Quote: zooo @ September 10 2008, 8:29 PM BSTDuh.
Ha! I avoided that trap! I've met you now Aaron, you're too nice to be racist. 
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Aw!
Quote: Scatterbrained Floozy @ September 10 2008, 8:29 PM BSTMy name is Germanic, I think...Just a little snippet of the things flying through my mind...
It's derived from Robert...
But I like to think it's derived from the German word 'Rubin'. 
Quote: PhQnix @ September 10 2008, 8:30 PM BSTHa! I avoided that trap! I've met you now Aaron, you're too nice to be racist.
He's nice in person?
Woh, your wrecking havoc on Aaron's internet street cred.
Quote: Finck @ September 10 2008, 8:32 PM BSTIt's derived from Robert...
But I like to think it's derived from the German word 'Rubin'.
*pretends to know what that means, and goes to look it up*
Quote: Curt @ September 10 2008, 8:34 PM BSTHe's nice in person?
Woh, your wrecking havoc on Aaron's internet street cred.
But he's nice on here too!
I found out this summer that my grandmother's mother was German. Shocked I was! But not that it matters, the Dutch and German are the one in the same...right?
Quote: zooo @ September 10 2008, 8:35 PM BSTBut he's nice on here too!
You're right, he has got a lot nicer since his Spelling and Grammer Nazi days.
Quote: Scatterbrained Floozy @ September 10 2008, 8:34 PM BST*pretends to know what that means, and goes to look it up*
Yay!
Angel? *stab in the dark at the meaning of Rubin.*
Quote: PhQnix @ September 10 2008, 8:37 PM BSTAngel? *stab in the dark at the meaning of Rubin.*
Angel is of German origin, the German equivalent being 'Engel'.
Rubin means ruby.
Quote: Finck @ September 10 2008, 8:40 PM BSTAngel is of German origin, the German equivalent being 'Engel'.
Rubin means ruby.
I was going "Cherubin" -> "Rubin" -> "Angel." Plus personal knowledge of Robyn.
(Hee.)
Quote: PhQnix @ September 10 2008, 8:43 PM BSTI was going "Cherubin" -> "Rubin" -> "Angel." Plus personal knowledge of Robyn.
Cherub is Hebrew...
But your being so cute there, just go on. I won't interfere anymore.
Quote: PhQnix @ September 10 2008, 8:27 PM BSTAre you deliberately goading people into calling you a racialist Aaron?
You're perfectly welcome to.
Quote: Finck @ September 10 2008, 8:27 PM BSTYep. It becomes especially obvious if you look at Northern German.
Example: I have a little house. - Ick hev en lütt Hus. - Ich habe ein kleines Haus.
The most basic words are of Germanic origin. But for all the other words there are at least a Germanic and a French version.
I like English.
Yep. That's why I found German so easy and actually rather enjoyable in school.
I'd have loved to have been able to watch Downfall without subtitles.
Quote: zooo @ September 10 2008, 8:29 PM BSTI love Russian and Eastern European accents.
They turns me on.
I do a good Russian! I really need to force myself to get on with learning it.
Quote: zooo @ September 10 2008, 8:29 PM BSTSomething strange must have happened once upon a time...
Must have been that fit housekeeper we had back at the country estate.
Ha!
Quote: Finck @ September 10 2008, 8:46 PM BSTCherub is Hebrew...
You don't speak Hebrew as well do you?!
Quote: Finck @ September 10 2008, 8:46 PM BSTBut your being so cute there, just go on. I won't interfere anymore.
Logically it was flawed. They wouldn't have invented an entire name for her. I still like my theory though.