Grammar Geek  +  241984 Sun, 02 Jul 06 04:11 AM Flaxen, I know this is off topic, but wasn't Jimmy Stewart from Indiana, PA? Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,683 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	Jhumjhum  +  242416 Mon, 03 Jul 06 07:11 PM  Tearsofjoy wrote: My name is Sukhaloka. It was my great-grandmother's name, and sadly I have no clues as to its origin. There are no other Sukhalokas on this planet as far as I know - I tried Googling. "Sukhaloka" means "the light of happiness". My surname, Mukherjee, comes from Mukhopadhyay - the governors of a village called Mukhoti. Mukherjee, though, is as common a surname in Bengal as Sukhaloka is rare. Any other Sukhalokas... if you get to this site, please say hi to me. I'll be amazed and delighted! Cheers,  - Joy. Hi Tearsofjoy, Sukhaloka is really a rare name and it is very clear that it is a created name with sukh(happiness )+ alok(light)+a(a is added to make it feminine) and rather a bit odd to hear.It reminds me 'sukhi roti' and 'sukha chaol' Jhumjhum Joined on Thu, Mar 2 2006 Regular Member 609 It is easier to disintegrate an atom than one's prejudice-Albert Einstein

	Tearsofjoy  +  242432 Mon, 03 Jul 06 07:38 PM  Jhumjhum wrote: Sukhaloka is really a rare name and it is very clear that it is a created name with sukh(happiness )+ alok(light)+a(a is added to make it feminine) and rather a bit odd to hear.It reminds me 'sukhi roti' and 'sukha chaol' Yay! Jhumjhum got it! BTW, as you're a bengali, pronounce it "Shukhaloka" . And I still get teased and called "Shukiye gechhe lekha" (the writing has dried up ). Can't make sense of that.. Tearsofjoy Joined on Mon, Sep 19 2005 India Contributing Member 1,324 God help you if you are a phoenix And you dare to rise up from the ash A thousand eyes will smolder with jealousy While you are just flying past - Ani DiFranco (32 Flavours)

	Dj Bueno  +  242435 Mon, 03 Jul 06 07:48 PM  Brendan1986 wrote: My name is Brendan which is very rare around here. It's Irish, but the only irish I have is on my dad's side and it is far down the line. I have a cousin named Nello, and my nickname is Ruhe which is German for peace and silence I think. I was an A.D.D kid lol. Brendan? Remember me? MSN chats? btw Joy, you're offline almost everytime... Dj Bueno Joined on Mon, Jul 18 2005 Senior Member 2,087 Gulyabani vardır, korkacak bir şey yoktur.

	Jhumjhum  +  242576 Tue, 04 Jul 06 11:31 AM  Tearsofjoy wrote:  Jhumjhum wrote: Sukhaloka is really a rare name and it is very clear that it is a created name with sukh(happiness )+ alok(light)+a(a is added to make it feminine) and rather a bit odd to hear.It reminds me 'sukhi roti' and 'sukha chaol' Yay! Jhumjhum got it! BTW, as you're a bengali, pronounce it "Shukhaloka" . And I still get teased and called "Shukiye gechhe lekha" (the writing has dried up ). Can't make sense of that.. I can't blame those who call you "Sukhiye gechhe lekha" because your name reminds dryness more than it reminds happiness. Jhumjhum

	GoldenGal_42  +  264735 Sat, 09 Sep 06 09:49 PM My first name isn't odd (Claire) but my surname is quite unusual. Newens. Very few people can spell it correctly the first time round so I have the habit of (when they ask me my name) spelling it out everytime. Two girls I know have odd names. Kajal (kar-jewel), that means "eye-liner". and, Chhaya, that means "shadow". Then everyone else has the usual sort of names (Anna, Laura, Lucy, Hannah, Sarah, Amy, Ashley, Tom, Sam, Adam, Alex (x3), etcetera... No offence to anyone with those names... They're just common names) .:Roxie:. GoldenGal_42 Joined on Sat, Sep 9 2006 England New Member 03 You are not an unique snowflake; you are the same decaying organic matter as everyone else. ~~~ Be optimistic. All the people you hate now will eventually die. Spelling

	Tearsofjoy  +  264740 Sat, 09 Sep 06 09:54 PM  GoldenGal_42 wrote: Two girls I know have odd names. Kajal (kar-jewel), that means "eye-liner". and, Chhaya, that means "shadow". Hey, those are Indian names. And pretty common Indian names at that! Are these girls Indian? Tearsofjoy