I have needed to explain quite often that the way to pronounce Thwaits is like "waits" with the letter T in front. Even Shule has been confused by teachers pronouncing it with a "th" sound, leading him to do the same. So I started thinking of ways that Thwaits would work in place of "waits". Here were a couple of ideas, the blog names are in bold:
This has two options, of which, I like the latter best, but it is not as recognizable as the first. "Time and tide (Th)wait for no man. A pompous and self-satisfied proverb, and was true for a billion years; but in our day of electric wires and water-ballast we turn it around: Man (Th)waits not for time nor tide." -Mark Twain
Go Where Glory (Th)waits thee
Go where glory waits thee,
But, while fame elates thee,
Oh! still remember me.
When the praise thou meetest,
To thine ear is sweetest,
Oh! then remember me.
Other arms may press thee,
Dearer friends caress thee,
All the joys that bless thee,
Sweeter far may be;
But when friends are nearest,
And when joys are dearest,
Oh! then remember me!
When, at eve, thou rovest
By the star thou lovest,
Oh! then remember me.
Think, when home returning,
Bright we 've seen it burning,
Oh! thus remember me.
Oft as summer closes,
When thine eye reposes
On its ling'ring roses,
Once so lov'd by thee,
Think of her who wove them,
Her who made thee love them,
Oh! then remember me!
When, around thee dying,
Autumn leaves are lying,
Oh! then remember me.
And, at night, when gazing
On the gay hearth blazing,
Oh! still remember me.
Then should music, stealing
All the soul of feeling,
To thy heart appealing,
Draw one tear from thee;
Then let memory bring thee
Strains I us'd to sing thee
Oh! then remember me!
But, while fame elates thee,
Oh! still remember me.
When the praise thou meetest,
To thine ear is sweetest,
Oh! then remember me.
Other arms may press thee,
Dearer friends caress thee,
All the joys that bless thee,
Sweeter far may be;
But when friends are nearest,
And when joys are dearest,
Oh! then remember me!
When, at eve, thou rovest
By the star thou lovest,
Oh! then remember me.
Think, when home returning,
Bright we 've seen it burning,
Oh! thus remember me.
Oft as summer closes,
When thine eye reposes
On its ling'ring roses,
Once so lov'd by thee,
Think of her who wove them,
Her who made thee love them,
Oh! then remember me!
When, around thee dying,
Autumn leaves are lying,
Oh! then remember me.
And, at night, when gazing
On the gay hearth blazing,
Oh! still remember me.
Then should music, stealing
All the soul of feeling,
To thy heart appealing,
Draw one tear from thee;
Then let memory bring thee
Strains I us'd to sing thee
Oh! then remember me!
There were other more silly ideas like, Woman Who Waits on Thwaits, which is just rhyme-y and Jon thought made him sound shovenistic. Jon came up with "Hey, Thwait a minute!" which I do think is promising but I don't like how it doesn't sound good with the letter s at the end of Thwaits.
Ultimately, I decided on a variation of the popular saying/proverb that Mark Twain had his own variation of: "All good things arrive unto them that wait- and don't die in the meantime."
Any comments/suggestions will be appreciated and considered :)
Ultimately, I decided on a variation of the popular saying/proverb that Mark Twain had his own variation of: "All good things arrive unto them that wait- and don't die in the meantime."
Any comments/suggestions will be appreciated and considered :)
Clever - I like it!
ReplyDeleteya, i like it too...you have a fun and unique name, i like what you've done with it and the thought process.
ReplyDeleteI think your new blog name is quite cute! Made me smile when I saw it. Here's one thing to consider about Thw8ts...the number 8 on its side = infinity. One could argue, then, that Thw8ts, spelled sideways, means Eternal Family. (And we all know how you all do things a little sideways, right?) Play with that one for a while and see what you come up with.
ReplyDeleteI like that, Jacki. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteVanity... When we lived in Sunnyvale CA, the arrival of Jon triggered a move to a well used, light blue Chevy Van. It was bare initially, but after a few months and a surprising number of hours with saw, scissors and screw gun, it became "Thwaits' Vancy", with license plate THW87C. A suitably subdued vanity plate, only slightly different from the three letter-three digit format of the regular plates in CA at that time. Feel free to use it when you get your vanity MoJo on.
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