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ventaFancy celebrating St Patrick's night tomorrow ?
The Far From the Madding Crowd has folk dancing (bad luck, it's us), music, possibly singing, monks to bless the beer, and all manner of goodness.
Yup, it's going the rounds, but I thought it might be of interest to some.
If you call me:
Venta you probably only know me from here.
Liz you're probably someone I've met in the last ten years, or who knows me from the Scout troop I belong to.
Beth you're someone I went to school with, or who was in the church choir with me.
Elizabeth you're probably someone I've met at some point. I tend to call myself Liz and Elizabeth reasonably interchangeably these days. Or you might just be cross with me.
Lizy you're RuthK, and where on earth have you been for the past twelve years ?
Lizzie/Lizzy you probably know me through rapper. I don't deliberately have a different name here, just it seems that's what people call me. Or you might have known me before I was about ten. Or you're a friend of Samantha's.
Bethaliz you're my Aunty Pat.
Blip you are Penny.
Spiv/Spivlet/Wizbit You're one of about four people I was at university with.
Morgause You used to play the same MUD as me when I was a student.
Silver You knew me online when I was a first year student.
Weebie You are family, or you're one of the few people who presumes it's OK to use my family nickname.
Have I missed any ?
Of these, I think only Elizabeth and its derivatives are in common use. Liz or Elizabeth for preference, please, though I answer to all of the above.
Am I odd in classifying some of those names as things it's OK for some people to call me, but not others ?
The Far From the Madding Crowd has folk dancing (bad luck, it's us), music, possibly singing, monks to bless the beer, and all manner of goodness.
Yup, it's going the rounds, but I thought it might be of interest to some.
If you call me:
Venta you probably only know me from here.
Liz you're probably someone I've met in the last ten years, or who knows me from the Scout troop I belong to.
Beth you're someone I went to school with, or who was in the church choir with me.
Elizabeth you're probably someone I've met at some point. I tend to call myself Liz and Elizabeth reasonably interchangeably these days. Or you might just be cross with me.
Lizy you're RuthK, and where on earth have you been for the past twelve years ?
Lizzie/Lizzy you probably know me through rapper. I don't deliberately have a different name here, just it seems that's what people call me. Or you might have known me before I was about ten. Or you're a friend of Samantha's.
Bethaliz you're my Aunty Pat.
Blip you are Penny.
Spiv/Spivlet/Wizbit You're one of about four people I was at university with.
Morgause You used to play the same MUD as me when I was a student.
Silver You knew me online when I was a first year student.
Weebie You are family, or you're one of the few people who presumes it's OK to use my family nickname.
Have I missed any ?
Of these, I think only Elizabeth and its derivatives are in common use. Liz or Elizabeth for preference, please, though I answer to all of the above.
Am I odd in classifying some of those names as things it's OK for some people to call me, but not others ?
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Date: 2004-03-17 03:45 am (UTC)I'm hoping you know more than one Penny: otherwise, I must have a speech impediment, and everyone's been too polite to tell me!
Penny
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Date: 2004-03-17 04:10 am (UTC)How's you, anyway - not seen you in ages.
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Date: 2004-03-17 06:18 am (UTC)I'm in Hong Kong right now, because my Dad has been working here since January, and my Mum and I have come out to join him for the last two weeks of his time here as a holiday. It's very exciting, and we've seen and done lots of interesting things already in only three days here. E.g. we have swum in the sea, gone up a mountain, seen monkeys and a jaguar in a zoo, bought lovely Chinese clothes, been in some Buddhist and Taoist temples, seen cockatiels flying about wild and eaten some nice, but not always easily-identifiable, food.
There are also lots of concreted slopes here, e.g. where a road has been cut into the hillside, and they have concreted over the remaining slope to stop it slipping onto the road. And we have noticed that every single one has a 'slope registration number' on a plaque on the slope, along with a number you can call, presumably to report faults with the slope. So that gives you a flavour of the place.
I'll be back at the start of April, so hope to see you then. Meanwhile, enjoy your folk-dancing on St. Patrick's day!
Penny