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Re: [RC] Embarrassing moments in horse names - Maryanne Stroud GabbaniNames are always problematic. I remember a beloved English teacher in California who named her daughter Rana, a perfectly respectable Arabic name that means "frog" in Spanish and a good French friend in Alexandria whose children went to the French school with mine. His name was Yannick, pronounced Ya-neek, nice name, except that in Arabic it is the command form for the common verb to procreate. <G> He had one hell of a time for four years. Most of us called him Yan to save him the embarrassment. Here Moza is a cut of meat (part of the leg, but I'm vegetarian), a banana, and a very hot babe...take your pick. Who knows what it would be in Italian?Before naming anything here, I have to check with several multilingual friends or my daughter who will not just know the words but is sure to know all the rude ones. Maryanne Cairo On Sunday, Feb 15, 2004, at 05:37 Africa/Cairo, B. L. Kossowan wrote: ...Of course, when you post your horse's name on a Web site, there is always =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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