http://kevinbasil.com/2004/10/23/the-name-game-part-i/ Decimation & Reconstruction: a weblog Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:38:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://kevinbasil.com/2004/10/23/the-name-game-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-12757 Venerable Melanie the Younger | Kevin Basil Sat, 31 Dec 2005 01:07:27 +0000 http://blog.kevinbasil.com/2004/10/23/the-name-game-part-i/#comment-12757 [...] I’m not sure why St. Melanie always sticks out in my mind as the feast of the Birth of Christ draws to a close. Perhaps it is because she is a wife and mother before professing monastic vows, or maybe it bugs me that her name is so often mistranslated. Perhaps it just sticks in my mind because I can’t figure out how one should pronounce the mistranslated name and have it not sound strange in English. muh-LANE-yuh? meh-luh-NEE-uh? See her icon? There’s no alpha in her name, so where’s the extra letter coming from? [...] [...] I’m not sure why St. Melanie always sticks out in my mind as the feast of the Birth of Christ draws to a close. Perhaps it is because she is a wife and mother before professing monastic vows, or maybe it bugs me that her name is so often mistranslated. Perhaps it just sticks in my mind because I can’t figure out how one should pronounce the mistranslated name and have it not sound strange in English. muh-LANE-yuh? meh-luh-NEE-uh? See her icon? There’s no alpha in her name, so where’s the extra letter coming from? [...]

]]> http://kevinbasil.com/2004/10/23/the-name-game-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-776 basil Mon, 25 Oct 2004 19:46:30 +0000 http://blog.kevinbasil.com/2004/10/23/the-name-game-part-i/#comment-776 David was Gleb's name in baptism. See <a href="http://ogreatmystery.com/date/07/24/2004">their commemoration on OGreatMystery.com</a>. David was Gleb’s name in baptism. See their commemoration on OGreatMystery.com.

]]> http://kevinbasil.com/2004/10/23/the-name-game-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-775 Erich Mon, 25 Oct 2004 19:23:17 +0000 http://blog.kevinbasil.com/2004/10/23/the-name-game-part-i/#comment-775 Gleb and David are somehow linked? Gleb and David are somehow linked?

]]> http://kevinbasil.com/2004/10/23/the-name-game-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-773 basil Mon, 25 Oct 2004 16:03:52 +0000 http://blog.kevinbasil.com/2004/10/23/the-name-game-part-i/#comment-773 No, but you could give him St. Gleb's baptismal name, David, and then name St. Gleb as his patron. No, but you could give him St. Gleb’s baptismal name, David, and then name St. Gleb as his patron.

]]> http://kevinbasil.com/2004/10/23/the-name-game-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-772 Erich Mon, 25 Oct 2004 15:50:40 +0000 http://blog.kevinbasil.com/2004/10/23/the-name-game-part-i/#comment-772 Yeah, when I have a kid, there's no way I will end up naming him Gleb, or something like that. It has to be something that sounds right to a native English-speaker's ear. I often think that this is a sign of the exotic effect of Orthodoxy. People get too wrapped up in the exoticism of the new approach and take on names to reflect their obsession with that exoticism. It's probably not something that could be called a rule, but my guess is it applies for many. Yeah, when I have a kid, there’s no way I will end up naming him Gleb, or something like that. It has to be something that sounds right to a native English-speaker’s ear. I often think that this is a sign of the exotic effect of Orthodoxy. People get too wrapped up in the exoticism of the new approach and take on names to reflect their obsession with that exoticism. It’s probably not something that could be called a rule, but my guess is it applies for many.

]]> http://kevinbasil.com/2004/10/23/the-name-game-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-769 "Jacov" Sun, 24 Oct 2004 20:58:52 +0000 http://blog.kevinbasil.com/2004/10/23/the-name-game-part-i/#comment-769 Amen! Amen! Amen! Amen! Amen! Yes indeed Basil. Amen! Amen! Amen! Amen! Amen! Yes indeed Basil.

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