Teacup Café XXXI - Page 44

katya · 09-30-2008, 06:36 PM

Aw, that's so cute, Empress! I don't remember King's Quest. I liked Oregon Trail though, especially the hunting part.
I think all the games we played were good learning games. Odell Down Under taught about life underwater and survival and ecosystems. Lots of spelling games. I remember I actually learned a lot from my Speak and Spell too.

**Mari** · 09-30-2008, 06:37 PM

How on earth does one deduce Polly from Mary!?

Is this in the same category as William - Bill? >_<

Empress_Flynn · 09-30-2008, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sisterandcousinandaunt

I have one in the next room.

Actually followed a large part of the route last year. Good teaching tool, even if the characters are a little limited, conversationally.

Haha... so true! I never bothered to talk to them around the campfire because they were boring... and after I learned all their stories I just kept interrupting them so I could get onto more important things... like hunting, gather plants, and those dreaded river crossings!

katya · 09-30-2008, 06:38 PM

And Peggy from Margaret? Or did I imagine that one?

Empress_Flynn · 09-30-2008, 06:39 PM

No, you got that one right Katya, lol... I had an aunt Peg who's real name was Marguerite...

Similarly, how does one get "Dick" from "Richard"?

**Mari** · 09-30-2008, 06:40 PM

You people have weird naming constructions...

Dutch names are logical! Adopt a Dutch name!

Empress_Flynn · 09-30-2008, 06:41 PM

Okay... give us all Dutch names, Mari

sisterandcousinandaunt · 09-30-2008, 06:42 PM

I live to serve.

http://www.geocities.com/edgarbook/n...nicknames.html

katya · 09-30-2008, 06:43 PM

Yeah I want a Dutch name too Mari!

sisterandcousinandaunt · 09-30-2008, 06:45 PM

I like "Holly" from "Natalie"

Empress_Flynn · 09-30-2008, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sisterandcousinandaunt

I live to serve.

http://www.geocities.com/edgarbook/n...nicknames.html

Spiffing! Well... they spelled my name wrong, but I already knew what it was a version of.

They always spell my name wrong

sisterandcousinandaunt · 09-30-2008, 06:52 PM

The whole naming business is so weird, imo. I just hate when someone tells me, "The new baby's name is Annabelle, but we're going to call her Stacy," or "Her name is Mary Katherine, but we're calling her Kate." If you want the child to be Kate, put that on the birth certificate. It's one thing is the neighborhood just refers to Junior as "Stinky" as a matter of policy. But the parents should like the name they pick.

The last sane person · 09-30-2008, 06:52 PM

*glomps everyone.*

I has a new bird. Poor baby needed a home.

katya · 09-30-2008, 06:55 PM

Some of these nicknames are really cute. They make me want to either write stories or adopt kittens (or both).

Katya is a Russian nickname for Katerina by the way.

And apparently Jeannie is a nickname for Jean but I got called Jean as a nickname for Jeannine. And Jeannie.

**Mari** · 09-30-2008, 06:58 PM

Cool link, Sis!
Very Dutch female names are par ex. Wilhelmina, Johanna, Grietje, Marleen, Leentje, Alberta, Katrien, Truus, Trudy, Marianne, Willeke, Liesbeth, Ellen, Vera, Anneke, Janita, Floor, etc.
Some names are very similar to English names though, but our abbreviations are often a bit different: Wil, Hanna, x, Mar, Leen, Berta, Trien, x, Truus, Mar/Marrie, Wil, Lies/Beth, El, x, Anke/An, Nieta, x

Take your pick

I'm off to bed now though. Good night! *tackles the people in sight*

EDIT: Sis, here it is normal to put names like that on the birth certificate and call them differently. Like Anastacia Elisabeth gets contracted to Anabeth. Or Maria Johanna to Marianne. In fact, on most official documents you are asked to fill in your official names and the name by which you are called. It's the same for me. I have 2 official names and 1 calling name.

EDIT 2: Sane, congrats! What sort of bird is it? And what did you name him/her? Can I pet him/her?

katya · 09-30-2008, 07:01 PM

'night.

The last sane person · 09-30-2008, 07:09 PM

It's a black-masked Lovebird. She doesn't have a name, but it could be Moa'mma.

"Mystery" in Farsi.

Morgh-e-Moama... It's a poem, a very sad one, but it has hope in it. It is a good name for her.

sisterandcousinandaunt · 09-30-2008, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mari

Cool link, Sis!
Very Dutch female names are par ex. Wilhelmina, Johanna, Grietje, Marleen, Leentje, Alberta, Katrien, Truus, Trudy, Marianne, Willeke, Liesbeth, Ellen, Vera, Anneke, Janita, Floor, etc.
Some names are very similar to English names though, but our abbreviations are often a bit different: Wil, Hanna, x, Mar, Leen, Berta, Trien, x, Truus, Mar/Marrie, Wil, Lies/Beth, El, x, Anke/An, Nieta, x

Take your pick

I'm off to bed now though. Good night! *tackles the people in sight*

EDIT: Sis, here it is normal to put names like that on the birth certificate and call them differently. Like Anastacia Elisabeth gets contracted to Anabeth. Or Maria Johanna to Marianne. In fact, on most official documents you are asked to fill in your official names and the name by which you are called. It's the same for me. I have 2 official names and 1 calling name.

EDIT 2: Sane, congrats! What sort of bird is it? And what did you name him/her? Can I pet him/her?

It's normal, but it's wrong.

I have a very strong internal compass.

sisterandcousinandaunt · 09-30-2008, 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The last sane person

It's a black-masked Lovebird. She doesn't have a name, but it could be Moa'mma.

"Mystery" in Farsi.

Morgh-e-Moama... It's a poem, a very sad one, but it has hope in it. It is a good name for her.

Nice name. Pretty bird.

The last sane person · 09-30-2008, 07:19 PM

Rosenbird is intrigued with her. She is much smaller than him, and he has only ever met birds bigger than he is. He isn't sure what to do with himself. It's cute.

09-30-2008, 06:37 PM	#862
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	How on earth does one deduce Polly from Mary!? Is this in the same category as William - Bill? >_< __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

09-30-2008, 06:39 PM	#865
Empress_Flynn Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Everywhere and nowhere Posts: 814	No, you got that one right Katya, lol... I had an aunt Peg who's real name was Marguerite... Similarly, how does one get "Dick" from "Richard"? __________________ "Even a mirror will not show you yourself, if you do not wish to see." "But remember... clowns make two things around here: balloon animals... and enemies." "If I loved you then I would love you in any way I could, and if we could not touch, then I would draw strength from your beauty... And if I went blind, I would fill my soul with the sound of your voice and the contents of your thoughts until the last spark of my love for you lit the shabby darkness of my dying mind."

09-30-2008, 06:40 PM	#866
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	You people have weird naming constructions... Dutch names are logical! Adopt a Dutch name! __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

09-30-2008, 06:41 PM	#867
Empress_Flynn Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Everywhere and nowhere Posts: 814	Okay... give us all Dutch names, Mari __________________ "Even a mirror will not show you yourself, if you do not wish to see." "But remember... clowns make two things around here: balloon animals... and enemies." "If I loved you then I would love you in any way I could, and if we could not touch, then I would draw strength from your beauty... And if I went blind, I would fill my soul with the sound of your voice and the contents of your thoughts until the last spark of my love for you lit the shabby darkness of my dying mind."

09-30-2008, 06:42 PM	#868
sisterandcousinandaunt Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4,535	I live to serve. http://www.geocities.com/edgarbook/n...nicknames.html __________________ That would be the swirling vortex to another world. Cool. I want one. TMNT No, I'm not emo. I just have a really poor sense of direction. (Thanks to katya for this quote) This is the best news story EVER! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26087293/ “Often my haste is a mistake, but I live with the consequences without complaint.”...John McCain "I shall go back. And I shall find that therapist. And I shall whack her upside her head with my blanket full of rocks." ...Louisa May

09-30-2008, 06:36 PM	#861
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	Aw, that's so cute, Empress! I don't remember King's Quest. I liked Oregon Trail though, especially the hunting part. I think all the games we played were good learning games. Odell Down Under taught about life underwater and survival and ecosystems. Lots of spelling games. I remember I actually learned a lot from my Speak and Spell too.

09-30-2008, 06:38 PM	#864
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	And Peggy from Margaret? Or did I imagine that one?

09-30-2008, 06:43 PM	#869
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	Yeah I want a Dutch name too Mari!

09-30-2008, 06:45 PM	#870
sisterandcousinandaunt Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4,535	I like "Holly" from "Natalie" __________________ That would be the swirling vortex to another world. Cool. I want one. TMNT No, I'm not emo. I just have a really poor sense of direction. (Thanks to katya for this quote) This is the best news story EVER! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26087293/ “Often my haste is a mistake, but I live with the consequences without complaint.”...John McCain "I shall go back. And I shall find that therapist. And I shall whack her upside her head with my blanket full of rocks." ...Louisa May

09-30-2008, 06:52 PM	#872
sisterandcousinandaunt Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4,535	The whole naming business is so weird, imo. I just hate when someone tells me, "The new baby's name is Annabelle, but we're going to call her Stacy," or "Her name is Mary Katherine, but we're calling her Kate." If you want the child to be Kate, put that on the birth certificate. It's one thing is the neighborhood just refers to Junior as "Stinky" as a matter of policy. But the parents should like the name they pick. __________________ That would be the swirling vortex to another world. Cool. I want one. TMNT No, I'm not emo. I just have a really poor sense of direction. (Thanks to katya for this quote) This is the best news story EVER! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26087293/ “Often my haste is a mistake, but I live with the consequences without complaint.”...John McCain "I shall go back. And I shall find that therapist. And I shall whack her upside her head with my blanket full of rocks." ...Louisa May

09-30-2008, 06:52 PM	#873
The last sane person The Black Númenórean Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,773	glomps everyone. I has a new bird. Poor baby needed a home.

09-30-2008, 06:55 PM	#874
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	Some of these nicknames are really cute. They make me want to either write stories or adopt kittens (or both). Katya is a Russian nickname for Katerina by the way. And apparently Jeannie is a nickname for Jean but I got called Jean as a nickname for Jeannine. And Jeannie. Last edited by katya : 09-30-2008 at 06:57 PM.

09-30-2008, 06:58 PM	#875
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Cool link, Sis! Very Dutch female names are par ex. Wilhelmina, Johanna, Grietje, Marleen, Leentje, Alberta, Katrien, Truus, Trudy, Marianne, Willeke, Liesbeth, Ellen, Vera, Anneke, Janita, Floor, etc. Some names are very similar to English names though, but our abbreviations are often a bit different: Wil, Hanna, x, Mar, Leen, Berta, Trien, x, Truus, Mar/Marrie, Wil, Lies/Beth, El, x, Anke/An, Nieta, x Take your pick I'm off to bed now though. Good night! tackles the people in sight EDIT: Sis, here it is normal to put names like that on the birth certificate and call them differently. Like Anastacia Elisabeth gets contracted to Anabeth. Or Maria Johanna to Marianne. In fact, on most official documents you are asked to fill in your official names and the name by which you are called. It's the same for me. I have 2 official names and 1 calling name. EDIT 2: Sane, congrats! What sort of bird is it? And what did you name him/her? Can I pet him/her? __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"... Last edited by Mari : 09-30-2008 at 07:03 PM.

09-30-2008, 07:01 PM	#876
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	'night.

09-30-2008, 07:09 PM	#877
The last sane person The Black Númenórean Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,773	It's a black-masked Lovebird. She doesn't have a name, but it could be Moa'mma. "Mystery" in Farsi. Morgh-e-Moama... It's a poem, a very sad one, but it has hope in it. It is a good name for her.

09-30-2008, 07:19 PM	#880
The last sane person The Black Númenórean Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,773	Rosenbird is intrigued with her. She is much smaller than him, and he has only ever met birds bigger than he is. He isn't sure what to do with himself. It's cute.

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