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thekombatbarbie |
Curiosity compels me> What's in a name?
Jan 9 2009, 7:46 AM EST
I am dieing to know what everyone's Wiki name means? Come on now, let's not be shy. 8 out of 8 found this valuable. Do you?
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Lorraine67 |
1. RE: Curiosity compels me> What's in a name?
Jan 9 2009, 8:03 AM EST
"I am dieing to know what everyone's Wiki name means?HAHA well mine is pretty basic. It is just my name with a random number after it!! :) But my Name is French and it used to be a surname a long time ago. My name came from the french province of Lorraine. 4 out of 4 found this valuable. Do you? |
lettice |
2. RE: Curiosity compels me> What's in a name?
Jan 9 2009, 8:17 AM EST
"I am dieing to know what everyone's Wiki name means?lettice- Elizabeth's cousin Lettice Knollys who eventually married Robert Dudley and was mother to The Earl of Essex. It is interesting that Elizabeth was emotionally involved with both men at different times during her realm and as Queen, felt duty to country took precedent over her personal needs. Elizabeth is my favorite Tudor, I strongly admire her strength, intelligence and wisdom. But I named my daughter Elizabeth,so I looked to an Elizabethan connection as a pseudonym for this wiki. My grandmother's name is Leticia, so lettice seemed to be a good fit. 3 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you? |
Boudica |
3. RE: Curiosity compels me> What's in a name?
Jan 9 2009, 10:12 AM EST
Boudica - first century Queen of the Iceni (a tribe of Britons) who led a violent and devasting rebellion against the Romans (her armies burned Roman London, St Albans and Colchester). She and her allies were ultimately defeated and her story was forgotten until records of the rebellion were rediscovered during the Renaissance. The Victorians especially had an affinity to her and during that era a statue of her was erected by the Thames of her and her daughters in her chariot (although it's not historically accurate at all!). I've always been curious about her and found her story of a woman holding power and actually leading armies during a time when women were usually the victims not the perpetrators of war fascinating.
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Neveleo |
4. RE: Curiosity compels me> What's in a name?
Jan 9 2009, 10:43 AM EST
Neveleo - both my children's names, Neve and Leo - both are the total light of my life and wonderful, gorgeous little people!I'm a doting and very proud mummy, or mommy as you say in the US!!!! 3 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you? |
Bluevanillalady |
5. RE: Curiosity compels me> What's in a name?
Jan 9 2009, 11:53 AM EST
Bluevanillalady - Blue (my favorite color) Vanilla (my favorite smell) Lady (cause that is the only time that word is used in my presence...LOL
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LNor19 |
6. RE: Curiosity compels me> What's in a name?
Jan 9 2009, 12:19 PM EST
LNor is a quirky way of spelling 'Eleanor", lol. I have always liked the name Eleanor and some historical figures I'm interested in have the name, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Eleonor of Habsburg, and Eleanora di Toledo. The #19 is a date that is a "family" holiday, we have three birthdays and two anniversarys on that day. 3 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you? |
liv_forever |
7. RE: Curiosity compels me> What's in a name?
Jan 9 2009, 12:32 PM EST
liv_forever: Liv is my nickname (my real name is Olivia) and my parents are big Queen fans so everyone in my family always sing "who wants to live forever" at me. Then my friends heard them and started singing the Spice Girl song 'Viva forever' but the part where they say 'live forever'. So they are both officially my songs now, gets very annoying at times but its very affectionate of them.
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Brunet |
8. RE: Curiosity compels me> What's in a name?
Jan 9 2009, 12:40 PM EST
"liv_forever: Liv is my nickname (my real name is Olivia) and my parents are big Queen fans so everyone in my family always sing "who wants to live forever" at me. Then my friends heard them and started singing the Spice Girl song 'Viva forever' but the part where they say 'live forever'. So they are both officially my songs now, gets very annoying at times but its very affectionate of them."Mine is pretty obvious, and simple. "Brunet" was the name that Thomas Wyatt used for Anne in a few of his poems. I thought it would be a nice and somewhat subtle tribute to her. 3 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you? |
SemperEadem |
9. RE: Curiosity compels me> What's in a name?
Jan 9 2009, 2:05 PM EST
Semper Eadem means "always the same" in Latin and was Elizabeth I's motto- it fits me well, too. :-)
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funrod6 |
10. RE: Curiosity compels me> What's in a name?
Jan 9 2009, 2:13 PM EST
"Boudica - first century Queen of the Iceni (a tribe of Britons) who led a violent and devasting rebellion against the Romans (her armies burned Roman London, St Albans and Colchester). She and her allies were ultimately defeated and her story was forgotten until records of the rebellion were rediscovered during the Renaissance. The Victorians especially had an affinity to her and during that era a statue of her was erected by the Thames of her and her daughters in her chariot (although it's not historically accurate at all!). I've always been curious about her and found her story of a woman holding power and actually leading armies during a time when women were usually the victims not the perpetrators of war fascinating. "Love it...and now want to know more. Very interesting story Boudica... Do you find this valuable? |
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SemperEadem |
11. RE: Curiosity compels me> What's in a name?
Jan 9 2009, 2:29 PM EST
"Boudica - first century Queen of the Iceni (a tribe of Britons) who led a violent and devasting rebellion against the Romans (her armies burned Roman London, St Albans and Colchester). She and her allies were ultimately defeated and her story was forgotten until records of the rebellion were rediscovered during the Renaissance. The Victorians especially had an affinity to her and during that era a statue of her was erected by the Thames of her and her daughters in her chariot (although it's not historically accurate at all!). I've always been curious about her and found her story of a woman holding power and actually leading armies during a time when women were usually the victims not the perpetrators of war fascinating. "There's a statue of her in Cardiff, as well. Man, that was my favorite primary source that we read in my intro courses in undergrad- the Roman historians made an account. She sounded fiery- I loved the story, too. :-) I liked it any time that the Romans were scared silly, and it is amazing that they spoke of her in awe. Tuh, you wouldn't rape my daughters and get away with it, either. 3 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you? |
angelosdaughter |
12. RE: Curiosity compels me> What's in a name?
Jan 9 2009, 3:19 PM EST
"I am dieing to know what everyone's Wiki name means?Oooh, great question! I have been curious about some of the more esoteric. Mine's pretty straightforward: My father was Angelo; I am a father's daughter; he is my hero. 3 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you? |
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angelosdaughter |
13. RE: Curiosity compels me> What's in a name?
Jan 9 2009, 3:20 PM EST
"Boudica - first century Queen of the Iceni (a tribe of Britons) who led a violent and devasting rebellion against the Romans (her armies burned Roman London, St Albans and Colchester). She and her allies were ultimately defeated and her story was forgotten until records of the rebellion were rediscovered during the Renaissance. The Victorians especially had an affinity to her and during that era a statue of her was erected by the Thames of her and her daughters in her chariot (although it's not historically accurate at all!). I've always been curious about her and found her story of a woman holding power and actually leading armies during a time when women were usually the victims not the perpetrators of war fascinating. "Love the story of Boudica and the statue on London Bridge ( I hope that's the right bridge!) 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
TheLadyNatalie |
14. RE: Curiosity compels me> What's in a name?
Jan 9 2009, 3:50 PM EST
Hmm. Well, my name is rather simple. I was going to put my name and some random number (like Natalie1234) but decided not to because for some reason I didn't want any numbers. So I just randomly found that TheLadyNatalie hadn't been taken yet, and decided to use it.It actually isnt a tribute to Anne at all, who was titled The Lady Anne for quite some time. I just thought it sounded cool haha. I wish I had a deep and emotional meaning behind it...but i dont ): 3 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you? |
MsSquirrly |
15. RE: Curiosity compels me> What's in a name?
Jan 9 2009, 4:04 PM EST
My name has evolved over the years. How it started was first with the problem I had with my car. You are probably thinking....car? LOL See I found that my car which was an automatic was jumping gears so I took it into the mechanics and waited while they looked at it. Finally the mechanic came out and asked me if I had a lot of squirrels around my home. I looked at him puzzled and said...."um yes....why"? He held up a nut and said...."I found this in your engine". It seemed some busy little squirrel had decided to hide his nut in my gear box. I took the nut with me after we had a good laugh and headed home and put it on my desk.Next day I was on my computer trying to set up a hotmail account and every single name I picked was taken. Then I spied the nut on my desk and put in squirrel.....it was gone....so I took out the "e" and that has been my email every since. After that whenever, they asked for a user name I would put squirrly. Then I was involved in another website and everyone kept thinking I was a male so I added the Ms.....and MsSquirrly was born. So thekombatbarbie - are you an army wife? 3 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you? |
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Bluevanillalady |
16. RE: Curiosity compels me> What's in a name?
Jan 9 2009, 4:14 PM EST
"My name has evolved over the years. How it started was first with the problem I had with my car. You are probably thinking....car?"LOL MsSquirrly....for some reason I always had it in the back of my head that it had something to do with your demeanor. Not that you did anything to indicate strange behavior just a random explanation in my head for screen names. 3 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you? |
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MsSquirrly |
17. RE: Curiosity compels me> What's in a name?
Jan 9 2009, 4:30 PM EST
haha well the dictionary does say flighty & eccentric but I would say perhaps in the sense that I am pretty scatter brained and jump from thing to thing ....mentally....is what is squirrelly about me. Others may have their own ideas. ;^)
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Jes89 |
18. RE: Curiosity compels me> What's in a name?
Jan 9 2009, 5:09 PM EST
Mine is "Jéssica"wikipedia says: Jessica is a female given name. It's originally found as the name of a character in Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice, where it belongs to the daughter of Shylock. One theory of how Shakespeare created the name is that he altered Jesca, the form of the name of a daughter of Haran briefly mentioned in the book of Genesis. Though Jesca was the form of the name used in English language Bibles available to Shakespeare, the King James Version of the Bible and subsequent translations refer to this person as Iscah. [1] Jesca or Iscah is derived from the Hebrew Yiskah (יִסְכָּה), meaning "foresight" (being able to see the potential in the future). i found this too: Jessica: possession of great wealth;sometimes play a little with the danger. Cool, now i know about my name =D 3 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you? |
karenofbethany |
19. RE: Curiosity compels me> What's in a name?
Jan 9 2009, 5:56 PM EST
"Love it...and now want to know more. Very interesting story Boudica..."funrod6, you didn't tell us about your name, and I've always been curious about it. Every time I see it, I think of the song "little deuce coop" or a hot rod race! 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
