Tag: names

Overheard: 35 yr old female

“My mom was high when she made my name.”

Review: A Death in the Venetian Quarter

Alan Gordon’s is one of a series of mysteries set around 1200 AD and based on characters from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. The main characters are jesters who belong to the Fool’s Guild, who in this particular novel attempt to solve a murder and prevent the fall of Constantinople. Judging the book by its cover like …

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Frawgs

The following image is scanned from an old edition of The Virginian I picked up at 2nd Street Books in Osceola. I have no idea what is going on in the picture, as I haven’t yet read the book; I just picked it up because my friend Trampas was named after the character in the …

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What’s in a name?

Most people are familiar with the Biblical story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego It’s funny that some people in the Bible are referred to by their Hebrew names, and others by their Greek or Babylonian names. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego are the false-god-honoring Babylonian names given to three Jewish captives: Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, respectively. Meanwhile, …

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Wilkson

My friend Wilkson always had a hard time with people misreading or mispronouncing his name: Wilkerson, Wilskerin, Wilkerins, Wilskerinson, etc. But I think I have come up with a clean, phonetic replacement: Wilxn. I realize there is a small chance it could be pronounced wilzn, but I’m willing to take my chances.