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Sep 2 15:20 UTC 1998 |
I'll start digging.
In fact, names give clues to the development of languages, as well as it
shows the origins and roots that western culture has in common. I'd
even say that all Indo-germanic languages got their similar names. This
could turn out to be interesting. As for names: personally I have found
to be very fond of celtic names.
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md
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Sep 3 02:16 UTC 1998 |
My wife's name is Celeste, a lovely name which she says
she's never liked. Her mom says they named her it because
they thought it was pretty. Her family are strictly
blond-haired, blue-eyed, English, Dutch & German people.
But when she and I were married, she took my last name,
and her name became Celeste Delizia, which means "heavenly
delight" in Italian. I don't think she thought much about
it until the first time we vacationed in Italy and she
started getting funny looks from hotel clerks and others.
She had to keep explaining, "Yes, it's my real name. No,
it's not a joke. No, I'm not even Italian, it's just a
coincidence, an accident." And then of course the Italian
men who knew her name had to make a big deal about how
fitting it was, how much it suited her, wink-wink. Despite
all that, she loves Italy and the Italians, and you
shouldn't be surprised if I start Grexing from Italy one
of these days.
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