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gonold..made a post about his name and its meaning got me thinking.. maybe a thread about names would be fun. for years, i have read that my name, HELEN, is from a old greek word for a lighthouse (or an artifical light source) the Hel was from the same root word of helio (as in sun) but Helen was definiately signifigantly less than a sun!... (likewise Hellenism was the idea of old greek knowledge being a 'beacon light' to the world.) lah de da, nice enough, but for this thread i consulted The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition/2000 and what they said was something totaly different! Helˇen PRONUNCIATION: hln NOUN: Greek Mythology The daughter of Zeus and Leda and wife of Menelaus, considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world. Her abduction by Paris caused the Trojan War. ETYMOLOGY: Greek Helen. See wel-2 in Appendix I. http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE565.htmlTo turn, roll; with derivatives referring to curved, enclosing objects. Derivatives include waltz, willow, wallow, revolve, valley, and helix. Nothing to do with light! so whats the story of your name (real, or cyber name!--or the name you wished you had.)
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The reason the K1W1s all hate me so as because I tell them what to do with their sheep.
Faldage; the right of the lord of the manor to have his tenants pasture their sheep where he tells them to, for fertilization of the soil.
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The concept of droit du seigneur in the above context is, of course, unthinkable.
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Or, in Hawaiian = Inoa Welcome!
My name is Ann and it seems to be common in every language with myriad meanings. From Chinese as Peace to English often given as graceful or queenly. I'd be interested in what meanings other languages give it. My Hawaiian friends gave me the name Na'ho'ailona which means "one who reads the omens." Rather fiting for the High Priestess of the Board! ;-) - and it was given long before I found AWAD.
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My name Amy means "beloved."
Coffeebean got her name from a teenage friend of mine who had the habit of saying to me: "know what I mean, jellybean?" One day, with latte in hand I replied, "I'm more of a coffeebean, don't you think?" And the name stuck.
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I have seen two origins for Carol 1)Song of joy - this is supposed to come from the French and is the one I prefer especially since I was born in December. 2)The feminine version of Charles - but Charles is supposed to mean strong and manly so what the heck is the feminine version of that? Wimpy and womanly? Butch? On the whole I'd prefer to be a Christmas Carol (all together now - aaawwwww)
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The concept of droit du seigneur in the above context is, of course, unthinkable.
So how come you thought it?
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how come you thought it?
Some unthinking persons had mentioned it in earlier incarnations of this thread and the lovely AnnaS was merely attempting to forestall such digressions in this incarnation.
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Which have, of course, already begun. It was probably overrated anyway ...
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