How to pronounce "Celia"?
Tony Chen
TIA
Tony
Polar
<tonyc...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>I'm expecting a girl. BTW, is it a good name?
From what I could find on the Web, it means "celestial".
Sounds good to me!
Mazaltov in advance.
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Polar
<tonyc...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Oops - forgot pronunciation:
Seelyah.
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Tony Chen
Celia and..
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Daniel Seriff
> I'm expecting a girl. BTW, is it a good name?
It was my grandmother's middle name. My first daughter (assuming I ever have
one, of course) will be named Claire Celia.
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> Oops - forgot pronunciation:
>
> Seelyah.
Agreed (with the emphasis on the first syllable), but I think I've
heard it pronounced with three syllables, the last two being almost
combined into one: SEEL-eeya.
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Polar
<Colin_...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>On Tue, 22 Jan 2002 19:45:42 -0800 for some unknown reason Polar
><sme...@mindspring.com> wrote in :
>I have an aunt with that name, she uses SeeLeeUh.
What location?
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Polar
<micro...@sericap.com> wrote:
>on 1/22/02 8:54 PM, Tony Chen at tonyc...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>> I'm expecting a girl. BTW, is it a good name?
>
>It was my grandmother's middle name. My first daughter (assuming I ever have
>one, of course) will be named Claire Celia.
You'll have to fight to keep her schoolmates from calling her
"CeCe". I fought for "Michael" but when he went to school,
they "Mike-d" him PDQ.
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Harvey V
Friends of mine considered this very carefully when naming their
daughter -- she's a teacher, and is well aware of kids' ability to find
an awkward nickname -- and settled on Katherine in the belief that this
couldn't be shortened to anything unsavoury.
Her mates nicknamed her "cat urine".
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> Friends of mine considered this very carefully when naming their
> daughter -- she's a teacher, and is well aware of kids' ability to find
> an awkward nickname -- and settled on Katherine in the belief that this
> couldn't be shortened to anything unsavoury.
>
> Her mates nicknamed her "cat urine".
I have been so grateful that my Christian name, Paul, does not afford any
contraction. At least I was until someone called me Pip!
psi
Harvey V
I'd have said they got that wrong: to me, "Pip" is a shortened form of
"Philip" (as in Great Expectations).
In some parts of England, though, I can imagine that you might have
been long-nicknamed as "Pazza". Does anyone know when the Mazza/Gazza
thing began?
(Hey: Mazza was for Paul McCartney, and Gazza was Paul Gascoigne --
they're both named Paul -- maybe that's the key.....!)
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> I'd have said they got that wrong: to me, "Pip" is a shortened form of
> "Philip" (as in Great Expectations).
That's what I thought, but there are some people in this world that I
daren't say "they got that wrong". I found it amusing, though, for its
inappropriateness.
> In some parts of England, though, I can imagine that you might have
> been long-nicknamed as "Pazza". Does anyone know when the Mazza/Gazza
> thing began?
I'd not heard "Mazza" - "Macca", yes.
> (Hey: Mazza was for Paul McCartney, and Gazza was Paul Gascoigne --
> they're both named Paul -- maybe that's the key.....!)
Aha! That's it!
BWs
Sazza
Polar
<Colin_...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>On Wed, 23 Jan 2002 10:13:29 -0800 for some unknown reason Polar
><sme...@mindspring.com> wrote in :
>>On Wed, 23 Jan 2002 12:08:16 +0000, Colin Freeman
>><Colin_...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 22 Jan 2002 19:45:42 -0800 for some unknown reason Polar
>>><sme...@mindspring.com> wrote in :
>>>>On Wed, 23 Jan 2002 01:54:51 GMT, "Tony Chen"
>>>><tonyc...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I'm expecting a girl. BTW, is it a good name?
>>>>>
>>>>>TIA
>>>>>
>>>>>Tony
>>>>>
>>>>Oops - forgot pronunciation:
>>>>
>>>>Seelyah.
>>>
>>>
>>>I have an aunt with that name, she uses SeeLeeUh.
>>
>>What location?
>
>Born NY, now living in Spain.
>
Then I should think she'd use "Saylyah"
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Daniel Seriff
I've actually come up with a much better nickname, IMHO.
Claire Celia --> Clay
Hopefully, she'll prefer that over the inane teeny-bopper nickname "CeCe".
Daniel Seriff
>>> It was my grandmother's middle name. My first daughter (assuming
>>> I ever have one, of course) will be named Claire Celia.
>>
>> You'll have to fight to keep her schoolmates from calling her
>> "CeCe". I fought for "Michael" but when he went to school,
>> they "Mike-d" him PDQ.
>
> Friends of mine considered this very carefully when naming their
> daughter -- she's a teacher, and is well aware of kids' ability to find
> an awkward nickname -- and settled on Katherine in the belief that this
> couldn't be shortened to anything unsavoury.
>
> Her mates nicknamed her "cat urine".
Ugh. I went by "Danny" until 8th grade. When I was in kindergarten, the
first words I heard from a girl who turned out to be my best friend that
year were "Ha-ha, you're name is Fanny!" She then raced back behind the
cabinet behind which she had been hiding.
Her name was Zoe, though, so she really shoudn't have been talking. I wonder
where she is now, 20 years later.
Damn! Can't...hold...back...the...nostalgia...
Mark Wallace
So psi should be addressed 'Pizza'?
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Polar
<micro...@sericap.com> wrote:
>on 1/23/02 1:17 PM, Polar at sme...@mindspring.com wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 23 Jan 2002 07:47:26 GMT, Daniel Seriff
>> <micro...@sericap.com> wrote:
>>
>>> on 1/22/02 8:54 PM, Tony Chen at tonyc...@yahoo.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm expecting a girl. BTW, is it a good name?
>>>
>>> It was my grandmother's middle name. My first daughter (assuming I ever have
>>> one, of course) will be named Claire Celia.
>>
>> You'll have to fight to keep her schoolmates from calling her
>> "CeCe". I fought for "Michael" but when he went to school,
>> they "Mike-d" him PDQ.
>
>I've actually come up with a much better nickname, IMHO.
>
>Claire Celia --> Clay
>
>Hopefully, she'll prefer that over the inane teeny-bopper nickname "CeCe".
Well....it *is* ...uh, "earthy", but not particularly feminine.
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Daniel Seriff
>>>>> I'm expecting a girl. BTW, is it a good name?
>>>>
>>>> It was my grandmother's middle name. My first daughter (assuming I ever
>>>> have
>>>> one, of course) will be named Claire Celia.
>>>
>>> You'll have to fight to keep her schoolmates from calling her
>>> "CeCe". I fought for "Michael" but when he went to school,
>>> they "Mike-d" him PDQ.
>>
>> I've actually come up with a much better nickname, IMHO.
>>
>> Claire Celia --> Clay
>>
>> Hopefully, she'll prefer that over the inane teeny-bopper nickname "CeCe".
>
> Well....it *is* ...uh, "earthy", but not particularly feminine.
No, but I like it for some reason. Couldn't tell you why.
For some reason, I always think of my hypothetical future children as being
jocks, despite the fact that I'm a skinny Jewish guy without an athletic
bone in his body (with no girlfriend, I might add).
Polar
<micro...@sericap.com> wrote:
>on 1/24/02 11:44 AM, Polar at sme...@mindspring.com wrote:
>
>>>>>> I'm expecting a girl. BTW, is it a good name?
>>>>>
>>>>> It was my grandmother's middle name. My first daughter (assuming I ever
>>>>> have
>>>>> one, of course) will be named Claire Celia.
>>>>
>>>> You'll have to fight to keep her schoolmates from calling her
>>>> "CeCe". I fought for "Michael" but when he went to school,
>>>> they "Mike-d" him PDQ.
>>>
>>> I've actually come up with a much better nickname, IMHO.
>>>
>>> Claire Celia --> Clay
>>>
>>> Hopefully, she'll prefer that over the inane teeny-bopper nickname "CeCe".
>>
>> Well....it *is* ...uh, "earthy", but not particularly feminine.
>
>No, but I like it for some reason. Couldn't tell you why.
>
>For some reason, I always think of my hypothetical future children as being
>jocks, despite the fact that I'm a skinny Jewish guy without an athletic
>bone in his body (with no girlfriend, I might add).
As long as your important "bone" works...!
You could shop for a jock-ess partner, but there's no guarantee
which way the genes will fall.
Reminds me of that sperm bank containing "seed" donated by Nobel
prize winners (this is on the level!!!). (a) by the time
they've won, most are over the hill, and older sperm is more
prone to defects. (b) how do you know what combo will emerge
from the union of eager mother and ?? donor.
Vive le capitalisme!
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Bill McCray
wrote:
>Ugh. I went by "Danny" until 8th grade. When I was in kindergarten, the
>first words I heard from a girl who turned out to be my best friend that
>year were "Ha-ha, you're name is Fanny!" She then raced back behind the
>cabinet behind which she had been hiding.
How could you tell she wasn't saying "... your name is Fanny!"?
Bill McCray
Lexington, KY
Tony Cooper
>
> > You'll have to fight to keep her schoolmates from calling her
> > "CeCe". I fought for "Michael" but when he went to school,
> > they "Mike-d" him PDQ.
>
> I've actually come up with a much better nickname, IMHO.
>
> Claire Celia --> Clay
>
> Hopefully, she'll prefer that over the inane teeny-bopper nickname "CeCe".
>
This is an odd thread to me. My son's first name is Clay
and my daughter's first name is Cleary. The cat's name is
CeeCee in honor of the the "C"s in the kid's name.
A long time ago, I had a boat. I was going to name it CC
Rider, but the damn thing cost me so much money to run that
I never got around to having the name painted on it.
My daughter has only met one other woman named Cleary, but
my son has met several males named Clay. I can't see that
as a woman's name.
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Polar
There's a "Clay" at the Y where I exercise. It feels like a
Southern U.S. name.
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Daniel Seriff
>> Ugh. I went by "Danny" until 8th grade. When I was in kindergarten, the
>> first words I heard from a girl who turned out to be my best friend that
>> year were "Ha-ha, you're name is Fanny!" She then raced back behind the
>> cabinet behind which she had been hiding.
>
> How could you tell she wasn't saying "... your name is Fanny!"?
Well, she was.
Mark Wallace
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By the way she rolled her 'R's?
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Nicknames frequently defy gendered naming conventions and/or social
acceptability. I had a friend in high school that we all called "Lucifer". I
don't think I ever learned his given name.
I think I like "Clay" as a nickname for a girl because it is unique and
idiosyncratic. And I am nothing if not unique and idiosyncratic.
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>
> So psi should be addressed 'Pizza'?
Topping reply, old boy!
Pizza
Dr Robin Bignall
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>"Bill McCray" <BillM...@MindSpring.com> wrote in message
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>> On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 07:14:32 GMT, Daniel Seriff
><micro...@sericap.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Ugh. I went by "Danny" until 8th grade. When I was in
>kindergarten, the
>> >first words I heard from a girl who turned out to be my best
>friend that
>> >year were "Ha-ha, you're name is Fanny!" She then raced back
>behind the
>> >cabinet behind which she had been hiding.
>>
>> How could you tell she wasn't saying "... your name is Fanny!"?
>
>By the way she rolled her 'R's?
They say that bad boys like you will end up in hill!
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