[lace-chat] Re: Name for a girl hedgehog
On Sunday, Aug 31, 2003, at 12:31 US/Eastern, Allison E. Moss-Fritch wrote: set of names for a couple (even of hedgehogs) , Trafton and Afton simply has a lovely lilt to it! g But be careful about Afton... :) As one travels from Lexington to Charlottesville, one has to go over the Afton mountain. Not only is it a *big* mountain (some lovely views at about half way up, though the view spot is not always open), it's temperamental -- throad is almost always foggy, and, in winter time, slippery as well. IOW, dangerous most of the time... :) - Tamara P Duvall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Name for a girl hedgehog
On Saturday, Aug 30, 2003, at 12:39 US/Eastern, Pene Piip wrote: She'll be five weeks old, was born at the end of July, so Juliet or Julie are possibilities.She is the traditional salt pepper colour, so Pepper is another name but I'm not crazy about it. How about Saltine (Tina for short)? I'm not crazy about Pepper myself; to me it's masculine. Or, going a step further from Jenny's Grizzle... Grizelda ? g I would like a name that is different to the traditional hedgehog names like Prickles, Mrs Tiggywinkle. In Poland, every second hedgehog tends to be called Tuptus or Tuptusia (depending on sex). Loosely translated, it would be something like Stompie, or Tappie; tup, tup (pronounced toop, toop; *not* like the English of the same spelling g) being the sound feet make over the floor. I think you ought to name her *after* you get her -- something in her personality will suggest the right name for her, I'm sure... - Tamara P Duvall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Name for a girl hedgehog
Hello Pene, A name for a girl hedgehognot the classic ones. You have made me reconsider my rather odd childhood! This has set me to thinking. I lived ½ year in Alexandria, Virginia (the old south) and ½ year in Sacramento, California (the Golden West) from the time I was 3 until I was in college. My father had a seat in Congress and was the representative from Sacramentoso this odd life was the only life I knew and it seemed perfectly normal to me. I tell you this because, looking back on it, there were some odd comparisons that I made effortlessly as children do. One of the areas where there were vast differences was in the names and the ways of addressing adults in the south compared to California. There was a lady in our neighborhood whom everyone called Miss Talitha. Her father had been a confederate officer and she had been educated, as well bred southern ladies were, at Bryn Mawyr . I think her lady like ways and her lovely southern name should not go to waste. Would that do for a girl hedgehog? As an alternative, there was another lady in the neighborhood her husband was a Colonel in the Army. She had married him and had a wonderful life of travel and adventure. Her name was Mabsey Shewbridge and that has an unusual ring to it. She was a bit of a tartar in some ways, but always a gracious hostess. I used to help her set up wonderful lawn parties on her terraces in late spring. These names come to me as unique enough and yet with a definite lilt to them. While they are not names from lace they are names of character and have not been over used. The last choice I have to offer you would be some family names from the past of my mothers grandmother. Within a generation of each other I have found the names Trafton for a boy (Trafton West) and in my fathers family who came to California with the gold rush starting in 1842 , the name Afton for a girl (Afton Moss) who came to California from Utah just after the turn of the century now those would be a great set of names for a couple (even of hedgehogs) , Trafton and Afton simply has a lovely lilt to it! Enjoy your new pet---and tell us what names you finally chooseit will be a hard choice! Allison E. Moss-Fritch In sunny and brisk, Santa Clara, California To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
