Random Rants XLIV: I Can't Find The Answer

[Borachio]

Yes, that makes some sense. Though inheriting names from one's parents doesn't really make much sense to me, at all.

There was a group of hippy commune types gave all their children the surname of Wild. Or was it Wilde? I don't recall.

 

[Synobun]

Can you tell us your present name after you've changed it? I like challenges and a name that no Westerner can pronounce sounds challenging enough for me.

I can tell it now, really. My Facebook and anything personal has been changed to the new name already. It's just a matter of changing the actual legal documents which aren't located anywhere on the internet. I also used to have people from this forum on my Facebook and the like, so I'm not worried at all.

It's a "typical" Belgian last name. Lambrechts. English speakers say it like "Lambricks" or "Lambershets", both of which people have told me on a regular basis "sounds like a disease". Proper pronunciation, according to my parents back in the day, involves starting saying Lamb, with the 'a' sounding like 'ah'. Lahm. Then 'bregh', ending the 'gh' with what some people like to joke sounds like you're about to spit up some phlegm. Lahmbregh. Then add a simple 'ts' to the end. Lahmbreghts. Lambrechts. A silly matter of affairs.

Original Indian speakers attempting to speak English, when pronouncing the name, say a certain curse word starting with an 's' for the second half of the name.

All in all -- Do not want.

 

[JohannaK]

Interesting.

 

[Arakhor]

I did German at school, so I instinctively pronounced that almost exactly as you wrote that out, Synsensa. We're not all useless.

You know, Joan, when I first heard about Spanish naming systems, I was really puzzled why men seemed to have female names and the like. First, I assumed that it was a Catholic thing and then I remembered that (of course) Anglophone surnames are mostly a Norman invention.

I was equally interested to hear that Icelandic surnames are legally protected and taking your father's first name as your "surname" is a legal requirement. If I lived in, say, Reykjavik, an Icelandic friend of mine assures me that any children of mine born over there would be registered as So-and-so [firstname]son/dóttir, despite the fact that I have a perfectly normal English surname. For added fun, since I possess an equally normal Norman French first name, the Icelandic system would still produce a common English surname (for my sons at least).

 

[nc-1701]

Rant time!

I've had this splitting headache ever since yesterday afternoon. I've had them off and on for the last month or so and they last for hours sometimes a whole day. I'm currently trying to ween off prednisone (a steriod drug) I was on for a kidney issue that has finally been resolved, but they have to slowly take me off the drug because you get dependent on it. So I'm reducing my dose by 10mg every week, and every drop is followed by headaches, but my doctor says they are unrelated.

Regardless I'm just going to suffer through them because I have to get off this drug, which has thoroughly screwed my body over the past few months. I've developed all kinds of acne I didn't use to have, I've gained just over 15lbs now officially making me overweight, I was pretty well cut before now I'm pudgy and a little fat And it's killed my energy and stamina, now while my stamina is sort of coming back as my dose goes down the headaches are stopping me in my tracks. And school starts tomorrow, at the current rate I'll be down to a negligible dose in a month, but I don't know how I can survive a month of school with my bloody head feeling like this. And tylenol doesn't have any effect whatsoever.

ugh...

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Rant: In Garry's Mod, one of the addons is bugging up the ragdolls but I can't figure out which it is and so I have to disable and reenable everything one by one. Which is a pain when you have many addons.

Also my arm still hurts but not as badly.

 

[Borachio]

Are you back to typing with both hands?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

A little. It hurts if i do it too long so i use my right hand most of the time.

 

[Borachio]

Poor you. Have you tried rubbing any stuff on it?

 

[hobbsyoyo]

I got some Star Wars and rocket themed Lego sets for Christmas which I put together. I was going to hang them from the ceiling so I bought some hooks and 4lb test fishing line. Unfortunately, 4lb test isn't enough to support a Lego X Wing.

It crashed to floor and came apart. While putting it back together will actually be fun, I'm worried I have lost some of the little pieces and will have to spend a lot of time looking for them.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Poor you. Have you tried rubbing any stuff on it?

Just ice. Lots of ice.

 

[Angst]

Screw sports.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Screw sports.

This.

 

[Takhisis]

Well, apparently everyone is camping the Raves thread and I'm definitely not gonna help anyone…

 

[Joecoolyo]

Rant: My empire crumbles!

 

[Angst]

It's hard to find musicians for my band...

 

[Tee Kay]

Feeling very left out once again.

Stupid unrequited friendship and/or love.

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

Predicted temperatures tomorrow between 43 and 45 and the official fire danger warning being "catastrophic". Total fire ban across the state.

 

[Borachio]

That's quite hot. I experienced that sort of temperature in London (a mere 43 C according to a maybe not entirely accurate car thermometer of outside ambient temperature), one freakish day in 2003. 'Twas hot. And the city sort of shut down. People said the underground was an amazing place to be. And not pleasant.

At 50 C your brain starts to cook, I'm told.

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

Yeah. I'm currently plotting a sickie and a surf