Do you celebrate your name-day? (poll)

[Martin]

Well, do you? My guess is, most people don't know what it is.

 

[jacob0401]

dunno what they are adn have never heard of them...

 

[illusion88]

I am guessing it is different then a birthday, so no. I dont.

 

[Zim Hosein]

No, since I don't know what namedays are.

 

[hdeck]

?????

 

[JetBlack69]

WTF is a name-day?

 

[ElFenix]

i'm guessing its the day they picked your name. and i don't.

 

[LocutusX]

Reading too much ASoIAF there, Marty?

 

[Martin]

Originally posted by: LocutusX
Reading too much ASoIAF there, Marty?

Were name days in there? I don't remember, its been nearly 2 years since I read the first 3 novels. Speaking of aSoIaF, I'll probably reread the first three right before the 4th one comes out. Can't wait for that, especially after WoT #10 was such a dispointment...





Anywhoo, a nameday is the birthday/death of the saint your were named after. Mine would be on April 14th(link). They're pretty big where I'm from, and other Slavic countries...

 

[johnjohn320]

Originally posted by: MartyTheManiak

Originally posted by: LocutusX
Reading too much ASoIAF there, Marty?

Were name days in there? I don't remember, its been nearly 2 years since I read the first 3 novels. Speaking of aSoIaF, I'll probably reread the first three right before the 4th one comes out. Can't wait for that, especially after WoT #10 was such a dispointment...





Anywhoo, a nameday is the birthday/death of the saint your were named after. Mine would be on April 14th(link). They're pretty big where I'm from, and other Slavic countries...

Eh, guess there aren't any saints named Scott.

 

[OrganizedChaos]

how do we tell if were named after a saint?

 

[Evadman]

I was named after a guy who throws rocks at giants.

 

[melly]

in grade school i remember a boy celebrating his name day. his parents were greek so either it's a greek thing, a european thing, an orthodox religion thing...

i wasn't named after a saint, i was named after a character in my mom's fave movie (gone with the wind). my eldest sister was named after a character in my mom's fave soap opera. so perhaps i should celebrate the oscars?

 

[Geekbabe]

hell my birthday was a non-event,what's a name day?

 

[MithShrike]

Sheeit my birthday is intentionally a non-event. And I just don't much care for my real name and have considered legally changing it to Mith. Alright there.

 

[Looney]

Been reading A Song of Ice and Fire?

 

[wQuay]

Originally posted by: LocutusX
Reading too much ASoIAF there, Marty?

LOL, that's the first thing I thought of when I saw the thread title

 

[BooGiMaN]

mexicans have calenders with the names of saints written on each day...it used to be the norm whatever day you were born that was your saint and theyd name u after that saint.

they still publish these claenders every year

 

[YetioDoom]

LOL, I'm the first to vote yes.

This is a big thing in the Latvian culture, name days are a bigger deal than birthdays.

Latvian List

 

[Martin]

Originally posted by: wQuay

Originally posted by: LocutusX
Reading too much ASoIAF there, Marty?

LOL, that's the first thing I thought of when I saw the thread title

Can you guys tell me about the namedays in SoIaF? I can't remember anything about them...

 

[LocutusX]

Originally posted by: MartyTheManiak

Originally posted by: wQuay

Originally posted by: LocutusX
Reading too much ASoIAF there, Marty?

LOL, that's the first thing I thought of when I saw the thread title

Can you guys tell me about the namedays in SoIaF? I can't remember anything about them...

Yes Marty. They were mentioned quite a bit in ASoIAF. If you'll remember a lot of the chapters were written from the point of view of some little kids between 10 and 14. They seemed to care a lot about what "Nameday Presents" they had received or would receive, just as any little kid would, so that word got used a lot.

 

[stormbv]

I don't know what you're talking about, but I think I get the gist of it now.

 

[Cyberian]

Do You Celebrate Namedays?

Yes.


-Patrick

 

[deerslayer]

Dunno what they are.