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PriaposLov,
Thanks so much, that's the way I was hoping it was pronounced! I don't actually know anyone with that name just yet, but I have searching for the perfect name for my unborn daughter and Thais really caught my eye. My grandmother was Greek, so it works beautifully.
Thanks again,
Delilah
Thanks so much, that's the way I was hoping it was pronounced! I don't actually know anyone with that name just yet, but I have searching for the perfect name for my unborn daughter and Thais really caught my eye. My grandmother was Greek, so it works beautifully.
Thanks again,
Delilah
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Umm, in my 365-day tearoff calendar of "Forgotten English Words" (like "etiquette", presumably), I saw a little sidebar today that said that Saint Thais was a patron of loose women. Nothing negative mentioned about her own virtue, tho, so I trust it won't spoil the name for you.
(Actually, before his marriage, Mr. Lovs was allegedly a patron of loose women as well. Alas, they no longer take drachmas.)
(Actually, before his marriage, Mr. Lovs was allegedly a patron of loose women as well. Alas, they no longer take drachmas.)
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Thais' transition to sainthood is indeed embedded in anagrames!!! The sinner Thais ("a shit") lived a life of sexual deviance in Egypt. She was saved from the gutter, converted, and incarcerated in a nunnery cell by Paphnutius ("Punish Puta"). Eventually Thais turned her back to everything evil, and became Saint Thais (" I shit Satan!"). Saint Thais is represented burning her treasures and ornaments, or praying in a cell and displaying a scroll with the words: "Thou who didst create me have mercy on me" ("Achievement: Mastered touchy whoredom").
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You're very welcome :) Visit the old country some time.
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