tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post3456132717794412540..comments2024-03-23T08:58:00.291+11:00Comments on Flying With Hands: Alberta Comes In From The WildernessPipistrellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-34229176386882411692021-08-19T10:50:04.897+10:002021-08-19T10:50:04.897+10:00Ah, dear Susan, if you were to move into the Pipis...Ah, dear Susan, if you were to move into the Pipistrello roost, you may need to fall back on your grandmother's preference in order to be distinctive, for we have each of a Sue, Susie, Susan and Suzanne living here. We're only missing Susanna to make the complete set!Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-89518437180252308352021-08-18T11:04:19.048+10:002021-08-18T11:04:19.048+10:00Naming can be challenging in the family. My grand...Naming can be challenging in the family. My grandmother believed I was named after her mother, Susanna. My given name was chosen by my mother and is Susan. Nobody dared to correct grandmother. For years, I responded to both names. Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14473063249106111719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-80220110065949031232021-08-11T09:33:33.946+10:002021-08-11T09:33:33.946+10:00Dearest Jackie, you are so right, Jacqueline is th...Dearest Jackie, you are so right, Jacqueline is the perfect name for a sash-wearing beauty!! It is lovely to me and having the rare Q gives it added distinction. Fortunately, three-syllable girls names are easy to play around with when they fail to please their owners :) xxPipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-67270475045441228562021-08-10T19:25:31.974+10:002021-08-10T19:25:31.974+10:00I’m not over keen on my name …. it sounds like a M...I’m not over keen on my name …. it sounds like a Miss World contestant. Not many call me Jacqueline …. it’s Jackie or Jack which proves your point. XXXXJacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-27308236444618474982021-08-02T18:30:00.934+10:002021-08-02T18:30:00.934+10:00Dear Ur-spo, I loved my name as a kid and for most...Dear Ur-spo, I loved my name as a kid and for most of my school years was the only one of that name. It's not that unusual a name, but is indeed an invented name as opposed to a Saintly/Biblical/Queenly one. My Dear Mother was convinced Dear Brother was going to be a girl and had Regina up her sleeve. Shock! A boy! The name she chose horrified the nurses and Dear Grandfather, who so despised Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-47181773789361705452021-08-02T11:03:03.005+10:002021-08-02T11:03:03.005+10:00Kids generally despise unique names when they are ...Kids generally despise unique names when they are children. Later, they like they are the only one with that name in their class. Ur-spohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237644452200889946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-47591890529410048172021-07-31T09:55:57.003+10:002021-07-31T09:55:57.003+10:00Dearest Britta, you have given me my jolt for the ...Dearest Britta, you have given me my jolt for the day - I had assumed Melanie Klein was a complete fiction. Oh, this is too much! I shall have to check now if there was any foundation for the 3-year-old tyrant, Wee Fraser - hahahah!!<br /><br />Albertine is a gorgeous feminisation, and very nice coincidence, so I hope you've had an opportunity to use it somewhere else? Your bicycle, perhaps? Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-48319096787243402942021-07-30T16:27:57.556+10:002021-07-30T16:27:57.556+10:00Dear Pipistrello, with glee I read a number of Ale...Dear Pipistrello, with glee I read a number of Alexander McCall Smith's books (took one to Bavaria to reread - and walked in Edinburgh with "new eyes"). <br />One funny thing was that I thought that he invented the name of that female psychologist he so often quoted (I can't recall her name now...it is on the tip of my tongue) - I thought it as a form of high irony. Appreciated Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-86175226128005793742021-07-30T14:54:41.820+10:002021-07-30T14:54:41.820+10:00My introduction to him was when he was seven but I...My introduction to him was when he was seven but I'm going back to the beginning of the series and am presently scooting through the second book. Such delightful reading! I'm sure Lady M could only agree with us, dear Cro!Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-65939858388433292652021-07-30T14:51:43.974+10:002021-07-30T14:51:43.974+10:00I've heard about that, too. Similarly, in Fran...I've heard about that, too. Similarly, in France there's only so far you can push creativity with given names.Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-72133551466019938782021-07-30T13:57:04.157+10:002021-07-30T13:57:04.157+10:00I think it's in Iceland where names are limite...I think it's in Iceland where names are limited to a short list. No Elvis or Wayne gets past the registrar's control. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-62395839892607933902021-07-30T13:54:19.080+10:002021-07-30T13:54:19.080+10:00Bertie is a very appealing and amusing character. ...Bertie is a very appealing and amusing character. I have made a mental note of buying the book for Lady M this coming Christmas. I'm sure she'll love it as much as I did.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-60873127637113238482021-07-30T10:32:02.475+10:002021-07-30T10:32:02.475+10:00Dearest Contessa, of course Elizabeth cut her own ...Dearest Contessa, of course Elizabeth cut her own path and wasn't begat from any male, and easily ticks both the Saintly and Queenly inspiration boxes! Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-6452263092657517692021-07-30T10:28:41.287+10:002021-07-30T10:28:41.287+10:00Dearest Hels, I did not know that about Jewish nam...Dearest Hels, I did not know that about Jewish names. So many opportunities to riff on this idea! There must be plenty of families for whom this likability consensus is hard to arrive at. I guess you just go further back through the generations until a family member is found who no-one remembers so could cause least offence!<br /><br />So much fodder from your post and its links, too. I'm Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-78764823591429673662021-07-30T00:42:44.624+10:002021-07-30T00:42:44.624+10:00SO ELIZABETH CAME FROM?SO ELIZABETH CAME FROM?La Contessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01682902106545680159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-57174167228062905732021-07-29T21:11:42.867+10:002021-07-29T21:11:42.867+10:00Naming a newborn baby is a difficult task for almo...Naming a newborn baby is a difficult task for almost everyone. Jewish babies have to be named after a loved relative, but NOT anyone who is still alive. Even then, the name can be translated into English, but then all family members had to have liked the person being memorialised. Christian families like to use the first names of the living parents, not so much the grandparents. Thus if dad is Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com