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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread need new name #31822 06/11/2001 10:22 PM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean A friend is combining his goldsmith shop with his silver jewelry shop and is looking for a new name to celebrate the union. Can anyone out there think of a word or a small grouping of words to express this concept? All languages considered. consuelo Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter #31823 06/11/2001 10:33 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: need new name #31824 06/11/2001 10:40 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 87 City of Brotherly Love, no not... nikeblack journeyman nikeblack journeyman Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 87 City of Brotherly Love, no not... Hm. This is an interesting one.... wish my Latin were up to the challenge. I find it woefully lacking, having last cracked a Latin text about 20 years ago, and then at the ungodly hour of 8am, and it was Church Latin too! But what comes to mind is a mix of the latin: Argent Aurum (heraldry?) just thought of that old Girl Scout verse: "Make new friends but keep the old/One is silver and the other gold." My husband just blurted out: "Metal Vanity" I'm sure more and better ideas will follow...but be sure to post what you eventually decide on! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: need new name #31825 06/11/2001 10:51 PM Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered i like Ouro Prata, which would be a loose translation of Portuguese "Prata e Ouro" (silver and gold) oh, and welcome to the Board, consuelo =) i love the ocean, too. and what, pray tell, is contra dancing??? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: need new name #31826 06/11/2001 11:49 PM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean Contra dancing is the most fun you can have while keeping all your clothes on. Actually, it's similar to square dancing (many of the same moves) only it's a progressive dance. You start with your partner on your side, part of a line of dancers facing another line of dancers. A caller calls the moves, you dance the group of moves with one other couple, then move on and dance the same set of moves with the next couple, etc. The lines move in "contra" to each other. There is much dizzy swinging of your partner, who sometimes is NOT your partner :) and everyone has the silliest grin! consuelo Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: need new name #31827 06/12/2001 1:28 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass the halo'd moon (it's a veiled reference to "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" :^) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: need new name #31828 06/12/2001 4:59 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Gilver Sold. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: need new name #31829 06/12/2001 11:42 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 163 Malaga, Spain. juanmaria member juanmaria member Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 163 Malaga, Spain. ¡Bienvenida al foro! My beloved grand mother was a Consuelo too. We familiarly call them Conchas or Conchitas. In Spain, never in Argentina. Speaking of Argentina, what about "Argentgold"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: need new name #31830 06/12/2001 11:54 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Following the heraldry idea: Argent Or. People will flock in to find out "or what?" If they happen to be in Montana, Oro y Plata is the state motto. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: need new name #31831 06/12/2001 3:55 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA Loganamnosis (An AWAD selection) ... is what I have trying to remember what the word is for when gold is applied to silver ... ANYway would that word be of help in naming the shop? Or your friend could go straightforward with "The Silver and Gold Shop" and make it easy for people to find what they're looking for. wow Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: need new name #31832 06/12/2001 4:02 PM Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered i suppose you could resort to 'Precious Metals', if you were feeling uninspired. or The Golden Silversmith? (play on the words Gold and Silversmith, for those who are even less perceptive than me) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: new names for shops ... and horses! #31833 06/12/2001 4:10 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA Dear Consuelo, *please* let us know what the decision is whether or not one of the suggestions given here is used. And while we are on the subject of naming : Did anyone ever hear from the Poster who wanted ideas on naming young horses? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: new names for shops ... and horses! #31834 06/12/2001 4:32 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 How about The Silver Door (silvered ore/ silver d'or/ silv'adore)? Ænigma suggests 'dabble' - next! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: the Silver Door.... #31835 06/12/2001 4:36 PM Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered ...or "All That Glitters[sic]" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: need new name #31836 06/12/2001 5:26 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 Bobyoungbalt veteran Bobyoungbalt veteran Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 How about something incorporating, or punning on, the word 'vermeil'? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: need new name #31837 06/12/2001 10:35 PM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean I would like to take this opportunity to thank all who have worked their brains on this. I have submitted this first crop of suggestions to my friend and his partner for their perusal. Hopefully, they will be able to agree on a cool name and not do the boring thing-pairing their last names! consuelo Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: need new name #31838 09/25/2001 10:56 PM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean Well, it's official. The ink is dry on the lease.[drumroll-e] Plata Y Oro Ltd. Thanks to everyone. Cons oh, yeah, no signature needed. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: need new name #31839 09/26/2001 12:03 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 "Cons oh, yeah, no signature needed." Just exclusive salvage rights to a sea-changed galleon. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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