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by Schneibster » Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:57 pm
Clinton Huxley wrote:tattuchu wrote:Schneibster wrote:Naan.
What about my Naan?

She's wandered off into Naania with a talking laan.

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by Schneibster » Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:00 pm
Svartalf wrote:tattuchu wrote:hadespussercats wrote:I met a woman a while back with a baby named Aslan. I said, "Oh, you must be a fan of the Narnia books."
"Everyone says that. Funny. No, it's Turkish. It means 'Lion.' "
Huh.
Turkish names are cool. My Turkish ex brother-in-law had two nephews named Tufan and Zafir.
and Turkey is the only place in the world where boys are routinely name Attila or Cengiz
And Germany's the only place where they name them "Adolph."
Well, not lately I guess.
Never mind.
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by Svartalf » Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:05 pm
I did mean now... I haven't met any in person, but I have had reliable reports of several, in the press or at my former work.
and yeah, surprising how Adolph suddenly dropped out of fashion into nothingness a few decades ago. I'd still consider naming my second (or later) son Astolph or Odulf if Fate and his putative mother let me.
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by Clinton Huxley » Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:08 pm
Schneibster wrote:Clinton Huxley wrote:tattuchu wrote:Schneibster wrote:Naan.
What about my Naan?

She's wandered off into Naania with a talking laan.

As Bob Marley sang "naan like a laan in zaan" ...
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