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Post by DeadpanDoubter on Aug 10, 2009 10:34:25 GMT -5
There are a lot of fucking WORDS in the Bible. It's nearly 2000 pages long! I've yet to meet an Amen, though.  |
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Post by Caitshidhe on Aug 10, 2009 11:47:37 GMT -5
Sorry Locust, didn't get it! At least three other people on this board (probably more) have the masculine version of my name. One of them commented in this thread. It is a dirt-common name, and a German name. It can be spelled two ways without changing the pronunciation.
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Post by DeadpanDoubter on Aug 10, 2009 12:01:19 GMT -5
Erin? Wait, that's Irish...Erika? Fuck, that's Scandinavian. Uuuuum.....uh.
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Post by lonelocust on Aug 10, 2009 12:22:38 GMT -5
Sorry Locust, didn't get it! At least three other people on this board (probably more) have the masculine version of my name. One of them commented in this thread. It is a dirt-common name, and a German name. It can be spelled two ways without changing the pronunciation. Hmm, I'm getting stumped here, both with my own name-meaning geekery and with using the internet to help. If I'm going with super-common names... "Kimberly" has the right meaning, but isn't German and doesn't have a common masculine counterpart of which I am aware. "Stephanie" could be stretched to the meaning ("crown" --> ruler) and has the masculine equivalent, and is used in Germany but is Greek in origin Eri(c|k|ck)a has the right meaning, has the masculine equivalent, but is not quite German and is edging out of dirt-common. |
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Post by Jebediah on Aug 10, 2009 12:25:33 GMT -5
Lonelocust has outed me. I have nothing left.
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Post by Caitshidhe on Aug 10, 2009 12:49:53 GMT -5
It's Erica. My parents spelled it with a C. With a K it's a German name.
And it is very piss-common.
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Post by lonelocust on Aug 10, 2009 12:53:42 GMT -5
Cait and Jeb have two of my favorite names of the common variety. I actually like the way my name sounds (Laura), but also am annoyed at how common it is. It's annoying to hear your name randomly in public all the time and turn around to see if someone's talking to you, which they aren't since everyone and their mom has your name.
So my two favorite feminine names are "Isabelle" and "Sophia", which are both in the top 10 baby names from last year. :-p
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Post by Jebediah on Aug 10, 2009 13:05:20 GMT -5
I like your name, Lonelocust. It's the same as my sister's.
I have actually met very few people with my name. Those I have met go by Becca, so only our full names are the same. I can't remember ever meeting another Becky.
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Post by Jedi Knight on Aug 10, 2009 13:30:51 GMT -5
It's annoying to hear your name randomly in public all the time and turn around to see if someone's talking to you, which they aren't since everyone and their mom has your name. It is. Thomas has been one of the most popular names in Norway the last thirty-something years. It seems every fifth kid or so is named Thomas. For a while I actually went up to people and answered. I got some cheap entertainment out of that. |
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Post by MaybeNever on Aug 10, 2009 14:21:56 GMT -5
Yeah, that name commonality thing is also a problem for the Borts of the world.
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Post by cagnazzo on Aug 10, 2009 14:33:11 GMT -5
I actually think that's a pretty cool meaning. Especially because it's not some strange, religious meaning. And it's not very awkward. Given that I think a better translation of my name is probably "God has given", I'm somewhat jealous that you have a name that's not a sentence about someone else. At least I'm not named after a geographical feature, though. For an atheist leaning agnostic - Kristine (a female altered version of the male name Christian) seems ironic as well. I think I would rather be geographic. Ah, but would you rather be a "fertile plain"? It's a bit objectifying  Lonelocust has outed me. I have nothing left. Somewhat amazingly, I have not been outed, despite having had four guesses across two genders. Nathanial's... close, though. Cait and Jeb have two of my favorite names of the common variety. I actually like the way my name sounds (Laura), but also am annoyed at how common it is. It's annoying to hear your name randomly in public all the time and turn around to see if someone's talking to you, which they aren't since everyone and their mom has your name. This entire paragraph's true for me as well (I like the names Rebecca and Erica/Erika, I get whiplash from hearing my name all over...). Well, I'm not named Laura. But I DO hear my name everywhere, and it is very annoying. Also, few people's mothers have my name. My grandmother does have a version of it, though. |
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Post by DeadpanDoubter on Aug 10, 2009 15:04:45 GMT -5
It's Erica. My parents spelled it with a C. With a K it's a German name. And it is very piss-common. I almost had it right. Poo. And fuck those baby name websites, they can't keep their origins straight. I was a little disappointed in second grade, where I discovered two other girls with my "unique" name, one with an 'e' instead of the 'i'. And my mom was always afraid I'd never find customized stuff with my name on them, but they're a dime a fucking dozen. GIVE ME MY NAME BACK! |
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Post by Jedi Knight on Aug 10, 2009 15:20:18 GMT -5
It's Erica. My parents spelled it with a C. With a K it's a German name. And it is very piss-common. I almost had it right. Poo. And fuck those baby name websites, they can't keep their origins straight. It's not entirely wrong. German and Scandinavian, in this case Swedish, have a lot of words and even names in common. They are closely related languages, after all. Erika is German and Swedish. The name is not Norwegian, a Norwegian form would be Eirika, and that doesn't exist. |
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Post by SimSim on Aug 10, 2009 15:32:52 GMT -5
Lonelocust got my name right, now I gotta go change it, or something. |
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Post by yojetak on Aug 10, 2009 16:48:14 GMT -5
I don't think hearing your name in public is as bad as having someone in your 6th grade class named Nate when your name is Kate.
Not only did they come up with a whole rhyme to make fun of us, but our teacher was soft spoken. I could never tell if she said my name or his. On more than one occasion I answered to Nate. GDI.
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