The name Shatner is Austrian and partly Germanic, and there's Germanic reticence and silence perhaps, but there is passion underneath.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My name is not 'William Shatner.'
The thing with Bill Shatner is he brings something unique to everything he does. He's not the obvious choice for anything, but he always brings something special to it.
For me, at least, much of the German I see and hear sounds stranger than Swedish, a language of which I unfortunately understand very little.
I have a tendency to evolve into William Shatner, with my big fat face.
A lot of names in America and Europe have their roots in Latin and Greek words. A lot of them go back to archetypes and their stories.
I think Oprah who is the height of aspiration and inspiration recognizes something in me that is germane.
Most of the names in my books have secondary meaning. Sometimes they foreshadow; sometimes they tell you about the character's origin or back story.
In 'A Royal Affair' I had to learn to act like a queen and learned Danish. It's so much different to act in another language. It's the nuances in the words.
The Swedish language combines the strong manhood of the German with the delicate beauty of the Italian.
William Shatner just reeks of cool.