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In a message dated 12/11/01 7:43:03 AM, zenmomma@... writes:

<< >My kids call me Mom mostly, but Sandra in reference sometimes, or on the
>phone. >>

I realized one of the reasons they say "Sandra" about phone calls sometimes.
They'll say "It's for Sandra," or "...for Mrs. Dodd" or "...for AElflaed" so
I have a clue whether it's about the SCA, or maybe homeschooling or sales
(those both often come under "Mrs. Dodd") or not.

My grandmothers (both Texans) were Granny and Mamaw.

My kids' grandmothers are Granny (the former Texan) and Grandma (the
Michigan/Canadian one).

Chicago cousins shortening names is fascinating. I'm more used to short
names being made long. My mom's brother Joe Paul has a really musically long
name when his relatives say it. And my own Texas name, Sandra Lynn, had five
syllables. Amazing. It's the land of the DEEip-thowung ["dipthong," for
northerners; "not a swimsuit," for younger non-linguistic types].

Sandra

Nancy Wooton

on 12/11/01 7:11 AM, SandraDodd@... at SandraDodd@... wrote:

> It's the land of the DEEip-thowung ["dipthong," for
> northerners; "not a swimsuit," for younger non-linguistic types].

And 'round these here parts it's the land of the DIFF-thong ["diphthong"] or
else MomTheWalkingDictionary will snort derisively -- that's dih-RICE-iv-lee
-- but only at talking heads on TV, not at her darling children, who by now
Shriek Along with Mom when the animal show announcer says "zoo-ology."


Nancy, grazing in the Land of the Verbivores.


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Words form the thread on which we string our experience.
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writer and critic (1894-1963)

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I am Mama...occasionally Marmee (I just roll my eyes) and other things. I
never intended to be Mama, but I like it. Beth is Beffy, Beffy Boo, and
Fluff. When Julian was tiny he called her Dada. (This was also his word for
lobster.)

He calls his father by his first name, because when he was little he went
with his Dad often to the day care center where Perry worked. All the other
kids called him Perry, and so did Julian. He still does.

Of course, Julian is only sometimes Julian...he is Puff, Juli-Puff (Pokemon
influence), Juls, and many other things. He will answer to virtually
anything, which is amusing at times.

Kathryn


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meghan anderson

<<<<It's the land of the DEEip-thowung ["dipthong,"
for
northerners; "not a swimsuit," for younger
non-linguistic types].

Sandra>>>>

ROFL!!! Are there ANY of those here?

Meghan

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<<<<They all changed it to Mum as they got older, but
my 14 year old
still
sometimes uses Mummy. I like it.
Tia>>>>

Tia,
Is it common for Canadians to use 'mummy' and 'mum'?

Meghan

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>
>Tia,
>Is it common for Canadians to use 'mummy' and 'mum'?

Most still do, though everybody is influenced by American TV. But they
spell it mommy and mom, which makes no sense to me. So I don't. <g>
Tia

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heather mclean

<<no matter what she eventually settles on, just smile
even if you hate it. It will mean a lot to her.>>

Heidi,

Good point. I also have a Sierra. A Sierra Mae. She
is 4 & is making a mess in the kitchen as I write (she
just yelled, don't come in the kitchen mom!)

When my in-laws came to visit us in the hospital when
she born & there I was holding my new darling girl,
Chris & I told them her name. My mil actually said
something like..."NO!! No really, what is her name?".


uh, that is her name, really.

And then she said "that wasn't on the list!" As in
the list everyone made of their favorite names at my
baby shower so Chris & I could check them out.

She later apologized & said Sierra was a lovely name
LOL.


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I have Larkin ,girl, named, while in utero, after musician whose flute music
soothed us both at the time-Larkin Stentz; Evan, which I thought was unique
cuz I'd never known anyone IRL with that name, but have since met many many
Evans in the same age range; Quinn and Madeline, twins who were "Trainor
baby A" and "Trainor baby B" at birth cuz it was a 34th week traumatic birth
caused by a car accident one week after the sonagram confirming that there
were twins (LOONG story!!!), Quinn is named after the actor who played the
little girl Lucy in The Good-bye Girl ; Madeline is Madeline( pronounced
madelin) cuz I love the frenchness of the name and dh liked Maddie. All of
them chose/are choosing their own middle names, made official at their
coming of age (whenever they decide that is!). Right now they are: at age
18 Larkin Leaf (chosen at age three while joyfully swinging on a tree
swing); at age 15 Evan Blue (chosen at age 9-don't really know why); Quinn
Alianora, and Maddeline Cimorene Fiona, from heroines in recently read
books, which no doubt will change several more times before settling occurs
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In a message dated 5/30/03 10:28:07 PM, ynxn96@... writes:

<< By the way, dh suggested for third dd the name Debris - as a joke of
course...but it really does sound pretty, feminine and very French...if
only it didn't have that unfortunate definition! >>

I had a French professor say once that the prettiest phrase in English was
"cellar door" (and with his French accent, it really was extra pretty).
Similarly, not a very pretty picture, just a pretty sound.

"Debris near the cellar door" Ahhh what a beautiful language!

Sandra

BADOLBILZ

Sierra is a beautiful name! My mom was pretty strongly opposed to
Aislinn, couldn't pronounce Elysia (Ell-is-e-a), and didn't really like
Soleille right away, but was okay with Leiren. Each time I've thought
maybe I shouldn't tell anyone until they've seen my beautiful baby, but
I end up telling everyone because, ya know what, I LOVE these names and
I really don't care what anyone else thinks. They all come around in
the end and love them just as much as I do because they love my girls.
Gee, kind like how I feel about unschooling now! I just have to wait
for them to come around to that.

By the way, dh suggested for third dd the name Debris - as a joke of
course...but it really does sound pretty, feminine and very French...if
only it didn't have that unfortunate definition! I'm pretty sure my mom
would have REALLY hated that! HeidiC.

heather mclean wrote:

><<no matter what she eventually settles on, just smile
>even if you hate it. It will mean a lot to her.>>
>
>Heidi,
>
>Good point. I also have a Sierra. A Sierra Mae. She
>is 4 & is making a mess in the kitchen as I write (she
>just yelled, don't come in the kitchen mom!)
>
>When my in-laws came to visit us in the hospital when
>she born & there I was holding my new darling girl,
>Chris & I told them her name. My mil actually said
>something like..."NO!! No really, what is her name?".
>
>
>uh, that is her name, really.
>
>And then she said "that wasn't on the list!" As in
>the list everyone made of their favorite names at my
>baby shower so Chris & I could check them out.
>
>She later apologized & said Sierra was a lovely name
>LOL.
>
>
>heather m
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In a message dated 5/30/03 10:41:11 PM, ynxn96@... writes:

<< I was wondering cause with your kids being older,
are they choosing to join in or stay home? I'd love to meet them. >>

Just Marty. It's really expensive.

<<Of
course, if the girls see Holly's hair, they might want you to do their's
too and I'm not sure you're going to have the time. >>>

Holly's going to spend time with her dad, who will take vacation days then.
She will go to California with me if/when I go again, though.

Sandra

BADOLBILZ

Ohhh, I LOVE Larkin! That's so cool! And you have a Quinn and I want a
Quinn. I wish I'd let my girls pick their own middle names. But I
guess they could have another middle name that they pick. How do you
know the moment when the name they pick sticks - that coming of age
moment? But does it ever really have to come? I think I'm coming of an
age all the time. Maybe we should all get to pick a new name every
year...something to live up to like Hope or Joy or Peace Mama...
HeidiC.

cris trainor wrote:

>I have Larkin ,girl, named, while in utero, after musician whose flute music
>soothed us both at the time-Larkin Stentz; Evan, which I thought was unique
>cuz I'd never known anyone IRL with that name, but have since met many many
>Evans in the same age range; Quinn and Madeline, twins who were "Trainor
>baby A" and "Trainor baby B" at birth cuz it was a 34th week traumatic birth
>caused by a car accident one week after the sonagram confirming that there
>were twins (LOONG story!!!), Quinn is named after the actor who played the
>little girl Lucy in The Good-bye Girl ; Madeline is Madeline( pronounced
>madelin) cuz I love the frenchness of the name and dh liked Maddie. All of
>them chose/are choosing their own middle names, made official at their
>coming of age (whenever they decide that is!). Right now they are: at age
>18 Larkin Leaf (chosen at age three while joyfully swinging on a tree
>swing); at age 15 Evan Blue (chosen at age 9-don't really know why); Quinn
>Alianora, and Maddeline Cimorene Fiona, from heroines in recently read
>books, which no doubt will change several more times before settling occurs
><G>
>
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In a message dated 5/30/03 9:50:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
SandraDodd@... writes:

> Holly's going to spend time with her dad, who will take vacation days then.
>
> She will go to California with me if/when I go again, though.
>

Sandra,

Are you coming to HSC's Conference the following week? Kass and Kree would
love to meet Holly. And I'm pretty sure Kree is gonna want the haircut too!!!
The Dodd's are so popular!!!

Rhonda


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BADOLBILZ

SandraDodd@... wrote:

>"Debris near the cellar door" Ahhh what a beautiful language!
>
>
Uh-oh, Sandra. That's starting to sound like the beginning of a poem!
Hey, I've got a question for you...Is your whole family coming to the
conference with you? I was wondering cause with your kids being older,
are they choosing to join in or stay home? I'd love to meet them. Of
course, if the girls see Holly's hair, they might want you to do their's
too and I'm not sure you're going to have the time. I'd appreciate it
though. Brushing out all their snarls is a pain in the butt - well,
really their heads - every day. HeidiC.

>
>

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In a message dated 5/30/03 10:54:53 PM, rjhill241@... writes:

<< Are you coming to HSC's Conference the following week? >>

HCS's is the week before, right? Not after, I think.

But this year I have not been summoned.
I'm a mercenary, pretty much, and being not a local I only go when they pay
my way!

But I might be doing a one-day thing sometime, somewhere in Southern
California in the next few months. It is "in the talking stages" as they say. <g>
And if that happens, Holly will go with me.

Sandra

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In a message dated 5/30/03 10:28:46 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
SandraDodd@... writes:

>
> But I might be doing a one-day thing sometime, somewhere in Southern
> California in the next few months. It is "in the talking stages" as they
> say. <g>
> And if that happens, Holly will go with me.
>
> Sandra
>

You just make sure you scream loud and clear when you are on your way to So
Cal and we'll be sure to meet and greet you!!!

Rhonda


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In a message dated 5/30/2003 6:51:11 PM Central Daylight Time,
heather_200115@... writes:

>
> When my in-laws came to visit us in the hospital when
> she born &there I was holding my new darling girl,
> Chris &I told them her name. My mil actually said
> something like..."NO!! No really, what is her name?".
>
>

When she heard the name of my daughter, my mother said "Why do you always
pick such odd names for your kids?" (Trevor and Brenna) She has since read a
romance novel with a heroine named Brenna and has decided it's nice after all. I
also just recently saw it in a baby name book listed as an "up-and-coming"
name...rats!!
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In a message dated 5/31/2003 12:33:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
SandraDodd@... writes:
> I had a French professor say once that the prettiest phrase in English was
> "cellar door" (and with his French accent, it really was extra pretty).
> Similarly, not a very pretty picture, just a pretty sound.

I like the word "elbow".

Debris' elbow by the cellar door.

~Kelly



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Pam Hartley

Ask her if it's Tears of the Moon by Nora Roberts. <g> That would make
anyone like the name Brenna.

Pam

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>Date: Sat, May 31, 2003, 4:02 AM
>

> She has since read a
> romance novel with a heroine named Brenna

BADOLBILZ

My sister and I were laughing the other day about how fun it is to say
"louver."

Debris' elbow by the celler door.
Refuse, refuse in the louver's lights,
Shadow of an elbow on the cellar floor

HeidiC.

kbcdlovejo@... wrote:

>In a message dated 5/31/2003 12:33:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>SandraDodd@... writes:
>
>
>>I had a French professor say once that the prettiest phrase in English was
>>"cellar door" (and with his French accent, it really was extra pretty).
>>Similarly, not a very pretty picture, just a pretty sound.
>>
>>
>
>I like the word "elbow".
>
>Debris' elbow by the cellar door.
>
>~Kelly
>
>
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In a message dated 5/31/2003 7:10:49 AM Central Daylight Time,
pamhartley@... writes:

>
> Ask her if it's Tears of the Moon by Nora Roberts. <g> That would make
> anyone like the name Brenna.
>

Yep, that's the one. She reads lots of Nora Roberts and then passes them on
to me.
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SandraDodd@... wrote:

> In a message dated 5/30/03 10:28:07 PM, ynxn96@... writes:
>
> << By the way, dh suggested for third dd the name Debris - as a joke of
> course...but it really does sound pretty, feminine and very French...if
> only it didn't have that unfortunate definition! >>
>
> I had a French professor say once that the prettiest phrase in English was
> "cellar door" (and with his French accent, it really was extra pretty).
> Similarly, not a very pretty picture, just a pretty sound.
>
> "Debris near the cellar door" Ahhh what a beautiful language!
>
> Sandra
>

The French resistence in the spoof movie 'Top Secret' were called things like
'Deja Vu, Chocolat Mousse, Latrine and Du Qious'
:-)

Shyrley


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In a message dated 5/31/03 7:36:10 AM, shyrley.williams@... writes:

<< The French resistence in the spoof movie 'Top Secret' were called things
like
'Deja Vu, Chocolat Mousse, Latrine and Du Qious'
:-) >>

Helena (my London-living friend) has a dad who grew up in Paris. American
dad, left Parisian mom with five kids, interesting stories, beautiful accent.

One day he was over here telling me of his great frustration when the sewer
pipe broke UNDER concrete at the house he was living in that was Helena's
family's house. They were out of town. He had had to deal with the mess and make
all the decisions, and it stank and was expensive and he was QUITE put out.

I couldn't really do anything but sympathize, and so as he was telling me the
story, with hand gestures and obvious agitation, I just let his beautiful
accent pass over and through me like a brain massage. I quit picturing sewage
and jackhammers and just listened to the music of the story.

On Dress to Kill, Eddie Izzard does a bit about what if Luke and Darth Vader
had not had those voices. What if it hadn't been James Earl Jones' voice. I
don't know what specific English accent he's doing (some on this list probably
would). Not a posh accent at all, though. Talks about how the movie just
would not have worked at all. And that's a touchy subject, as the original
actor was, I think, English, and didn't know his voice was being dubbed over until
the movie was released.

Sandra

Rebecca DeLong

My thoughts too! :-)

Rebecca

rjhill241@... wrote:
In a message dated 5/30/03 10:28:46 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
SandraDodd@... writes:

>
> But I might be doing a one-day thing sometime, somewhere in Southern
> California in the next few months. It is "in the talking stages" as they
> say.
> And if that happens, Holly will go with me.
>
> Sandra
>

You just make sure you scream loud and clear when you are on your way to So
Cal and we'll be sure to meet and greet you!!!

Rhonda




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In a message dated 5/31/2003 1:07:17 AM Central Daylight Time,
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>
> Sierra is a beautiful name!

Absolutely! Mine is Sierra Star....:) Or our star child as we often say.

Ren


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