2025 JGP Ankara Women's Short Program

[Ichatdelune]

Yup and because these names are around for so long and in every christian country, they have many versions. Joshuah is Jozue in Polish and it isn't typical for male names to end with vowel.

You mean to end in 'a', right? E is also a vowel and all. (100% not being sarcastic, just trying to be clear) I am personally fascinated by those name variants and how some sounds are kept while others are changed, me being a writer+linguistics nerd+history buff has got me unhealthily obssessed with names. I personally find George one of the most fascinating names in that regard because 'g' can do funny things and that results in those variants starting with /g/(hard G, as in gift), /dʒ/ (English j sound), /ʒ/ (French j sound), and /j/ (English y sound) across the globe. Like isn't it fun that Jerzy (your language, Polish) and Georg (German) can sound so different but actually originate from the same name?

 

[elbkup]

I once had a thought experiment, what would a person ignorant of both the bible's existence and the English language say if they were presented the name Jeremiah and asked whether they thought the name felt more masculine or feminine? I of course know both so while I couldn't get an answer I did get thinking that the old Korean transcripton of Jeremiah, 예레미아 (read: yeh-reh-mi-ah) would probably get a response leaning feminine, that got me following a rabbit hole which ended in an idea for a future story but that's a whole different thing

My nephew’s given (birth certificate) name is Jeremy.. a form of Jeremiah but totally different imv. Masculine names that end in long “e” sound tend to sound feminine I think.
Both nephews growing up never considered gender when naming pets.. they had a male cat named Lois and a female dog named Freddie.. go figure

 

[Ichatdelune]

talking of the ice : Curling sheet drawn on the hockey ice... seems weird... never seen that.

I've actually seen some other rinks do that, mostly for those places that don't do much winter sports and thus have few rinks (making sharing necessary)

 

[4everchan]

You mean to end in 'a', right? E is also a vowel and all. (100% not being sarcastic, just trying to be clear) I am personally fascinated by those name variants and how some sounds are kept while others are changed, me being a writer+linguistics nerd+history buff has got me unhealthily obssessed with names, I personally find George one of the most fascinating names in that regard because 'g' can do funny things and that results in those variants starting with /g/(hard G, as in gift), /dʒ/ (English j sound), /ʒ) (French j sound), and /j/ (English y sound) across the globe. Like isn't it fun that Jerzy (your language, Polish) and Georg (German) can sound so different but actually originate from the same name?

and the Jorge in Spanish is pronounced miles apart from Georges in French... I always wondered why there was an S in French.

 

[4everchan]

My nephew’s given (birth certificate) name is Jeremy.. a form of Jeremiah but totally different imv. Masculine names that end in long “e” sound tend to sound feminine I think.
Both nephews growing up never considered gender when naming pets.. they had a male cat named Lois and a female dog named Freddie.. go figure

Frédérique, or Frederica are female names

 

[TallyT]

I forgot about Joshua (usually gets changed to Josh). Noah and Jeremiah are ah not a. There are plenty of names which end in ah. It is a which is rare for male English names.

Spelling, pronunciation and just about everything about even classic names in English often makes as much sense as general spelling... that is to say, visible with a microscope and heaping of 'well that's just the way it is!!!!!' And that is before their loving parents get k-k-kreative.....

 

[4everchan]

Gosh... i am finally getting sleepy. See you for pairs.

 

[bartlebooth]

You mean to end in 'a', right? E is also a vowel and all. (100% not being sarcastic, just trying to be clear) I am personally fascinated by those name variants and how some sounds are kept while others are changed, me being a writer+linguistics nerd+history buff has got me unhealthily obssessed with names. I personally find George one of the most fascinating names in that regard because 'g' can do funny things and that results in those variants starting with /g/(hard G, as in gift), /dʒ/ (English j sound), /ʒ/ (French j sound), and /j/ (English y sound) across the globe. Like isn't it fun that Jerzy (your language, Polish) and Georg (German) can sound so different but actually originate from the same name?

The Russian equivalent of George is Jurij! It looks and sounds very different!

 

[elbkup]

Frédérique, or Frederica are female names

So much better but it was definitely Freddie

 

[Ichatdelune]

and the Jorge in Spanish is pronounced miles apart from Georges in French... I always wondered why there was an S in French.

I forgot to mention the Spanish J... but then I was already nerding out long enough on a figure skating thread. Georges has that 's' because the original Greek form of the name Georgios and the etymology of the name (georgos) both have it, but then French did what French does and decided that the s will be silent

Frédérique, or Frederica are female names

I always got a hoot out of Camille being unisex in French, like 99% of the time you would get "it's feminine" but nope that's not how it goes in French

 

[Karoltyna]

I once had a thought experiment, what would a person ignorant of both the bible's existence and the English language say if they were presented the name Jeremiah and asked whether they thought the name felt more masculine or feminine? I of course know both so while I couldn't get an answer I did get thinking that the old Korean transcripton of Jeremiah, 예레미아 (read: yeh-reh-mi-ah) would probably get a response leaning feminine, that got me following a rabbit hole which ended in an idea for a future story but that's a whole different thing

Every time I read manhwas supposedly set in european-like setting, I'm amazed by the names. Maximillian for female lead, Darya for male lead (but this manhwa was overall quite shitty)... surnames are other topic, adding von or de to random peasant surname is hilarious. I'm huge fan of manhwa that took random names of polish cities and made them into noble names - Dark Prince Krakuff is something else.

 

[flanker]

The Russian equivalent of George is Jurij! It looks and sounds very different!

And in Czech it is Jiří.

 

[TallyT]

So much better but it was definitely Freddie

I have a niece called Georgie...

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Amanda is feminine but has “a man” in it which I have never been able to unsee tho I like the name as it belongs to one of my very best friends! Men in my family tend to call women by men’s names.. not sure where that came from!
Dad called my Mom “Mike” but her given name was “Mary “
My cousin calls his wife “Charlie” tho her name is “Milsa”

Just when you mention "a man" being in Amanda, did you ever hear the joke where Amanda Holden is constantly referred to as "A Man To Hold Onto"?

I can't actually remember who it was that did that.

By the way, I have a cousin called Amanda. Her ex-husband is called Leon and, when talking to other people, my Dad frequently referred to him as "Noel".

CaroLiza_fan

 

[Ichatdelune]

The Russian equivalent of George is Jurij! It looks and sounds very different!

My oh my, don't even get me started on the Russian versions of George, there's Jurij(or Yurii, the more common transcription in English), Georgiy, and Yegor!

 

[elektra blue]

Amanda is feminine but has “a man” in it which I have never been able to unsee tho I like the name as it belongs to one of my very best friends! Men in my family tend to call women by men’s names.. not sure where that came from!
Dad called my Mom “Mike” but her given name was “Mary “
My cousin calls his wife “Charlie” tho her name is “Milsa”

Amanda comes from the latin verb Amo, to love yeah...it's never a good idea to love a man too much

 

[cocteautwin]

My girl Shiqi in this group, good luck!

 

[elbkup]

The Russian equivalent of George is Jurij! It looks and sounds very different!

Both Dad and Grandfather were “George” (a family name before that too) so I am intrigued by its variants..

 

[Karoltyna]

You mean to end in 'a', right? E is also a vowel and all. (100% not being sarcastic, just trying to be clear) I am personally fascinated by those name variants and how some sounds are kept while others are changed, me being a writer+linguistics nerd+history buff has got me unhealthily obssessed with names. I personally find George one of the most fascinating names in that regard because 'g' can do funny things and that results in those variants starting with /g/(hard G, as in gift), /dʒ/ (English j sound), /ʒ/ (French j sound), and /j/ (English y sound) across the globe. Like isn't it fun that Jerzy (your language, Polish) and Georg (German) can sound so different but actually originate from the same name?

Both "a" and "e", but also "o" and "i", the only "common" vowel for male names is "y". My boy is Jerzy, yup, Jerzy and Georg come form the same name - Georgios. We call him Jurek. My dad was Marian - male version of Maria, we called him Maniek.

 

[TallyT]

Both Dad and Grandfather were “George” (a family name before that too) so I am intrigued by it variants..

My grandmother's name was Winnifred, definitely feminine but ending in that masculine 'fred'. (She was, by the way, Not Happy that none of her ganddaughters were bestowed with it. I'm just grateful.)