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in reply to a message by Eliza
The movie you're referring to is called "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" (I love it! :) I actually like Toula, it's nice, and different. The only other name I can think of that is somewhat similar to Toula is Oula, which is an Australian name.
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No it isn't!!!!
I'm Australian, and I've never heard of Oula and can't imagine where it would come from.
Many, many names books/sites have a habit of calling anything they can't identify "Australian".
A few unusual combination names (such as Narelle) have come out of Australia; other than that the only valid Australian names are Aboriginal names. There are at least 200 Aboriginal languages, and they of course have plenty of names which the speakers of those languages still use. However the only Aboriginal "names" on the web are place names (usually ones which have been used as suburbs, eg Jannali), plant names (Jarrah, Cardinia) or vocabulary words (Kylie).
Please, please check your sources before labelling things "Australian"!
:-)
I'm Australian, and I've never heard of Oula and can't imagine where it would come from.
Many, many names books/sites have a habit of calling anything they can't identify "Australian".
A few unusual combination names (such as Narelle) have come out of Australia; other than that the only valid Australian names are Aboriginal names. There are at least 200 Aboriginal languages, and they of course have plenty of names which the speakers of those languages still use. However the only Aboriginal "names" on the web are place names (usually ones which have been used as suburbs, eg Jannali), plant names (Jarrah, Cardinia) or vocabulary words (Kylie).
Please, please check your sources before labelling things "Australian"!
:-)
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PS, re Oula . . .
A quick Google search shows "Oula" to be a Finnish girls' name.
Edited to add: It also appears to be an Arabic girls' name.
A quick Google search shows "Oula" to be a Finnish girls' name.
Edited to add: It also appears to be an Arabic girls' name.
This message was edited 11/11/2004, 5:17 PM
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Finnish, but boys' name!
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Bother! :-D
The Oula in this link looked female . . . my mistake!
http://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/oseitson/
The Oula in this link looked female . . . my mistake!
http://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/oseitson/
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LOL
I checked his page and can't stop laughing at the picture :-D !
I checked his page and can't stop laughing at the picture :-D !
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LOL ... not if you follow it to the 'about me' page!! :)
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I know - the benefit of hindsight lol
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Ah, yes, that was it! Thanks :)
Is Oula pronounced like Toula?
Is Oula pronounced like Toula?
This message was edited 11/11/2004, 4:13 PM
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The -oula ending is common in Greek girls names. I've known a couple of girls names Stavroula and Chryssoula, for example.
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