#Family names

[helenstudies]

Fun Fact: Burmese people (typically) don't have a family name! Some people who do have a family name don't have "a Name that all the family uses" but instead have their father's name attached to their name. E.g. If you're Susan and your father's name is Bob, your full name would be Susanbob.

Another Fun Fact: Burmese people's names typically have multiple words. My Burmese name for example, has 3 words. Some people have only 1. Three is the norm. Some parents really go overboard and give their children seven words. But they're all one name. I can tell you my full name and you can look it up on the internet but you still won't be able to find me. Because if my name is common, there are thousands of people with the same name (and no surnames). You need to know other facts about me to actually look me up.

Another Another fun fact: the world doesn't seem to realize this kind of naming culture so every time I have to fill forms online, I have to BUTCHER MY OWN NAME AND HOPE THEY DON'T SWITCH AROUND THE PLACES. I have to go "god, I hope they don't do a stupid thing like putting the family name first because then it wouldn't be my name anymore."

You know how Anglophones make fun of people with "three first names"? Yeah. Very similar to that. If John Brian James is my name, I have to put "James" in the place of "family name" and hope they don't switch it to "James, John Brian" like they do to Chinese, Korean, Japanese names.

This happens every time I have to fill forms online. Every time.

[fulcrum-art-fox]

I do adore the way they gave the twins full government names that literally no one ever uses. Iconic move. Mae-ho Aniseya. Verosha Aniseya. Power names that absolutely zero people call them in the entirety of the series that isn’t their mother in the middle of a big important once in a lifetime ceremony

[wonderful-prompts]

Prompt #1224

“You kept the name and the curse all on your own,” they said, eyes cold. “If you wanted me to break it, you should have asked me before I claimed another.”

[captain-lessship]

Dark and Cold Pt.1

People breathed in the chilling air as you grew closer. As they heard the clanging and ricketing of your carriage, Fear filled their lungs as the small ice crystals that followed you everywhere also stabbed in their breaths. Your entire family had a… cold hearted reputation.

After you stepped from the carriage, the clacking of your boots on the stone caused people to scurry off like rats. You walked to a bar and walked in, the room falling quiet. 

You watched them whisper through your snow covered eyelashes. You softly smiled, “Good evening everyone, are we all well?”

A few people responded, you grinned as you walked to the bar and sat at one of the stools, “May I please have a warmed ale with tad lemon?” You asked the bartender politely.

“Of course, Lady Eismantel. Of course.” 

You pulled a few coins from your pocket, “Thank you so much.” You sat them and scooted them to exchange for the warm drink. “It’s a rather chilly night, even for my taste.” 

The bartender lightly laughed, “It must be freezing then.” 

You nodded as you drank the ale, “Do you know how much longer I have til the edge of the fold? I am supposed to be there this time tomorrow.”

“I’d say about five hours in horse back. That’s the only way we travel, miss.”

You nodded, “I see. Well, I am traveling by carriage so I will say about seven, accounting for potential problems.” 

You finished the ale, sitting the mug down. “That was lovely. I will be leaving now.” You stood, white cloak falling behind you. 

As you left the bar, you began thinking about how you’d been invited to observe a new form of Fold travel. As a Lady of the Eismantel family, you were extremely interested in it as your family grew to respect and prestige by trading and trading over the Fold was an important thing to watch and hopefully adopt. You also were heavily interested in a special someone who was also going to be there: General Kirigan.

You watch from your carriage as the land goes by, a comfortable small smile falling on to your face as you thought about him. Most soon to be wives thought of their soon to be husbands like this or as you were told. 

Of course, you’ll only be married if this is any form of success but you were so adamant in your belief that it would that you had already started making the traditional schal der liebe that women in your family had made for their lovers for centuries. 

It was a long scarf of delicate material and protective symbols were hand embroidered with threads that had the wife’s hair woven in. It was said to protect the wearer from disease and misery. You knew that he’d love it as you had discussed it with him from when your betrothal had been announced three years ago. 

You were rather irritated at first like any normal person would be but in those years, he’d grown to be very special to you. You smiled widely as you pulled the navy blue thread through the shimmering grey fabric, thinking of him wearing it. 

By the time you had arrived at the camp where he was going to be, your hands had been pricked by the needle and your fingers were sore from all the layers of embroidery you’d done. You swore to make it the most luxurious one in your family history. You gently put it into a lockable box in your carriage before waiting for the door to open. 

As you stepped out, you looked around the camp, noticing people staring at you. You carefully took off your heavy carriage cloak as to not drag it through the mud that covered the ground. Then you heard it, his voice.

“It’s wonderful to see you.” It floated in the air.  You turned to face him. Eyes immediately locking.

“It’s wonderful to see you as well.” he raised his arm for you to loop yours into. You smiled as you did so. 

“Was your trip safe? Any trouble?”

“No, it was rather comfortable and easy. I enjoyed it. It’s nice to see the country side ever so often, good for the soul.”

He looked at you, “I am sure you’ll want to settle in and maybe change, then I will walk you through a tour of the camp and show you what you’ve undoubtedly came to see.”

A soft smile remained on your face, “Well I already saw what I personally came for but I do have other business. Is it really going to increase the safety of fold travel?”

“That’s the goal. We’ve designed it by send other single ships in and pulling them back out, looking at what seems to withstand the storms and encounters within the fold.” 

You and him talked back and forth about it until he brought you to a tent set up to the left of his.

“This is where you’ll be staying, I will ask that your things be brought to you.”

“Thank you,” you said, releasing yourself from his arm and walking to the folded open door, “I will be seeing you.” You swished your hand, making a few snowflakes appear from your finger tips and float around him. He smiled at you before turning and walking away. 

Kirigan walked as the snowflakes slowly melted behind him. His smile dropped as to not cause suspicion as he walked to study the map of the other side and discuss the best place to enter the fold.

He needed this to work for so many reasons. One of the ones high on the list being you.

He loved you so much and to think that this was one of the things that stood away in forever made him angry and he needed to make it to where there we be no chance of losing you.

[fieriframes]

[And then this nice crunchy bread with the tomato sauce that you make yourself but romans often took family names from agriculture, Cato.]

[incognitopolls]

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[blackbatest]

my most controversial batman opinion to date

[sanjiaftersex]

Honestly, no one is doing it like Vinsmoke Sanji. He's royalty. He's homeless. He's a convicted criminal. He is a damsel in distress. He's a knight in shining armor. He takes down the Government at 10 am then makes a Bouchée à la reine from scratch at 11. He has the empathy of a buddhist monk in the Himalayas. He will beat up a 90 year old. He has never given a fuck, he cant sleep at night cz of how much he cares. He is a ballerina. He sets his legs on fire. He is a slut. He is a virgin. He is a feminist He is a pervert. He's a fashion icon. He wears Alexander McQueen suits to the beach. He has never known happiness. God has personal beef with him.

[liquidstar]

Yes, Greece still exists, we didn't all die 2000 years ago. Yes, people speak Greek. You people are so fucking stupid for real. So many of you claim to love ancient shit but can't even acknowledge the actual living culture of the people whose mythology and classics you romanticize. You keep leaving annoying comments about how you just forget Greek people still exist, thinking you're being quirky because you love ancient stuff soooo much that you forgot about the people it came from. You think about it so little you don't even realize that an actual Greek person has to read this shit, making it clear how little you actually care about the culture beyond the romanticized (and westernized) mythology. Don't claim you love Greece, don't use our mythology anymore if you can't acknowledge that we're still around without making it about how little you think about us. It's mind boggling that you'd think a Greek person would read this and think you're anything but obnoxious. Explode.

[stargirl230]

thanks for the light

I was just trying to figure out how procreate works but then the op brainworms got to me and 35 hours later here we are! can you tell I miss home-cooked meals :')

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[chloeworships]

The Williams Sisters 👯‍♀️😍

I was also shown the last name “Olsen”

A few weeks back.

I say the Williams sisters because the LORD showed me a vision of the goddess Venus on a shell 🐚 in the water reaching out to me with her cellphone 📱 to put in my number 😂 At first I thought it was Naomi Campbell because when I looked at her, the LORD said Trailblazer.

Plus we received the name Williams in the Family prophetic word.

🏷️ the artists and photographers 📸

[chalilodimun]

I have seen the sweetest thing at work today. So there are these two men and their two children. They have two different family names, but then I saw in the children passports that they had both the names in one, and it made for a really cute family name. The first 3 letters of one father and the last 2 letters of the other one. That's such a sweet alternative to hyphening the names.

[chloesimaginationthings]

William Afton has top tier FNAF parenting skills

[1alchemistart]

dont got much to offer for The Holiday but have these sillies!

happy valentines day :D