User:The Inedible Bulk/BSA

Introduction
This page is regarding the BSA's AntiPiracy Weasel.

I'm trying to find the worst name by looking up the meanings of names with behindthename.com.

I frankly would have prefered the register's version. 

So, Here we go.

The Poll


"Copyright Crusader" to the rescue! Help name the "Copyright Crusader" ferret. Vote for your favorite ferret name below. You can learn the winning name here on this Web Site in January. He will also appear as the hero in a Weekly Reader 4 comic book that month. Fernando Frankie Franklin Freddy Garret

So, BTN has given me this information.

Fernando
FERDINAND  m Usage: English, German, French, Czech Pronounced: FUR-di-nand (English), FER-di-nahnt (German) Possibly means "ready to journey" from Gothic fardi "journey" and nand "ready". This was the name of several rulers of Spain, Portugal and the Holy Roman Empire. Also, the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was the leader of the first expedition to sail around the earth.

Frankie
FRANK  m Usage: English Pronounced: FRANGK Refers to a member of the Germanic tribe, the Franks. The Franks settled in the regions now called France and the Netherlands in the 3rd and 4th century. They derived their tribal name from the name of a type of spear that they used.

OR

FRANCES  f Usage: English Pronounced: FRAN-ses Feminine form of FRANCIS. Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini was an American social worker, the first American to be canonized.

Franklin
FRANKLIN  m Usage: English Pronounced: FRANGK-lin From a surname which was derived from Middle English frankeleyn "freeman". A famous bearer of the surname was Benjamin Franklin, an American statesman, inventor, scientist and philosopher.

Freddy
FREDERICK  m Usage: English Pronounced: FRED-ur-ik, FRED-rik From a Germanic name meaning "peaceful ruler", derived from frid "peace" and ric "ruler, power". Several rulers of Prussia, Germany and the Holy Roman Empire have borne this name, including the 13th-century patron of the arts Frederick II of Germany, and the 18th-century Frederick II of Prussia, known as Frederick the Great. Another famous bearer was Frederick Douglass, an American ex-slave who became a leading advocate of abolition.

Garret
GERALD  m Usage: English Pronounced: JER-awld From a Germanic name meaning "rule of the spear", from the element ger "spear" combined with wald "rule". This name was brought to Britain by the Normans.

OR

GERARD  m Usage: English, Dutch Pronounced: je-RAHRD Derived from the Germanic element ger "spear" combined with hard "brave, hardy". The Normans introduced this name to Britain.

Both are essentially the same.

Conclusion
Garret, as he rules with the spear! What an evil name!

This has been a TIB Production in association with FUD Industries.

--TIB (talk) 21:45, Sep 4, 2004 (UTC)