#wmcn

Hey guys, I’ve decided I’m going to play a little game on this blog, which will be open for anyone.

How this game will work is you send me a real name (Amy, Paul Beckett, Damian Bloodsworth, etc), and using etymology sites like Behind the Name, I’ll figure out what your cybertronian name would be based on the meaning of your name. If you want a specific personality/physical trait of yours to be presented in your name, you can send that in as well, and I’ll try to work it into the name.

Example:

Anon: WMCN for Jack Darby with mention of his black hair please

Me: The name Jack itself has a slang meaning for “Man”, while it’s root comes from John, which at it’s root means “Yahweh/God is Gracious” in Hebrew. The name Darby comes from Old Norse, as a alternate spelling of Derby, and means “Deer town/farm” 

So possible Cybertronian names for Jack Darby could be:

There is a short feature about WMCN, Macalester’s radio station, on the college’s website, so here are a few views going back through the years. Of course, not all the photos have info on them...

Top left: student Sherri Park, taken in 1966;

Center: students in t-shirts, likely from the late 1970s;

The name Emily is the feminine version of Emil, which is from the Roman family name Aemilius, which is based on the Latin word aemulus, meaning “Rival”. 

Kavanagh is an anglicised version of the Irish/Gaelic name Caomhánach, which has a few different meanings that I can find. Starting off, it was the surname of a branch of the Mac Murchada dynasty of Kings of Leinster (so kudos to you). In the actual meaning of the name itself, Behind the Name lists it as meaning “Student of Saint Caomhán”, with the meaning of Caomhán being “Beautiful, gentle, kind”. SurnameDB says the name means “Born handsome”.

So possible cybertronian names for you include:

[ What’s My Cybertronian Name ]

The name Wayne originated as an occupational last name meaning “Wagon maker”. Porter is similar, the name meaning “Doorkeeper”. Strictly using those words, you can get names like:

Doorkeeper, Wagonkeeper, Doormaker

or, using the theme of the names, you could get

Gatekeeper, Gatemaker.

Nicole and I started Word of the Hour REDUX to fill a void we felt upon leaving our beloved Macalester radio station and show behind.  While maybe one day the dream will be to have a show back on the WMCN airways as community members, we’ve cobbled together another solution in the meantime.  Click below for an 8tracks version of the shows we’ve recorded transnationally thus far.  Expect about an hour of tunes intermixed with our commentary.  Enjoy!

Word of the Hour - "Start" from Higgs2013 on 8tracks Radio.

Word of the Hour - "Yes" from Higgs2013 on 8tracks Radio.