Posted by up'n'down on March 11, 2005, at 3:24:37
In reply to Re: Kind of a downer » ed_uk, posted by Ame Sans Vie on March 10, 2005, at 11:50:19
> > >I'll announce it in Admin and/or Social when I change it
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> > No! Don't change it, it's a cool name, I like it! Are you secretly French?
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> lol, no, I'm "secretly" Texan, actually... or Pennsylvanian... or Californian... depends on whether one defines that sort of thing by birth (California), childhood home (Pennsylvania), or current residence (Texas). :-)
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> I've just always been fascinated by languages and began to teach myself French at the age of 12, along with a multitude of other languages (e.g., Russian, Latin, Spanish, Italian, German, Kiswahili, Japanese, Mandarin, Arabic, Irish Gaelic) most of which I've sadly forgotten. My French is still pretty up to par, though, and currently I'm taking a step in another linguistic direction -- studying the evolution of the English language and learning the grammar and vocabulary of Chaucer's English (I've already gotten the pronunciation down -- *beautiful* language).
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> I really like my name too, but it certainly doesn't reflect how I feel inside anymore... perhaps I should initiate a poll on Social? What do you think? :-)
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> Of course, I'm also totally open to other suggestions, either in French or English that I could translate into French. :-)
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> Take care,
> ~Michael
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I like Will Shakespeare and the Elizabethan english [best known in the King James version of the Bible.]
When I see "sans," I think of Will's seven stages of man, the last of which he says we end up"...sans teeth, sans hair, sans everything."
Both of your names are intriguing, but the positive one probably would be most encouraging to those who are not doing so well, right now.:-) U'D
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