The Very-Many-Questions-Not-Worth-Their-Own-Thread Thread XXXIV

[Samez]

In germany they have a special trick - you may return the matress for free within the first 3 month, but only if you did not unpack it from its' plastic cover - which they fail to mention in the adds.
There was also an discussion ongoing if the main producers were forming a cartel and keeping prices excessively high.
Tbh i don't understand what makes matresses so expensive (>1000$) production wise as they are mass produced without any special features like sensors or other electronic equipment.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Why can't some people spell "Connor" right?

 

[civvver]

Well most people don't even spell their own kids names right. Ashly, Ashleigh, Ashlee. My neighbor's niece came over for a party where we had name tags and I thought her name was Alexei. It was pronounced Alex but was spelled Alixe.

 

[sophie]

Ashleigh better preserves the name's original meaning.

 

[civvver]

Which is?

 

[sophie]

Ash (tree)+leigh (meadow/clearing). Ashley means "a cleared space/settlement in a forest of ash trees", more or less.

Fun fact: loo (e.g. in Waterloo) is a Dutch word coming from the same root (but means forest)

 

[Arakhor]

Yay for good old-fashioned English names.

 

[Lemon Merchant]

Well most people don't even spell their own kids names right. Ashly, Ashleigh, Ashlee. My neighbor's niece came over for a party where we had name tags and I thought her name was Alexei. It was pronounced Alex but was spelled Alixe.

You'd have real fun with Saoirse, Siobhán, and Aisling then.

 

[Arakhor]

Siobhan is easy mode, these days! Who's up for reviving names like Muircheartach and Toirdhealbhach?

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Siobhan is easy mode, these days! Who's up for reviving names like Muircheartach and Toirdhealbhach?

No kids still pending being named, that's for sure.

 

[Lemon Merchant]

Siobhan is easy mode, these days! Who's up for reviving names like Muircheartach and Toirdhealbhach?

Siobhán is my actual first name. I had to start using my middle name when I moved to Canada. No one could spell or pronounce it.

I still have fun every time I have anything official to do where I have to use my first name. I do my best to have people in contortions.

 

[Arakhor]

And I thought that the New World was just full of Irish immigrants... I am disappointed in you all!

 

[Takhisis]

I still have fun every time I have anything official to do where I have to use my first name. I do my best to have people in contortions.

Somehow this seems related to your penchants for acrobatics-inducing footwear as well… anyway, I actually wanted to post that I've seen it spelled ‘Shevaun’.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Siobhán is my actual first name. I had to start using my middle name when I moved to Canada. No one could spell or pronounce it.

The reason I know how to pronounce that name is because there was a character on General Hospital called Siobhán. It's a pretty name.

My middle name is the same as my grandmother's first name. It's not hard to pronounce or spell. But it's Swedish and unfamiliar to Canadians, so many people insist that there's a letter missing and are determined to act as though I don't know my own name. And someone at RDC decided to change one letter to something she thought made more sense, when making my student ID. Thank goodness I was paying attention and caught her in time. I asked her why she'd done that when my name was right there in front of her, to copy onto the ID card. Her excuse was that she thought I'd made a mistake.

I am curious as to why there seem to be so many extra letters in some names, though. I'm currently reading the Outlander novels by Diana Gabaldon. There's a minor character named "Laoghaire." It's a good thing I've seen the first 2.5 seasons of the TV show or I wouldn't have a clue how to pronounce that. As it is, I can't seem to mentally pronounce it as "Liri" (rhymes with "Miri" - from an old Star Trek episode). One of the reasons is that she's a horrible character - really selfish and tried to have the main character burned as a witch. So my mental pronunciation of that name is not very complimentary.

 

[Cutlass]

Siobhán is my actual first name. I had to start using my middle name when I moved to Canada. No one could spell or pronounce it.

I still have fun every time I have anything official to do where I have to use my first name. I do my best to have people in contortions.

See, that name was always normal to me. I knew a Siobhán from kindergarten all through high school, where I lost track of her. And still saw some of her family members from time to time for another dozen years or so.

 

[Mouthwash]

Is there any catch-all name for Central Asian/Persian/Caucasian Jews? That has been in use since the medieval period at least? I'm researching for a CKII mod, and right now I can only think of 'Radhanite,' which isn't even a cultural designation.

I think @Traitorfish is the most likely person to produce an answer here.

 

[Lemon Merchant]

Somehow this seems related to your penchants for acrobatics-inducing footwear as well… anyway, I actually wanted to post that I've seen it spelled ‘Shevaun’.

I've seen it that way too. Anglicized nitwits. I met one woman with that spelling who insisted hers was the correct Gaelic spelling. She couldn't even tell me what it meant.

 

[Zkribbler]

Superyachts

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/06/sport/gallery/worlds-most-expensive-superyachts-2018/index.html

WFT would you do with one? They're too big for an afternoon sail. You'd have to make a major trip with 20, 30 or 40 of your friends...to where...why?

 

[Synobun]

To wave at the peasants as you drift by.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Superyachts

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/06/sport/gallery/worlds-most-expensive-superyachts-2018/index.html

WFT would you do with one?

Live on it and run a drug empire.