Does anyone else know this? : Othor Games

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:22 am

I was looking online for norse names which I may use for my Nord when Skyrim is out, (still clueless), and I came across this.

Gimp - Originally a by-name related to the Norwegian and Swedish dialect term gimpa, "to sway one's buttocks."
Occurs as a by-name in Sweden. Anglo-Scandinavian forms include Gimpi, Gympe.

Did anyone else know that?

Makes you laugh at the fact there were some poor buggers called it

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:55 am

I didn't know it, but I did now.

"Gimp" has various meanings in English: as a sixual reference, as a casual insult, and as the name of a piece of modding software.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:07 am

I did not know that...but...where do we go from here?

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:32 am

I didn't know it, but I did now.

"Gimp" has various meanings in English: as a sixual reference, as a casual insult, and as the name of a piece of modding software.

Yeah I know, just an interesting word to use as a name

compared to some of the things

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:25 pm

I'm from Sweden and I've never heard of it! lol.
Here you have some nice Nord names:

*Sten
*Harald
*Erik
*Sture
*Agnar
*Arnbjorn
*Byrnjolf
*Ingimund
*Sigurd

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:34 am

Hmm, can't find that definition in my OED: it seems to be more concerned with "silk, worsted or cotton twist" and stuff. The closest it seems to get is "a corruption of gammy"; maybe one of the Additions volumes covers the more Tarantino-like meaning, but I'm too idle to look...

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:34 am

I'm from Sweden and I've never heard of it! lol.
Here you have some nice Nord names:

*Sten
*Harald
*Erik
*Sture
*Agnar
*Arnbjorn
*Byrnjolf
*Ingimund
*Sigurd

Its the not the most common name I've heard, where would we be without the internet

and thanks

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:37 pm

Here you have some nice Nord names:

*Erik

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» Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:56 pm

That word always reminds me of The Gimp from Pulp Fiction, I had no idea it was actually a name. :laugh:

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:54 pm

Well, there's always the Danish name Cnut, which has been intentionally and unintentionally mis-spelled by English speakers on numerous occasions.

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:08 pm

If you have ever seen my disabled husband walk, you'd undertstand why gimp's definition is applicable. He's got more sway than three drunken sailors in the middle of a Miami street during Hurricane Andrew. Only he manages to remain upright.

Which reminds me, I walked into the living room last night to see what he was up to, and he was playing Fallout 3. He was shooting supermutants in the leg, crippling them, while saying "Walk like me, [censored]" as they went down. It perversely amused me.

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:29 pm

Well, there's always the Danish name Cnut, which has been intentionally and unintentionally mis-spelled by English speakers on numerous occasions.

That made me lol

High five for you

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:17 pm

I didn't know it, but I did now.

"Gimp" has various meanings in English: as a sixual reference, as a casual insult, and as the name of a piece of modding software.

Also with reference to disability, or a restriction, e.g. Bethesda have gimped magic again.

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:39 pm

If you have ever seen my disabled husband walk, you'd undertstand why gimp's definition is applicable. He's got more sway than three drunken sailors in the middle of a Miami street during Hurricane Andrew. Only he manages to remain upright.

I'm sorry, did someone ring me?

Which reminds me, I walked into the living room last night to see what he was up to, and he was playing Fallout 3. He was shooting supermutants in the leg, crippling them, while saying "Walk like me, [censored]" as they went down. It perversely amused me.

I have a mod that gives all raider women the face of my ex.. :whistling:

My therapist said it wasn't entirely unhealthy behavior.

I asked it I could send her screenies of headshots.

And apparently, that would be unhealthy, spoil sport :glare:

..and of course he says it just after I've put together a folder with nine- or maybe fourteen thousand screenies :meh:

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:27 am

edit: nevermind

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:30 pm

I have a friend named Gympe, yes it is a bit unusual but i have heard much weirder names :shrug:

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:13 pm

I've always liked the name Dagmar.

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:32 pm

I knew. Having Swedish family and natural sway tends to summon that phrase.

Also with reference to disability, or a restriction, e.g. Bethesda have gimped magic again.

Well, that in turn comes from the first thing princess_stomper mentioned. :hehe:

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:45 pm

Use "Gympe" it's original, foreign and cool. I'm pretty sure "Gimp" will be used while "Gympe" will be unexpected. But I don't know, just trying to maintain a bit of originality here.

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:32 pm

I didn't know it, but I did now.

"Gimp" has various meanings in English: as a sixual reference, as a casual insult, and as the name of a piece of modding software.

It's not just modding software, it's picture editing software; I use it as a free alternative to Photoshop. Not as fancy, but it still gets the job done. Just calling it modding software would be like saying that flour is only used to bake bread.