Another Reason European Countries Are Nuts!

[duszek]

Some parents do give their children terrible names that can harm the child´s healthy development in a social environment like school.

Apart from regulating the names by authorities one can also give the child a right to apply for a change of name.
An authority consisting of responsible parents and matrons would decide about the child´s application.

[duszek]

Creation of new names should not be prohibited though. All names started somehow and they have a meaning, often in Latin for example.

Beata = the blesses one (if I am not mistaken)
Victoria = victory
Desirée = the desired woman
Aimée = the loved woman

Many names are borrowed from different countries and from unknown languages and sound exotic and this is their secret charm.

Shall we create some names in rustic English ? Or Saxon ?

Oaker (strong as an oak)

[duszek]

mieczy - slaw = Mieczyslaw

miecz = sword (mieczy is the elderly declination form of what in Latin is called instrumentalis)
slawa = fame, slaw is short for famous for (slawny)

Swordfamous

What would you like your child to be famous for ?

Speakfamous ?
Lovefamous ?
Thinkfamous ?
Songfamous ?

Thinkfamous Smith

[chaz wyman]

This reminds me of Pulp Fiction.

"Butch: I'm American, honey. Our names don't mean shit."
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Of the few names she could have asked about "Butch" does actually mean something. What was Tarenteno trying to say here? That Butch was more stupid than Boob?

[duszek]

The sound is also very important when it comes to a name.

"Josh" sounds.
"Thinkfamous" does not sound. (non suona)

Mieczyslaw does not sound that great either, that is why the call-form "Miecio" came into being, not only for a child, also for an adult man.

Chaz may sound better than Charles, I am not sure.
At first I thought that it was misspelled and mispronounced "jazz" or "chess".

It should be a pleasure to pronounce a name. An aesthetic pleasure.

Anthroposophists attribute emotional meanings to vowels (Eurythmie).
A (pronounced aaaah: ) is openness and balance, the starting point, the base.
I (pronounced eee:) is sharp and going upwards like an arrow.
And so on.

[bobevenson]

The sound is also very important when it comes to a name. It should be a pleasure to pronounce a name. An aesthetic pleasure.

That's why Ouzo is such a great name, it's short, easy to pronounce, begins with an "o," ends with an "o," and has the unusual letters of "u" and "z." What could be more pleasing and aesthetic?

[duszek]

But don´t you pronounce Ouzo like the bird "ouzel" ?
That is "ou" in the French way, that is like "oo" in "look" for example ?

I don´t speak Greek but that is how it was pronounced when in a Greek restaurant after the meal it was served at the end.

[bobevenson]

But don´t you pronounce Ouzo like the bird "ouzel" ?
That is "ou" in the French way, that is like "oo" in "look" for example ?

I don´t speak Greek but that is how it was pronounced when in a Greek restaurant after the meal it was served at the end.

No, it's pronounced ooze-oh.

[duszek]

In that case it does not begin with the sound "o", as you said, it begins with the sound "u:".
It´s like in "you" but without the "y".

Or like in "booze" but without the "b".

But the sound is still nice.

How do you play the game ?

[duszek]

Ouzo is booze for losers.



Ouzo is booze for the moose.



Where is my booze, said the moose.
How to go on ?

[bobevenson]

In that case it does not begin with the sound "o", as you said, it begins with the sound "u:".
It´s like in "you" but without the "y".

Or like in "booze" but without the "b".

But the sound is still nice.

How do you play the game ?

I said the word begins with an "o," meaning the letter "o." As far as how the game is played, please refer to "The Ouzo Prophecy" at http://church-of-ouzo.com/pdf/ouzo-prophecy.pdf.

[duszek]

Where is my booze, asked the moose.
Try ouzo, Mr moosoh.
Boozoh ? Why so ?

[reasonvemotion]

Mary Lou, Billy Bob, Daisy Mae, Mary Sue, Bobby Joe.

What sort of names are these?

My name is Vivienne. No one ever spells it correctly.

Its always huh? Vi.....vi..e...umm can you spell it again. LOL

How about this Two v's, two i's, two e's two n's. I get it.

VoT I love Emil, I immediately think of Emile Zola.

[duszek]

Vivienne is a challenge to an English speaker who has never learned French.

It probably means "the lively one".

Joe sounds good to me.
And so does Daisy and Mary.

When I speak a language I prefer to pronounce the names in accordance with the rules of pronounciation of that language.
And to use the equivalent in that language if there is one.
Prince William, when I speak French, would thus become prince Guillaume.
And in German "Prinz Wilhelm".
And in Italian "principe Guido".