Your Name In The Language Of Your People

[killcheese]

kiyiayo. it means bear in blackfeet. That is my indian name.

 

[theklng]

my surname is most likely artificially created. i cannot find any etymology describing anything about the word or name itself. there are only about 20 individuals in all known registries of the world using this name as either a surname or a name; and for that reason alone i cannot reveal it.

 

[hippykiller]

"Tim Meyer"

or, as we Americans say,
"Tim Meyer"

too hard with Americans I guess..since we're a damn mixing pot.

Yeah I know, I'm american so my name is said in english anyway. My people if you go by my name is Irish so its the same as english.

your name in in Irish is "Aonas"

Really?

I thought the Irish spoke English, what do they speak then?

the Irish speak English becuase when the British ruled over the whole of the island there was a law stating that speaking Gaelic was illegal (to help stop uprisings against the empire) and if you were heard speaking you could be imprisoned,Flogged,killed. and this went on for about 600 hundred years. so its just now recently that Ireland has gone back to speaking the old language. known as "Gaelic"

Slight correction there mate.

1. The only people among whom it's known as "Gaelic" are ignorant Americans. In Ireland, we call it "Irish", or "Gaeilge" which is the Irish word for Irish. Gaelic is a dead language from which is derived Irish, Welsh, Scots Gaelic, and whatever the hell it is they speak on the isle of man. Calling Irish Gaelic is as incorrect as calling Italian Latin, and it pisses people off about as much.

2. While Ireland was conquered by England a lot, the time that they got heavily oppressed was when they were invaded by Cromwell in 1649. That being 360 years ago. So I don't know where the fuck you're getting 600 years especially as I've never heard of a law making the speaking of Irish illegal. Teaching it, yes (though that happened in the 18th century[before that Irish natives weren't allowed to be taught at all]), speaking it, now. It was, however made not the language of government and commerce, which is what ACTUALLY caused it to die off. That and most of the population starving to death during the famine.

3. Irish is the primary language for 4% of the population. They live in small sections of the country where it's the primary language. of the remaining 96%, the majority have bugger all Irish, just what they learned when they were forced to learn it for 12 years of school, and subsequently (for the most part) forgot. Although I will say that it is on the rise, and is no longer a terminally ill language.



Apologies about going of on a rant, people having their facts so blatantly wrong pisses me off.

no no don't apologize. i respect you for straitening me up. I do apologize to you for getting my history wrong.

 

[hippykiller]

"Tim Meyer"

or, as we Americans say,
"Tim Meyer"

too hard with Americans I guess..since we're a damn mixing pot.

Yeah I know, I'm american so my name is said in english anyway. My people if you go by my name is Irish so its the same as english.

your name in in Irish is "Aonas"

Really?

I thought the Irish spoke English, what do they speak then?

the Irish speak English becuase when the British ruled over the whole of the island there was a law stating that speaking Gaelic was illegal (to help stop uprisings against the empire) and if you were heard speaking you could be imprisoned,Flogged,killed. and this went on for about 600 hundred years. so its just now recently that Ireland has gone back to speaking the old language. known as "Gaelic"

Well we learn something new everyday... thank you for informing me.

anytime. Bealtaine an gaoth cad é atá tú a dhéanamh chuig cúl.

An bhfuil cead agam go dtí an leitheras?

sibh go líon damháin ionad ar dhóigh éigin ceart? hehehe

Dún an doras, mais é do thoil é!

Dún an doras? cad sibh sprionlaithe an banda?

 

[Manhattan2112]

My name is KC Phillips, but in Armenian it's... still KC Phillips... you can't really translate KC...

 

[iron codpiece]

Warren has no Ponca translation we never gave people names that weren't literal (which are now used for surnames)

Plentywounds would be aN'neA'se I'm not sure how to transcribe the sounds. My grasp on the language is pretty poor.

 

[thepj]

well my name is greek so: Παύλος

in other languages: Bulgarian: Павел

Lithuanian: Paulius

Hungarian: Pál

Belarusian: Поле

Croation: Pavle

Serbian: Павле

Finnish: Paavalin

Persain: پل

Polish: Pawła

Romanian: Pavel

Swahili: Paulo

Turkish: Paulus

Yiddish: פאול

cookie for guessing my name without looking at my profile

quite a rap sheet you got there eh?

i'm internationaly known and localy respected... (mega cookie to anyone who can compleate that)

 

[Cookiegerard]

In Irish, my name is Gearoid

 

[Woodsey]

Well, in English it's Ethan Woods.

In English, it's Ethan Woods.

 

[zerzxes]

Well in Norwegian my name is Torstein and it is originally from Norway... But it would sound extremely stupid in English. It translates into Thorstone..

 

[hippykiller]

well my name is greek so: Παύλος

in other languages: Bulgarian: Павел

Lithuanian: Paulius

Hungarian: Pál

Belarusian: Поле

Croation: Pavle

Serbian: Павле

Finnish: Paavalin

Persain: پل

Polish: Pawła

Romanian: Pavel

Swahili: Paulo

Turkish: Paulus

Yiddish: פאול

cookie for guessing my name without looking at my profile

quite a rap sheet you got there eh?

i'm internationaly know and localy respected... (mega cookie to anyone who can compleate that)

i haven't got a clue.

 

[Hexadecimal]

مريم

It's literally just the Arabic version of Mary.

 

[AvsJoe]

My name is Joseph.
In my mother tongue, my name is Joseph.
I can't seem to find a Maltese translator that'll translate my name, but I think it'll be Guiseppe or some variation.

 

[WhackySacky]

Graham Gallgan
In irish its Graham O'Galligan

 

[Yoshi-Pop]

I'm American honey. Our names don't mean shit.