Outdated, funny, old english names?

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Novi

#20
January 30, 2009, 05:25:52 PM
Quote from: hildegard on January 30, 2009, 05:21:50 PM
We are not amused!  ;D

No, but apparently you are outdated ;D.
Durch alle Töne tönet
Im bunten Erdentraum
Ein leiser Ton gezogen
Für den der heimlich lauschet.

Wanderer

#22
January 31, 2009, 01:04:07 AM
Quote from: Novi on January 30, 2009, 05:25:52 PM
No, but apparently you are outdated ;D.

However, a mere drop of the final n from your last name (which would make it von Binge) would bring you right back in fashion (in certain circles, at least).

hildegard

#23
January 31, 2009, 06:21:43 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on January 31, 2009, 01:04:07 AM
However, a mere drop of the final n from your last name (which would make it von Binge) would bring you right back in fashion (in certain circles, at least).

Hey -- how many 900-year-old saints do you know who Facebook?   ;D

http://www.facebook.com/pages/St-Hildegard-von-Bingen/20438131300

Brian

#24
January 31, 2009, 07:07:01 AM
Quote from: Florestan on January 30, 2009, 12:47:26 AM

Ulysses (H. Grant)

Actually, his first name was Hiram, which itself is a pretty terribly outdated name, along with such gems (from other Civil War generals) as Marsena, Lemuel, Edwin, Abner, Rufus, Lysander, Israel, Benezet (specifically, the delightful Benezet F. Foust!), Chapman, Langhorne, Strong, Norval, Orpheus, Orland, and Albion. The last surviving Civil War general, Adelbert Ames, lived until 1933, when he died at age 98. The Second Division, Fifth Corps in the US army at Gettysburg alone featured Romeyn Ayres, Hannibal Day, De Lancey Floyd-Jones, Kenner Garrard, and the absolutely hilarious Grotius R. Giddings.

Tapio Dmitriyevich

#25
February 01, 2009, 12:46:31 AM
Quote from: hildegard on January 30, 2009, 05:21:50 PMWe are not amused!  ;D
You are a hardcore Hildegardian? I watched the Eibingen website the other day and was surprised there are quite a few people celebrating the "Hildegardisfest" annually... But, not surprisingly, old people only.

And BTW: Is the heilige Hildegard really in there? ->

hildegard

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February 01, 2009, 05:50:11 AM Last Edit: February 01, 2009, 05:54:52 AM by hildegard
Quote from: Wurstwasser on February 01, 2009, 12:46:31 AM
You are a hardcore Hildegardian? I watched the Eibingen website the other day and was surprised there are quite a few people celebrating the "Hildegardisfest" annually... But, not surprisingly, old people only.

And BTW: Is the heilige Hildegard really in there? ->



I seem to learn more and more about this remarkable woman all the time. I am also pleasantly surprised to see the many young fans she has on Facebook. My own interest was sparked some years ago after reading a treatise about Hildegard written by a talented music scholar who herself was only 20 at the time.

Yes, the festival does draw a crowd every year, perhaps only in the hundreds, but yet an amazing following after 900 years. Interesting to know who or what lies in that vault.  :) I understand there's a movie about Hildegard in the making with Margarethe von Trotta as director. Now, I wonder who will play Hildegard...?  :)

Will start my Sunday off with this beautiful CD with the inimitable Emma Kirkby.

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