Who would've thought...

...that there were so many ways to say it.

Today I was looking for the meaning of names, very interesting stuff, specially because I love linguistics (if next year I'm able to take an MA I'll do it on linguistics). For some reason the most popular name for girls in the States now is:

Emily

The girl's name Emily \e-mi-ly\ is pronounced EM-i-ee. It is of Latin origin, and its meaning is "industrious, striving".
Emily has 5 variant forms: Amelia, Emelia, Emilee, Emilia and Emilie.
Baby names that sound like Emily are Amaly, Amilya and Amil.
Interesting, isn't it? and it gets even better. The most popular name for boys is:

Jacob

The boy's name Jacob \j(a)-cob\ is pronounced JAY-kub. It is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "he who supplants". Biblical: the son of Isaac and Rebekah and twin brother of Esau. Jacob fathered 12 sons and a daughter, who became the ancestors of the nation of Israel, the name Jacob himself received after wrestling with an angel. Jacobo is a Spanish form; Yakov (YAH-kav) is Russian. Senator Jacob Javits; actor Jake Gyllenhall.

I think there could be a whole fantastic analysis of what this represents in social and cultural terms...and well so many other things. Ah...I think my brain is waking up away, darn him, I asked him to sleep a lot this summer!

My name on the other hand it is of English origin, and its meaning is "lovable". Short form of Amabel (Latin) "lovable". It has 13 variant forms: Amabel, Amable, Amaybel, Amaybelle, Amayble, Mab, Mabelle, Mable, Maible, Maybel, Maybell, Maybelle and Mayble.

Man and I used to be so sad that my name was so short that I couldn't have any pet names, and there were so many ways to say it!!! :lol:

In other news: I'M GOING TO VINA!!!, Dani bought the tickets so I'm going to Vina's festival, and not to any of the recitals...I'll be there on the opening night! Waaaahh!!! and yesterday I talked to Jose and she said that after her sister gets better we'll go to her apartment again! WAAAAAAAHH!!! and I talked to my mom today and she said that on the 31st we'll go buy the things we need and we'll go on holidays!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!

So many wonderful things...and as I said, it doesn't matter if one of them or all of them fail. The idea of having something to look forward in the future is exciting already!!!! ^____________________^ ::smiles in glee::

Oh, and CO$ is going down on February the 12th. Go anonymous!! I would help the cause If I could and just for the LULZ of it.