[PBEM] Jungle Jumble

[aebbeka]

My main problem is neglecting cottages, but I'm much better now. I might do better now if we start a new game.

to Krazy

[KrazyE]

Sent to Lumpkin.....hopefully........

[Lumpkin]

wow, a "run through of each city" every turn and aebekka's the lazy one!? And I thought I was reasonably micro-managey

speaking of aebekka... my girlfriend just asked how to spell "Ebekka" because she likes the sound of it and wants to use for a character in the novel she's writing!

sent to sabre

[KrazyE]

nice, Can I be in it too?

[sabrewolf]

1525ad to aebbeka

[sabrewolf]

Originally posted by Lumpkin
speaking of aebekka... my girlfriend just asked how to spell "Ebekka" because she likes the sound of it and wants to use for a character in the novel she's writing!

wow, and this character's wife's name is rebecca, written in the original version:

Rebekka Ebekka

that'd be interesting

[aebbeka]

It's two b's and one k, Ebbeka. Pronounced Eb-bih-ka. The old German spelling is Ebbecke, pronounced Eb-be-key.

to Krazy

[sabrewolf]

german pronunciation would be without the 'y' in the end. so the 'ke' more like in 'kenia' (not 'keynia').

a road close to where i grew up was named after a mister "Abegg" (the 'g' are harder, less vocal and closer to 'k's in this case (zurich-alamannic german). considering that Ebbecke is quite common in southern germany, this is quite possibly related

[KrazyE]

I took german in high school.
Ich spriche ein biscen (sp) Deutsch.

[Lumpkin]

Since we're on the subject of our German surnames, is it true that mine, Holzapfel, sounds like a funny child's insult, in Swiss-German? I mean I know it means woodapple or crabapple, but a Swiss-German once told me that this had a similar sense to "wooden head" or "silly billy" and cracked up whenever she heard it!

sent to sabre

[sabrewolf]

i have never heard it as an insult... "holzkopf" exists (wooden-head), but your name i don't think so.

but then again... maybe it was used 40 years ago on playgrounds. kids nowadays certainly have a different vocabulary than we had 20 years ago...

[aebbeka]

Ebbecke was pronouced that way by midwestern hicks who still went by the old spelling.

[KrazyE]

My Last name is Norwegian, Arneson.
Nothing really exciting. Arne's Son....

[sabrewolf]

ah, du er fra norge? jeg snakker liten norsk

[KrazyE]

I speak German...not Norwegian. I wouldn't mind learning...
I'm actually half German and Half Norwegian.