Author: James Robertson
Date: 08:36:28 07/24/99
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On July 23, 1999 at 21:51:48, Heiko Mikala wrote: >On July 23, 1999 at 15:00:25, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: > >>On July 22, 1999 at 19:45:55, Heiko Mikala wrote: >> >>>On July 22, 1999 at 18:49:17, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: >>> >>>>On July 22, 1999 at 18:15:15, Heiko Mikala wrote: >>>> >>>>>On July 21, 1999 at 18:35:13, James Robertson wrote: >>>>>>Eventually, when I think of a name for it. Right now I am using my initials as a >>>>>>'name', but I will have to think of something to call it quick, before my >>>>>>initials stick to it..... >>>>> >>>>>Hi James! >>>>> >>>>>I'm having the same problem, and my program is more than 10 years old now - and >>>>>still without a name =:-O >>>>> >>>>>I hate it to call my program HMChess, but I had to give it a name on FICS - so I >>>>>did the same as you did - put my initials in front of the word Chess. >>>>> >>>>>If anyone has a good idea for a name for a chess program, please tell us! :) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Heiko. >>>> >>>> How about «Chupacabras», or «el Chupacabras»? >>> >>>What does that mean? Something like "Lambchop" or so? >>> >>>I was considering to call my program "Dumpfbacke". >>>(You might hear some Germans laughing now :) >>> >>> >>>Heiko. >> >> «Chupacabras» means «Goatsucker», «el Chupacabras» means «the Goatsucker». I >>think it has nothing to do with Lambchop (: >> What does "Dumpfbacke" mean? > >I don't think you can translate "Dumpfbacke". Do you know the american T.V. >series of the Bundys? If so, than you know their blond daughter Kelly. I don't >know, what her original american nickname is, but in the german version of the >series her nickname is "Dumpfbacke". >If you translate it word by word, than it's what Dann wrote: dull cheek. The >real meaning of the german word is something like "stupid", "dumb", "dumbhead". >But it's a nicer way of calling someone stupid, "Dumpfbacke" sounds very funny >in german. >:-) > >Heiko. The word sounds funny in English too. :) James
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