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'Tis Latin for "lyre" (m)
by Miranda (Randee15)
3/12/2005, 12:34 PM
in reply to a message by Siri
A lyre being a musical instrument. And here's what the handy-dandy dictionary has to say about "lyre"'s etymology:Middle English lire, from Old French, from Latin lyra, from Greek lura.
Miranda
"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of diseased mind" -- Terry Pratchett!!!!!!!!!! ← Maud, John, Alice, Peter, Emma, Edith, Lewis, Henry, Isabel, and Joseph
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- Siri (guest)   +9
3/12/2005, 1:57 PM
So they're naming her after a musical instrument.I'm half tempted to tell them....but then they'd decide to NOT use it, and they'd be back at the drawing board.I think I'll keep my mouth shut. Siri
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- Anneza (guest)   +1
3/14/2005, 4:11 AM
They could do worse. On Babycenter recently there was a couple seriously considering naming their daughter Amanda Lynn. Which, as some respondents pointed out, is also a kitchen slicing tool ...
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- Miranda (Randee15)
3/14/2005, 1:26 PM
It's also a musical instrumentOnly in that case it's spelled "mandolin". I got introduced to the instrument as a young kid in the hospital by a Golden Book retelling of "Rapunzel", wherein Rapunzel played the mandolin while getting her hair brushed by her foster-mother (better known as the witch).Pictures of mandolins: http://snipurl.com/df8t.
Miranda
"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of diseased mind" -- Terry Pratchett!!!!!!!!!! ← Maud, John, Alice, Peter, Emma, Edith, Lewis, Henry, Isabel, and Joseph
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- crazygal (guest)   +2
3/13/2005, 5:16 AM
yes, the name Lyra does originate from lyre but there is also a constellation of stars called Lyra so perhaps you could tell them that instead!
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- Miranda (Randee15)   +1
3/13/2005, 12:44 PM
... Didn't you read Siri's original post?
Miranda
"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of diseased mind" -- Terry Pratchett!!!!!!!!!! ← Maud, John, Alice, Peter, Emma, Edith, Lewis, Henry, Isabel, and Joseph
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- crazygal
3/18/2005, 3:33 AM
Lol, oops I didn't sorry!
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- Miranda (Randee15)   +3
3/12/2005, 2:40 PM
Lol. Hm, you might be interested...In these. They're pictures of lyres, just so you know what the heck kind of instrument a lyre actually is: http://snipurl.com/de3k.I love Google! :-D
Miranda
"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of diseased mind" -- Terry Pratchett!!!!!!!!!! ← Maud, John, Alice, Peter, Emma, Edith, Lewis, Henry, Isabel, and Joseph
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- Lauren B (guest)   +2
3/13/2005, 1:54 AM
Lyra is also the main character in the His Dark Materials trilogy, by Philip Pullman.
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- Siri (guest)
3/14/2005, 10:04 AM
That's what she's being named after.Each of their kids is named from a book. Siri
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- Anneza (guest)
3/13/2005, 10:37 PM
And when she meets Will, who's from our (version of the) world, he confuses her name with Laura and Lara. Another of the penalties of over-originality ...
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