Am I the only one who had to look *nadir* up? :-/
-s
On Sunday 25 March 2001 09:05 am, you wrote:
> I have always thought it was "civil-me" as well and until
> I read how it was pronounced, the Turkish way and all.
>
> Good to know, I like learning new languages.
>
> I guess I just accepted it as I saw it, I know kind of
> childish, but thats how I am.
>
> hehe
>
> Cool
>
> On Sunday 25 March 2001 07:43 am, so spoke Tom Snell:
> > Jeeesh, I've been wondering about this myself for the past few years,
> > and, as are many things in life, the answer is far more intriguing than
> > the question! I always assumed it was Quebecois....
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > Civileme wrote:
> > > Hmmm
> > >
> > > it is Civileme. You'd need a Turkish phonetic dictionary to get it
> > > right and also a mailer capable of seeing (and I'd need a font capable
> > > of showing) what appears to be the bottom of a figure 5 attached to the
> > > nadir of the C.
> > >
> > > It means "shout" or "smash"(sports) or "foot-first jump". I took it as
> > > a web handle to honor a departed four-footed friend, whose registered
> > > name was Masallah Civileme, one of the near-legendary livestock
> > > guardians of the Anatolian plateau.
> > >
> > > Civileme
