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in reply to a message by Lily
I've never met a Tabitha, but I've known a couple of Talitha women who've all impressed me in different ways. Tabitha = Tabby = meow, unfortunately.
Talitha means Little Girl or Young Woman, and when Jesus raised the centurion's daughter he said to her "Talitha, kumi" which means "Young woman, get up". In the 19th century with the first wave of female emancipation, this was apparently used as a motto for lots of girls' schools, female colleges etc: they found it useful to have what looked like divine approbation so they could face down all the dominant males of their time!
I'm not an Aquinnah fan at all: that -h at the end really bugs me, and the double -nn-, and the whinnying sound ... Aquila and Talitha would be good, though!
Talitha means Little Girl or Young Woman, and when Jesus raised the centurion's daughter he said to her "Talitha, kumi" which means "Young woman, get up". In the 19th century with the first wave of female emancipation, this was apparently used as a motto for lots of girls' schools, female colleges etc: they found it useful to have what looked like divine approbation so they could face down all the dominant males of their time!
I'm not an Aquinnah fan at all: that -h at the end really bugs me, and the double -nn-, and the whinnying sound ... Aquila and Talitha would be good, though!
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