Apples and Bovines

well, i know someone with apples, but i'm nuts about roosters and ivy. no, my kitchen doesn't look like anything french country out of Better Homes and Gardens, but it would be neat if it did.

One of my former colleagues at the last high school I taught in (crosstown from the one I presently teach in) collects anything in "cow." Her last name is Irvine--and everyone, including herself--calls her "Mrs. Bovine." Hi, Wolf (canis lupus)!

hi mrchips! how strange! i knew a gal in grade school who loved horses. the funny thing about this gal was that her jaw made me think of a horse, especially when she opened it and laughed! i felt bad for thinking that about her, but a horse's mouth was unmistakeable in hers!!!

I've been called another part of the horse's anatomy once or twice!!! ;) Actually, Wordsworth was described as having an equine face--but what a poet he was--especially in his early years.

well, she definitely had an equine face (sounds much nicer, somehow, that way)...when she opened her mouth, all you saw were teeth and gums *laugh* hey, people probably say i look like a dog *heehee*

And I'm a new species of bear (ursa pacificus)

Yo, good doggie, here's a nice milk bone for ya! And the nice furry friend over there - a honey-dripping waffle! (John, it's actually raw fish looking like a waffle, so it's gonna be ok if you accept this token of appreciation!) Equine face - we call it (a bit rudely, but that's our -non-existent- charm) "Pferdegesicht", and the nominees are: Prinz Billie's (the english kid's) new step-ma (BTW, MA is the chinese word for horse... hehe) and the fourth or twentyeigth wife of our curent chancellor (not the HUGE guy, the new one, the easy-livin' weasel).

You mean the brilliant cellist is actually YO YO HORSE???!!!

Ma is a widely spread family name, as is Wang (king), or Li (plum). But these names don't have "meanings" for the chinese, they are just names. Same as nobody would immediately relate horseshoes to a Mr Smith, or wooden beams to John Carpenter...

something like that....

i would, isn't that how folks got their surnames? you know, like johnson, etc? it would be something like john the carpenter and it eventually became john carpenter....am i the only one who thinks curiously?

Exactly! Mine were needle-makers, who decided they needed to sell more so they decided to invent turning the ragged edge under and sewing it in place. Thus, hemming the garment. Check your flat sheets. The little tag says whatever the dimentions "before hemming."

Then there are the ones like my GreatGrandmother who was Mary Overton - her surname came from where her ancestors lived - like Ford (stream crossing), etc.

hmmmmm....gonna go check them sheets now *grin*

Let me know what you find!

Any male named "Johnson" had better be hung in equine proportions!

Ladies, are we into investigations? I am a researcherm but the only one I know is Dr Jerry and he teaches Psychology here. Not going there...not even a little!