Day zhar den. Don't try that until you're sober, Christine. ;-) -----Original Message----- From: Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:51:58 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List<pdml@pdml.net> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> Subject: Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?
In Spanish (though I'm not Spanish) it means eagle. Wow harder to type when drinking. At a pub, just discovered a lovely French country ale. Cheers, Christine On Jul 20, 2011, at 9:41 PM, steve harley <p...@paper-ape.com> wrote: > har as in bar, ley is in tree, emphasis on the first syllable (it's > irritatingly easy to say "like the motorcycle", but that might not ring a > bell for everyone) > > i was born with a different name, Donaghy, which is an immigration office > perversion of O'Donough, i think, so it may not matter how it is pronounced, > but sometimes i wish i had it back > > here in my neighborhood there are streets named for Native American tribes; > Galapago street is typically pronounced "_gal_ uh *pay* go" and Acoma is > pronounced "a (as in 'that') *coe* muh"; i try to pronounce them right (i've > been to Acoma Pueblo, but i've never been to the Galapagos) and it seems to > creep people out > > ... so here's another question -- what does your name mean? i've been told > that harley = hare + leigh ~= "bunny meadow" > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.