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Re: OT naming customs

From:nicole dobrowolski <fuzzybluemonkeys@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 18, 2001, 9:02
--- Tristan Alexander McLeay froge sionk:
> On Sun, 16 Dec 2001, Dan Jones wrote: > > > Also, what's the story behind people's names on the list? Are you > named > > after family members, or otherwise?? > > My first name, Tristan, is just a name my parents both liked. My > mother's > first choice for my name was `Felix', but my father hated that. > (Some > believe that the fact that there was a chance of me being named > `Felix' is > enough to account for my oddities ;)* ).
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> > * _Felix the Cat_ is an umm.... very odd cat... >
well the story of my name is nowhere near as interesting as almost felix here (though i am a big fan of the name tristan because of its association with arthurian legend :)...)... my parents named me nicole mainly because they like the name... but my dad also has this thing where he thinks people named nicole should have dark hair and eyes... i'm not quite sure where he got that from though because most of the other nicoles i've met have fair hair or are outright blue-eyed blondes...my middle name is also one they picked because they happened to like it as well as my sister's first name (though they chose to spell it 'michele' with only 1 'l' which causes her extra troubles... not only do people misspell her last name but they misspell her first name too... of course my mom's friend 'aunt' eileen seems to think i spell my name with an 'h'(nichole) for unknown reasons... the only real trend in my family come from the dobrowolski side... they seem to have a thing for the name edward... my grandfather was 'big ed' my dad is 'little eddie' and then there's 'father eddie' (a priest) and 'cousin ed' and a couple others who don't have convienient nicknames... obconlang: in narethanaal your name is whatever you call yourself... spelled the same way and pronounced the same way... even though technically my own name wouldn't exist in the language because orthonographically (sp?) there's no 'c' and phonologically there's no /I/... ...nicole "fiction reveals truths that reality obscures." --Jessamyn West ===== shmuli atae muhnkia-jiqek qelek nimmekel-Luddiga blå apor-flauschige blaue Affen-tódifai kówainG MANgKIWi-mêndos êzoros faffalos-khami zhaftami nuri xhan-jasánni júñi jakihéññi-Moncaithe gorma clúmhacha-Monhyey ngonul hweyaru ryehyumeru-muncaidhean gorma molach-jhachtaraadkimyo-monos peludos azules-pushistye sinie obe&#380;iany-zçínesfersaup sülíraup böfparaup-k&#281;dzierzawe niebieskie ma&#322;py-cirmos ke'k majmok-fuzzi serule mini-primate-Hlässöbonakkäa Jonäjë-pluizige blauwe aapjes-menomeno yanubi wayanoso-monkátí kosipi eyoh-macacos nebulosos azuis-pukhnasti blakytni mavpy-lådne blå aber __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com