time ago. If so, forgive me for not looking through dozens of old posts... I've noticed that some people have interesting/cool/clever/obscure names. I'd like to know how and why you picked them. I picked "Aerich" because that's the name of my favourite character from one of my favourite books of all time - Steven Brust's "The Phoenix Guards". Aerich is an ultra-laconic, thoughtful, observant, Zen-like warrior. Don't ask me how the name is supposed to be pronounced. I generally go with "Air'-itch" as I believe the author is not so lame as to pronounce it "Eric" and just change the spelling. __________________ Where there is a great deal of free speech, there is always a certain amount of foolish speech. - Winston S. Churchill