WTF does [livejournal.com profile] karohemd mean, anyway?

3 Jun 2006 12:46 am
karohemd: by LJ user gothindulgence (Karohemd)
[personal profile] karohemd

[livejournal.com profile] lslaw wanted to know what my username means and it's very simple. Karohemd is German for checked shirt (Karo meaning check and Hemd shirt) and anyone who's met me in person (outside of a clubbing context) knows why this is appropriate. ;o)

Date: 3/6/06 06:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] whotheheckami.livejournal.com
...but why does it mean checked shirt? Is it a compound noun where karo means checked and hemd means shirt?

Date: 3/6/06 09:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com
Yes, indeed but not quite.
Karo is one check, checked would be "kariert", so "kariertes Hemd" means the same thing but that wouldn't make a good username. ;o)

Date: 3/6/06 10:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eryx-uk.livejournal.com
I'd been wondering the same thing. Learn something new every day.

Date: 3/6/06 02:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] morthrai.livejournal.com
Correct me if I am wrong (which would be no surprise!) but haven't you had people ask that same question before? Short term...erm...thingy loss!

Date: 3/6/06 11:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com
Oh, quite possibly but new people add me all the time (I'm expecting at least five after tonight) so the question comes up from time to time. Maybe I should put it in the user info.

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