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Grex > Language > #91: it's a girl - question on how to spell her name |  |
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mta
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response 75 of 80:
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Jan 27 01:11 UTC 1998 |
My maiden name was "Delaney", which is Irish and means that my family
originated on the Slaney River and was "dark" or "black".
My married name is "Tucker", which has something to do with the making of
cloth, though I don't remember what. (There's also, apparently, a german form
of "Tucker", but I have no idea whatb that means.)
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keesan
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response 76 of 80:
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Jan 27 20:54 UTC 1998 |
Tucker - one who tucks, or a piece of lace or cloth in the neckline of a
dress. Tuckpoint - to finish mortar joints between bricks or stones. A
tucker may have been a mason's assistant.
The baby's name will be spelled Zhao Jinghan, where han means morning (she
was born in the morning, like most of us) and jing means water (born near Lake
Michigan, in Chicago. The parents, after hearing all the possible
pronunciations suggested by grexers, decided to choose a name with an
unambiguous pronunciation. So grexers have actually determined a baby's name!
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mta
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response 77 of 80:
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Jan 27 22:35 UTC 1998 |
Nope, it's not a mason's assistant -- at least in the books I researched in
Tucker had something to do with weaving and dying cloth. It was a specific
job, but I don't remember which one.
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keesan
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response 78 of 80:
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Jan 28 02:11 UTC 1998 |
Lots of people were involved in weaving, which was big-money industry in the
middle ages, espeically England. Weaver/Webber/Webster and Fuller are common
names. Dyer. Spinner and Spindler (?). Could the Whites have been
bleachers? Let us know about Tucker.
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lifeline
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response 79 of 80:
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Mar 2 15:44 UTC 1998 |
Well, it seems esiest to type it as Mayhan, but it seems more lingustically
correct to spellit as Maehan. Anyway, have a nice day...
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keesan
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response 80 of 80:
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Mar 2 17:22 UTC 1998 |
You must not have read this whole item. Her name is now Jinghan, her parents
decided to give her something easy to spell and pronounce.
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