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Re: New to the area
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Tue, 11 Jul 2000 04:27:58 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Leah Cardaci writes:
> Yeah, but with mine, I sometimes wish they didn't ;-)
LOL - yeah.
In Israel, you certainly won't find many Leah's or Sarah's, or barely any
other biblical names - they have been drifting out of the "fashion" for the
past generation. Most names now are short and catchy, with a meaning but the
kind that just sound nice. A lot of people (OK, mostly girls!) are named after
flowers, too. :-)
You'll see many similarities, for example there are tons of variations on the
shorter names, (e.g. Li = "for me", so you'll see... Limor (1) = my fragrance,
or Lital = my dew, or Libat = my daughter, Liat = you're mine, etc. etc.) and
endless nicknames that evlove from those (e.g. Tal, or dew, might become Tali,
Talia, Tlalit (1). Shir, or song, might become Shiri(2), Shira, Shirit, etc.).
Other names just have a meaning - e.g. Hila = halo, Inbal (1) = the ringing
part of the bell, Keren (3) = ray of light...
You get the picture. I could go on for longer but methinks I'm boring the
audience. ;-)
-Shiri
(1) those're my sisters' names :-) (and even by order of age!)
(2) uh... that's me!! ;-)
(3) Probably the root of the English "Karen".
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