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I posted earlier about a name change, and I was thinking of Toby, what do you all think?
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Lindsay
Why not ask the Anagram Duo (or Trio, or Quartet) to anagram your first and middle names? It won't change the basic *power* infused in it, but it might be uniquely yours.
Another thing you could try is to translate what your name means into a different language. I'm currently working on Russian, Greek (PriaposLovs? Mind checking me after I work on it?), and Navajo. Yours doesn't have to be so esoteric, but it might work out. If you want, I could try getting yours in Gaelic, but it's up to you.
Phyllis
Why not ask the Anagram Duo (or Trio, or Quartet) to anagram your first and middle names? It won't change the basic *power* infused in it, but it might be uniquely yours.
Another thing you could try is to translate what your name means into a different language. I'm currently working on Russian, Greek (PriaposLovs? Mind checking me after I work on it?), and Navajo. Yours doesn't have to be so esoteric, but it might work out. If you want, I could try getting yours in Gaelic, but it's up to you.
Phyllis
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Hi, Phyllis! This half of The Amazing Anagram Dynamic Duo did try anagramming part of Lindsay's first name (Will) and his middle name (Lindsay) the first time he posted, but I guess he wasn't too keen on the resulting name of "Willis Dylan" or "Dylan Willis".
And then Daividh (who was frightened by Gary Coleman at an impressionable age) placed his Stamp of Disappoval on the name "Willis". :)
(I'm not even going to comment on Daividh's fondness for the name "Dexter", with all its Pointdexter associations that most of us may remember from our school days... But I *am* laffin'! :D )
I like your idea of trying out different translations of the name in various languages. Go for it! :)
-- Nanaea
And then Daividh (who was frightened by Gary Coleman at an impressionable age) placed his Stamp of Disappoval on the name "Willis". :)
(I'm not even going to comment on Daividh's fondness for the name "Dexter", with all its Pointdexter associations that most of us may remember from our school days... But I *am* laffin'! :D )
I like your idea of trying out different translations of the name in various languages. Go for it! :)
-- Nanaea
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Nanaea
Consider me (perhaps others) on the case. Why not help by translating it into Esperanto? :D
Phyllis
Consider me (perhaps others) on the case. Why not help by translating it into Esperanto? :D
Phyllis
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Gawd help me, but I still like "Django".
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"Toby" is a dog's name.
-- Nanaea
-- Nanaea
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Eh..."Buddy" is a dog's name; so is "MacKenzie" (Westie or Scotty). But I've always thought of "Toby" as a parakeet's name.
My token non-Celtic French grandmother's parakeet, to be exact. A presumed male until the day it laid a small greenish egg. Then that formidable lady redubbed it "Debby", but unwilling to part with her first name choice, always referred to it as "Toby-Debby"...in a very thick Norman accent. Weird.
My token non-Celtic French grandmother's parakeet, to be exact. A presumed male until the day it laid a small greenish egg. Then that formidable lady redubbed it "Debby", but unwilling to part with her first name choice, always referred to it as "Toby-Debby"...in a very thick Norman accent. Weird.
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"Eh..."Buddy" is a dog's name; so is "MacKenzie" (Westie or Scotty). But I've always thought of "Toby" as a parakeet's name."
@@@@ Somehow, I just can't imagine the legendary Sherlock Holmes making use of a canine sleuth named "Buddy", as he did with Toby in "The Sign of Four". Just picturing Mr. Holmes calling "Buddy! Here, Buddy!" makes me cringe. "MacKenzie", maybe.
"My token non-Celtic French grandmother's parakeet, to be exact. A presumed male until the day it laid a small greenish egg."
@@@@ Are you sure that was an egg? I mean, it could've been a huge, greenish kidney stone that bird passed. I'll bet his temperament improved after that, too.
"Then that formidable lady redubbed it "Debby", but unwilling to part with her first name choice, always referred to it as "Toby-Debby"...in a very thick Norman accent. Weird."
@@@@ Having just passed a massive kidney stone and now being subjected to the indignity of being called "Toby-Debby", I'm surprised that poor bird didn't take up budgie-jumping to relieve his stress.
I've seen crazed parakeets do that, you know. With their beaks, they manage to tie bits of string to their tiny feet and to their perches. Then they leap off their perches and, with wings held tightly against their tiny bodies, plummet headfirst to the floor. Budgie-jumping is a growing phenomenon observed of late among parakeet owners. I think there have even been a few fatalities associated with it, but one doesn't hear of those really. Is Toby-Debby still alive? Ask you aunt if she found him one morning, stone-cold dead and flattened on the floor like a budgie-latke, with some broken string mysteriously tied to his tiny feet. I wouldn't be surprised, coz parakeets are all crazy with that budgie-jumping thing of theirs.
-- Nanaea
@@@@ Somehow, I just can't imagine the legendary Sherlock Holmes making use of a canine sleuth named "Buddy", as he did with Toby in "The Sign of Four". Just picturing Mr. Holmes calling "Buddy! Here, Buddy!" makes me cringe. "MacKenzie", maybe.
"My token non-Celtic French grandmother's parakeet, to be exact. A presumed male until the day it laid a small greenish egg."
@@@@ Are you sure that was an egg? I mean, it could've been a huge, greenish kidney stone that bird passed. I'll bet his temperament improved after that, too.
"Then that formidable lady redubbed it "Debby", but unwilling to part with her first name choice, always referred to it as "Toby-Debby"...in a very thick Norman accent. Weird."
@@@@ Having just passed a massive kidney stone and now being subjected to the indignity of being called "Toby-Debby", I'm surprised that poor bird didn't take up budgie-jumping to relieve his stress.
I've seen crazed parakeets do that, you know. With their beaks, they manage to tie bits of string to their tiny feet and to their perches. Then they leap off their perches and, with wings held tightly against their tiny bodies, plummet headfirst to the floor. Budgie-jumping is a growing phenomenon observed of late among parakeet owners. I think there have even been a few fatalities associated with it, but one doesn't hear of those really. Is Toby-Debby still alive? Ask you aunt if she found him one morning, stone-cold dead and flattened on the floor like a budgie-latke, with some broken string mysteriously tied to his tiny feet. I wouldn't be surprised, coz parakeets are all crazy with that budgie-jumping thing of theirs.
-- Nanaea
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"Bungee-Jumping Toby":
Enjoy, but bump in egg;
Bonnie but jumpy egg;
Pet enjoying bum bug.
Enjoy, but bump in egg;
Bonnie but jumpy egg;
Pet enjoying bum bug.
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I like the name, because it's a little goofy. It has character.
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