The PERSONAL NAME change will unforunately eliminate the possibility of "Nilly" entering the language as a verb. Ditto with "meara" and "mejia" and "anya."
I'm all for this. My name has been used as a verb in the past in much less flattering tones.
Overwhelming? How much more than whelming would that be exactly?
Anya ,'Touched'
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Jeff Mejia - Jan 28, 2004 5:27:51 am PST #3448 of 10289
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert
§ ita § - Jan 28, 2004 5:29:52 am PST #3449 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm all for this.
All for the elimination?
Sean K - Jan 28, 2004 7:13:46 am PST #3450 of 10289
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
The PERSONAL NAME change will unforunately eliminate the possibility of "Nilly" entering the language as a verb. Ditto with "meara" and "mejia" and "anya."
Yeah, the passage Jeff is quoting here is the one that got me all confuzzled. Which I now am again.
§ ita § - Jan 28, 2004 7:17:56 am PST #3451 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Don't be. Hec posted that, and he was wrong. In the post I linked to, erinaceous contradicted it, and it's her proposal.
Jon B. - Jan 28, 2004 7:20:20 am PST #3452 of 10289
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That passage was DavidS speculating. He was wrong (sorry David!) as erin stated in #3405. And I think Jeff is saying that he's looking forward to having his name verbified to something that's not an insult, but I defer to him of course.
t edit x-posted with the more succinct ita.
Lyra Jane - Jan 28, 2004 7:49:29 am PST #3453 of 10289
Up with the sun
I think Jeff is saying that he's looking forward to having his name verbified to something that's not an insult,
But is it meh-JEE-uh, me-HEE-uh, or something completely different?
Dana - Jan 28, 2004 7:53:28 am PST #3454 of 10289
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I think we established at some point that it was the second one.
Jon B. - Jan 28, 2004 7:53:38 am PST #3455 of 10289
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I always thought it was MEJ-ee-uh.
Jess M. - Jan 28, 2004 7:57:27 am PST #3456 of 10289
Let me just say that popularity with people on public transportation does not equal literary respect. --Jesse
I always pronounce it May-ha to myself...
Sean K - Jan 28, 2004 8:18:21 am PST #3457 of 10289
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Don't be. Hec posted that, and he was wrong. In the post I linked to, erinaceous contradicted it, and it's her proposal.
Cool. Thanks. That's what I get for skimming.
But is it meh-JEE-uh, me-HEE-uh, or something completely different?
Possibly because I grew up in a place with a store call Meijer's (which is pronounced My-ers), I've always read Jeff's last name as My-uh.