Re: CHAT: Zoroastrian influences on Post-exilic Judaism

On Thu, 27 Jul 2000 17:41:22 -0400 Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> writes:
> John Cowan wrote:
> > There are certainly Jews named "Natalie" = "Christmas-child".
> Which just goes to show that in many names, the origin has been
> forgotten for most people.  I doubt most people realize that that
> name
> has any connection with Christmas.
>
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I certainly didn't know that!

But to bring this dangerous discussion of Religion back to Conlanging,
the Rokbeigalm almost never ever name someone something with a
transparent meaning.  They generally choose names that just "sound
right", like Flurázha /Plu'raZa/ or Stíígiyus /s(@)'tajgiyus/, but have
no meaning in Rokbeigalmki.  Or, if they do choose a name with a meaning,
they will mutate it in order to mask its meaning, such as Urgámn
/ur'gamn=/, from _^ur^gamnuh_ "starfire".


-Stephen (Steg)
 "You will begin to touch heaven, Jonathan, in the moment
  that you touch perfect speed.  And that isn't flying a thousand
  miles an hour, or a million, or flying at the speed of light.
  Because any number is a limit, and perfection doesn't have
  limits.  Perfect speed, my son, is being there."
                    ~ _jonathan livingston seagull_