Does that mean I call you Emm or JessieD?emmline wrote:???????JessieD wrote: ??????
Seriously OT: Tal is not for all
As I am born in Fiji and this username is a nickname given to me by an indigenous Fijian woman whose village was next to my mother's village and who knew my mother, I think I am in a better position to know the meaning of it than someones incomplete distillation from google. Talasiga literally means dry land or dry country and refers to what is considered waste lands in the Western half of the Fiji Archipelago. These are beautiful grasslands, much of it rolling hills broken occasionally by rainforest in wet gullies. You can have correlate synonyms for it as you have provided but that does not demote the meaning I have provided.JessieD wrote:Actually talasiga means "sun-burnt land" not "dry grass country". So I dont know what I should call you!
My mothers's village was in such country and my love of landscape was born there and has served me well in Australia.
BTW the rainfall in the so-called "dry half " of Fiji is about 80 inches per annum!!
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talasiga wrote:As I am born in Fiji and this username is a nickname given to me by an indigenous Fijian woman whose village was next to my mother's village and who knew my mother, I think I am in a better position to know the meaning of it than someones incomplete distillation from google. Talasiga literally means dry land or dry country and refers to what is considered waste lands in the Western half of the Fiji Archipelago. These are beautiful grasslands, much of it rolling hills broken occasionally by rainforest in wet gullies. You can have correlate synonyms for it as you have suggested but that does not demote the meaning I have provided.JessieD wrote:Actually talasiga means "sun-burnt land" not "dry grass country". So I dont know what I should call you!
BTW the rainfall in the so-called "dry half " of Fiji is about 80 inches per annum!!
So when you refer to talasiga grasslands are you saying "dry grass country grasslands" or "dry country grasslands"?
Suckah's gots to know.
Izzy, lets face it, if you call me Tal I'll never look up to you again!izzarina wrote:Ok....well, what IF I am posting from the bath (which of course I do on a regular basis) and you happen to be posting whilst your wife is looking on, can I call you Tal then?talasiga wrote:If me and my wife ever visit and you're in the bath, you can call me Tal.izzarina wrote:Surely I have not been guilty of such an infraction. But if I have, I apologize heartily, and promise never to call you Tal again, unless you're not looking.
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Sweetie Honey Pie. I never used that tautology. See? You must of read it in one of them there websites written by some A merican. You know the sorts of A mericans that refer to "bansuri flutes"JessieD wrote:....
So when you refer to talasiga grasslands are you saying "dry grass country grasslands" or "dry country grasslands"?
Suckah's gots to know.
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Arbitrate his astalavista, aderyn_dudesteress!aderyn_du wrote:Fellow? I think not. You, sir, do not know me well enough to call me that!talasiga wrote: You are a very imaginative fellow.
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Sir? How dare do you call me that?aderyn_du wrote:Fellow? I think not. You, sir, do not know me well enough to call me that!talasiga wrote: You are a very imaginative fellow.
I am not a mere knight
I am the Prince of Delight !
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Thank you for clarifying, "shugah cheeks" (that's what we call talasigas here in Dixie!)talasiga wrote:Sweetie Honey Pie. I never used that tautology. See? You must of read it in one of them there websites written by some A merican. You know the sorts of A mericans that refer to "bansuri flutes"JessieD wrote:....
So when you refer to talasiga grasslands are you saying "dry grass country grasslands" or "dry country grasslands"?
Suckah's gots to know.
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SIGH!! Alright. Then can I call you Tally?talasiga wrote:Izzy, lets face it, if you call me Tal I'll never look up to you again!izzarina wrote:Ok....well, what IF I am posting from the bath (which of course I do on a regular basis) and you happen to be posting whilst your wife is looking on, can I call you Tal then?talasiga wrote: If me and my wife ever visit and you're in the bath, you can call me Tal.
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izzarina wrote:SIGH!! Alright. Then can I call you Tally?talasiga wrote:Izzy, lets face it, if you call me Tal I'll never look up to you again!izzarina wrote: Ok....well, what IF I am posting from the bath (which of course I do on a regular basis) and you happen to be posting whilst your wife is looking on, can I call you Tal then?
That's my bird's name. Well, it was Taliesin until we discovered eggs at the bottom of 'his' cage. We decided to name her Tally after that.
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talasiga wrote:You Sir! are a NEWBIE!Albanian in his 3rd post wrote:You sure can call me Al........
Just don't try to sell a flute or whistle in the next five minutes
and I won't ask you to leave my topic.
......whatever
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