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My daughters name Autumn and my hobby gems
FrekeChild|1419133119|3805101 said:Nickname from a football player in high school. I embraced it and have been using it since I was 14 (15?). At the time, the name I wanted was "FreakChild" but that was taken. "FrekeChild" was not. I respond to Freke in real life.
Alani is a beautiful name!hawaiianorangetree said:My real name, Alani, is Hawaiian for orange tree. I spent my whole childhood thinking my name had no meaning and was made up, so I was pretty happy to find that out. Makes a pretty good acronym too.
mochiko42|1420544988|3812480 said:Alani is a beautiful name!hawaiianorangetree said:My real name, Alani, is Hawaiian for orange tree. I spent my whole childhood thinking my name had no meaning and was made up, so I was pretty happy to find that out. Makes a pretty good acronym too.
Jambalaya|1418147151|3798314 said:It's after the Gipsy Kings' great song Bamboleo. I thought they were saying "Jambalaya". Bit deaf. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mifnMC_Kn1Q
The song goes "bamboleo, bambolayA" so that's where I got confused. The second one sounds more like Jambalaya.
But then, for years I thought that the song "Cry Me A River" was called "Crimea River." I so have aural dyslexia! I never really listened to the song, I'd just heard it referenced, so I just assumed it was about a river in the Crimea.