Why "Tarn" Vikings?

[Revdyer]

Does anyone here have any insight into why the Tarn Vikings are called that? "Tarn," I take it, in this context means "lake" or "pond" or some other glacial body of water. Do these Vikings water ski? Just curious.

[skyknight]

I think the real question is this, If the Tarn vikings are living together then it is a Tarn community or nation, we would also want to know what kind of landmarks and geography are in Tarn, therefore the correct question is "what in Tarn Nation"? And there you go :lol:

[AmishBurrito]

^lawl

[Grungebob]

I think the real question is this, If the Tarn vikings are living together then it is a Tarn community or nation, we would also want to know what kind of landmarks and geography are in Tarn, therefore the correct question is "what in Tarn Nation"? And there you go :lol: :passout:

[UranusPChicago]

I think they are called Tarn Vikings because I never seem to be able to successfully roll a tamn Beserker Charge roll...

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

I think the real question is this, If the Tarn vikings are living together then it is a Tarn community or nation, we would also want to know what kind of landmarks and geography are in Tarn, therefore the correct question is "what in Tarn Nation"? And there you go :lol:

The best answer for this thread's question! :lol:

[Grungebob]

I think they are called Tarn Vikings because I never seem to be able to successfully roll a tamn Beserker Charge roll... :passout: :passout: :passout:

[ultradoug]

*sets fire to this topic*
burn burn!!!!!!

[Grungebob]

I'm not sure how many of these puns I can take. You guys should think about your reputations before you post something that could tarnish it forever!!

[ultradoug]

once upon a time.
The vikings were going out to play.
one of them picked up some yarn.
"Look ma! t's yarn."
Ma was hard of hearing, "Tarn you say?"
And she named him a Tarn Viking.

So the Tarn Viking was moving ever so slowly, tring to charge, when suddnly a winged Viking flew in she had a spear.

"Behold I summon a carryer carring a unit!" He (or maybe she?) declared.
the Tarn Viking was mightly inpressed. "Show me your carryer."

http://www.lakehurst.navy.mil/nlweb/images/aircraft-carrier-in-motion01.JPG

"Tarn it all, ya screewed up."

And so they slowly moved on, then that dude with the cape from wave for made them move slightly better, whatever his name is I dont know.

And then ultradoug burned the topic to the ground.

the end.

[Mr. Underhill]

You idiots...

Just answer the thread title: Why not.


Mr. Underhill

[ultradoug]

http://psych.fullerton.edu/jmearns/tarpit.jpg

http://www.eborg3.com/Graphics/Bible/66-Revelation/Rev22/Sign%20Plus.jpg

http://www.naturalearthfarm.com/shop/images/yarn%20and%20needles.JPG

http://www.net4tv.com/voice/graphics/printables/83_letter_v_sm.jpg

PLUS

http://www.thefineartofcycling.com/products/product-images/trimmed-bike.jpg
take away the

http://www.emerchandise.com/images/p/DRS/pdMTDRS0008.jpg

[Malechi]

Just answer the thread title: Why not.

No, no, no. The Tamn answer is: Why "Tarn" not?

[ultradoug]

Crisem Tuck Tarnds.

[Mr. Underhill]

I think they are called Tarn Vikings because I never seem to be able to successfully roll a tamn Beserker Charge roll...

Uranus, I've just realised something...

When I open some threads, my screen reformats itself and the left column of the table suddenly jumps halfway across the screen. Then I discovered the reason:

Your avatar is like 800 pixels wide!!!! Hehehehe. :lol:



Mr. Underhill

P.S. Okay, so it's only 221 pixels wide. Whatever!

[skyknight]

Those tarn pixels

[RichardD]

According to Wikipedia, the Latin word "tarnis" means "rapid or walled in".

I've no idea where my own Latin dictionary has got to, but I'm not sure that this is right. The Romans certainly were aware of a river in south west Gaul (now France), which they called the "Tarnis" (now River Tarn). Which is a fast-flowing river running through the Pyrennees - so it would be both rapid and walled-in. However, I don't recall any Latin adjective even remotely close to "tarnis".

So I think someone's been had by dodgy Wiki entries into thinking that "Tarn" might be the equivalent of a fjord or river flowing into a fjord.

Sounds good though.

[ultradoug]

they
all
really
no move.

[Mr. Underhill]

There was a big viking from Tarn
Who once went out tho the barn.
He cried, “What a fool!”
“I’ve forgotten the bull,”
“He should’ve been tied up with yarn”

- Mr. Underhill (2006) -

[LilNewbie]

I think they were named as an homage to The Tarnsman of Gor by John Norman. Cool hawk-like creatures. :D

Newb.

[Revdyer]

Underhill:

Yeah, the first few days of this site's life, the avatars could be really huge. Then the maximum size was reduced. I changed mine when I realized that, but if I had continued to use my old one it would have been grandfathered in, so to speak.

[Revdyer]

I think they were named as an homage to The Tarnsman of Gor by John Norman. Cool hawk-like creatures. :D

Newb.

I thought about that, too, Newb; until I found out that "tarn" was a perfectly good word on its own, and one from Viking territory to boot. I wonder if Norman didn't pick the word up to use from the Nordic?

[Mr. Underhill]

I think they were named as an homage to The Tarnsman of Gor by John Norman. Cool hawk-like creatures. :D


There it is again! :shock:

[gibberish_47]

I think they are called Tarn Vikings because I never seem to be able to successfully roll a tamn Beserker Charge roll...

Apparently I've had better luck with the Tarn's then most. I got 5 Beserks in a row. :lol:

[Revdyer]

5 in a row, what's the odds of that happening? Oh, I guess that's a guestion for the mathguy!

[ReverendBayes]

5 in a row, what's the odds of that happening? Oh, I guess that's a guestion for the mathguy!


...or for ReverendBayes. The chance of charging on one turn is (6/20).

So, five charges in a row happens with probability (6/20)^5, or 0.3 raised to the 5th power, which is: 0.00243.

So, roughly 2 out of 1000. Given the thousands of games played collectively by all scapers who visit this site, I'd say it's not unusual to have someone post that this happened to them.

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As for the TARN name, any chance it came from one (or a few) of the designers' names? We know the Knights of Weston are named after a designer person, and that Nerak is named after Karen...maybe TARN is an inside acronym for something, or the collection of middle initials of the game designers, or something.

[Revdyer]

Hmmmm..."Tarn" is really RANT or TRAN or NART...maybe...still, the fact that it comes from Old Norse and is connected to Vikings makes me think it is more than just some vanity name.

[shakey_snake]

A tarn (or corrie loch) is a mountain lake or pool, formed in a corrie excavated by a glacier. A moraine may form a natural dam below a tarn. (A corrie may be called a cirque.)

The word is derived from the Old Norse word tjörn meaning pond as such is often found in names of both glacial and non-glacial small upland lakes in the English Lake District and Pennines.

In local dialect in Cumbria, the word is also used generally to refer to any small lake or pond, regardless of its location and origin [1].

In Scandinavian languages a tjern or tjärn or tjørn is a small natural lake, often in a forest or with vegetation close around it or growing into the lake.

[Revdyer]

Does anyone here have any insight into why the Tarn Vikings are called that? "Tarn," I take it, in this context means "lake" or "pond" or some other glacial body of water. Do these Vikings water ski? Just curious.

So, I guess this is where I came in. Now I can say, "I've seen this movie before."

[morgonis]

the real reason......Chuck Norris said they will be named Tarn :)

[Mr. Underhill]

the real reason......Chuck Norris said they will be named Tarn :)

http://home.amnet.net.au/~enigma1/heroscape/chucksaysvikings.jpg (http://chuck.says-it.com/index.php)

[Venom]

:bs:

-Chuck Norris roundhouse kicks me in the face-

sorry Chuck. :bowdown: Tarn they are.

[AmishBurrito]

chuck norris is the reason waldo is hiding : (

[Ch1can0]

Tarn means Tactical Aassault Rampage Norseman

also known as Tough And Rough Norseman

What do you learn in school nowadays, guys :roll: tse tse tse

[Agent Minivann]

You guys need to get with the times. It's not Chuck Norris that makes the bad guys wet themselves, it's Jack Bauer!

[Mr. Underhill]

also known as Tough And Rough Norseman

There was a pop band which considered this name, but then decided to settle on the Village People instead.


Mr. Underhill

[Venom]

You guys need to get with the times. It's not Chuck Norris that makes the bad guys wet themselves, it's Jack Bauer!

shhh... :unsure: Chuck Norris hears everything. Jack Bauer doesn't know martial arts. :roll:

There was a pop band which considered this name, but then decided to settle on the Village People instead.

...Village Vikings...People? :confused:

[Agent Minivann]

I think he meant Tarn People.

[Revdyer]

also known as Tough And Rough Norseman

There was a pop band which considered this name, but then decided to settle on the Village People instead.


Mr. Underhill

Oh, that is droll, Mr. Underhill...and very funny!

[Mr. Underhill]

I think he meant Tarn People.

I think if you recall back, you will remember...

There was the construction worker, the cop, the native american, the navy guy, the cowboy and the viking.

Sure you remember....

http://home.amnet.net.au/~enigma1/heroscape/tarn-people.jpg

[ultradoug]

You
Mad
Crazy
Austraran!

[Mr. Underhill]

You
Mad
Crazy
Austraran!

How dare you!!! I'm not Austararan, they're completely different. Just ask Skyknight, he's the authority on antipodean life-forms.

Well at least you didn't call me a New Zealananander!


Mr. Underhill

[ultradoug]

theres no way I'd be able to spell that word.

[ultradoug]

watch:

new zeeeleadneedererezeee highlander.
see?

[Agent Minivann]

Mr. Underhill, that's just wrong.

[netherspirit]

Hmmm why Tarn Vikings????

Because "Underrated Squad of 4 Vikings that could move really far if you roll well enough with the 20-sided die" wouldn't fit in the litte space at the top of the card.

[Agent Minivann]

Back on the lake/pond musings, what about fjord? They are Norsemen after all.

[Mr. Underhill]

Mr. Underhill, that's just wrong.Why, thank-you! :D

[Revdyer]

We know that a tarn is a glacial lake; I'd just love to know which tarn these guys are supposed to be from.

[Revdyer]

Watching the Stanley Cup playoffs this evening, I noticed a rookie Edmonton Oiler named Dick TARNstrom. He looks like a Viking, too.http://i.a.cnn.net/si/images/hockey/nhl/players/2880.jpg

[Fallen Templar]

Tarn means lake in Norse so the name means "Lake Viking" yea no tarn pun

[Revdyer]

Actually, "Tarnstrom" is "lake storm" I do believe. (cp. German "Strum")

[Venom]

"Tarnstrom" is "thunderstorm" in hick language

[Revdyer]

That's very interesting, Venom. What qualifies as "hick language"?

[Venom]

red neck

[Venom]

example: "hay moma, lukes lyke a tarnstrom iz comin. we bes ty dun the tailer hum."

[Revdyer]

Thanks, again, Venon. Which part of the country is that dialect found in? I ask because I was an English linguistics major in college and have always had an interest in the regionalism of American English. We don't get "tarnstorm" as a term in the parts of the South where I have lived, so was curious about what part of the country uses it.

[ultradoug]

maybe we will answer this tarn question!

[shakey_snake]

Thanks, again, Venon. Which part of the country is that dialect found in? I ask because I was an English linguistics major in college and have always had an interest in the regionalism of American English. We don't get "tarnstorm" as a term in the parts of the South where I have lived, so was curious about what part of the country uses it.My guess is he's a Yooper.

[Revdyer]

I'd guess somewhere in the upper Mid-west too, whether Michigan or elsewhere, though, I'm not sure.

[Venom]

...uh....a town by Little Rock :wink:

[Revdyer]

Well, thanks for the information. :(

[WAIT-THEN-FIRE]

Tarn- a small mountain lake or pool

[Cavalier]

Tarn- a small mountain lake or pool
1) That very bit of information was given in the first post.
2) the last post in this thread was from June 20th, 2006. That's 3 years ago.

[WAIT-THEN-FIRE]

Tarn- a small mountain lake or pool
1) That very bit of information was given in the first post.
2) the last post in this thread was from June 20th, 2006. That's 3 years ago.

Cool story bro.

[Heroscape Elffy]

Tarn- a small mountain lake or pool
1) That very bit of information was given in the first post.
2) the last post in this thread was from June 20th, 2006. That's 3 years ago.

Cool story bro.
I believe he means you didn't need to bring this back. Or be disrespectful about it.

[WAIT-THEN-FIRE]

Tarn- a small mountain lake or pool
1) That very bit of information was given in the first post.
2) the last post in this thread was from June 20th, 2006. That's 3 years ago.

Cool story bro.
I believe he means you didn't need to bring this back. Or be disrespectful about it.

Thats nice.

[gorthan313]

Tarn- a small mountain lake or pool
1) That very bit of information was given in the first post.
2) the last post in this thread was from June 20th, 2006. That's 3 years ago.

Cool story bro.
I believe he means you didn't need to bring this back. Or be disrespectful about it.

Thats nice.



You just don't get what Cav and Elffy are saying, do you:poorpost:.....