Lately there has been some inquiry regarding the "F" in my nom de 'e. After some investigating we found the following
tidbits for readers tapas: (correspondence inquiry included, without permission of course.
+oh! just want to comment on the Dems making a fine showing in Boston, not withstanding the two guys outside the Fleet
Center dressed up in beach sandals named "Flip" and "Flop" greeting arrivals. Leave it to the Repos' crackerjack marketing
boys to make a Madison Avenue - worthy showing. They are so much better than the Dems at getting their message
across in a fun and playful way, aren't they? On to viewer mail...
Letter from "Gregory"::::-)
Her gloriousness,
My relief has not arrived, whereabouts unknown. My little '...Appleseed' and I are doing fine.I'll keep you up-dated.
PS What does the 'F' in KFDoyle stand for? Fabulous? Fine? Fantastic?...Finger lickin' good?...
Response from her *highness*:::-)
hello *greatness* Well, in answer to your question, my young reasearch team of etymological prodigies has put together
the following report, only rivaled by the thorough, if not untimely, 9-11 Commission bestseller, available at newsstands everywhere
for your nighttime reading pleasure (- that is if that Robert Waller novel proves too tedious for you.)
GREGORY m
Usage: English
Pronounced:
GREG-or-ee
From the Latin Gregorius, which was from the late Greek name Gregorios, which was derived
from gregoros meaning "watchful, alert". This was the name of several saints including three Fathers of the Church:
Saint Gregory Thaumaturgus (3rd century), Saint Gregory of Nyssa, and Saint Gregory of Nazianzus (both 4th century). This
was also the name of 16 popes, including Gregory I, who was known as Gregory the Great.
*My middle name: "f" is for - yes, finger lickin' good, fabulous, flamboyant, florid, famous, really *f*reakin' awesome,
or just plain...
FRANCES f
Usage: EnglishPronounced:
FRAN-sesFeminine form of
FRANCIS. Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini was an American social worker, the first American to be canonized.
*and my patron saint, Francis of Assisi, who wrote our favorite prayer, "Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace..."
whose meditation cave *her highness* visited in Italy and walked through the tiny monastary where he lived (see [t]uchmyblog
for a short epistle on the visit to Assisi..., not including litany on the previous drunken night in a vineyard on the outskirts
of town spent in a toxic coma with a pony-tailed German backpacker shanghied off the Firenze/Tuscanny express named...???
what was that?...)
FRANCIS m,f
Usage: English
Pronounced:
FRAN-sis
From the Late Latin name Franciscus which meant "Frenchman". Saint Francis of Assisi, the founder
of the Franciscan order of friars, was the son of a wealthy merchant who renounced his father's wealth and devoted his life
to the poor. Later in his life Francis apparently received the stigmata. Another saint of this name was Saint Francis Xavier,
a missionary to eastern Asia. Two other famous bearers were philosopher and scientist Francis Bacon, and explorer and admiral
Sir Francis Drake. This name is occasionally used for girls.
KELLY m,f
Usage: Irish, EnglishPronounced:
KEL-eeIt could be related to the first name
CEALLACH or the surname derived from it
Ó Ceallaigh. Alternatively, it might be related to a Pictish word meaning "wood" or
"holly". As a surname, this name has belonged to actor and dancer Gene Kelly and actress Grace Kelly.
CEALLACH m
Usage: Irish
Pronounced:
KEL-akh
Possibly derived either from Gaelic ceallach meaning "war, strife" or from a Gaelic word meaning
"bright-headed".
DOYLE m
Usage: Irish
From the Gaelic surname Ó Dubhghaill,
which means "descendent of Dubhghall". The name Dubhghall means "dark stranger" in Gaelic. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was
the author of the Sherlock Holmes mystery stories.
"Bankoski" was not listed in the database. I think you
made it up. What is the *greatman's* middle name? Perchance some christian derivitave of Polish descent?
Or a nod to your Lappish lineage, perchance, like "Strom" "Thor" "Jaakko" "Magnus" "Styg" "Tyko" or "Lalli"??
Apparently I am a dark, strange, french, pictish, bright-headed warring wooden social worker destined to become a saint
or mystery novel author. The jury is still out on the definition of "watchful, alert Thaumaturgus" pending discovery
of middle-name evidence.
much love, oh *great* one,
the fine ni' Dubhghall
