saturn
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| quote: | Originally posted by Cain Highwind
Jun - Jun is apparently a Chinese male name meaning "handsome"
I know my mom told me when she named me (my real name's Arlen by the way, and no, I don't mind if you want to call me by that ^_^) that she got it both from the composer "Harold Arlen" and it's Gaelic origin, meaning "Pledge". I pretty much plan to go about my children in the same way really. |
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Dear Arlen/Cain
What a nice name with a beautiful meaning, your mum must have put a lot of thought in your name, and I truly believe you should do the same thing to your children too, 
And to be more accurate regarding the Chinese origin of the name "Jun" (since I am Chinese,  ) , Jun is actually a Chinese name for a baby girl,
meaning "Truth".
Well, if I have to choose names for my twins, it would be either Mark or Jason for a boy and definitely Jun for a girl.
I would never choose the name "Joe" because although it is a common name in western countries, "Joe" in my country is the nickname for street peddler or hawker, so no "Joe" unless it is your desired career path for your children, 
The name "Princess" might seem weird in the western countries, but I have students with the names like "Princess Diana" , "Lady Diana" and even "Cinderella" (seriously!!). Parents in my country don't usually give western names for their children, but for those who do, they will just use the names of famous people or characters from the west, and hence, the above names.
My most favorite student's name for all time is "James Bond". Whenever this boy asked me how I was doing, I would always resist the urge to answer 'Shaken, not stirred", 
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06-01-2009 02:56
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lborgia88
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| quote: | Originally posted by Barrdwing
| quote: | Originally posted by lborgia88
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I have a chicken that's gone from a hen to a rooster . . . |
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They can do that ??? |
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Yes, although it's not common, and certainly not voluntary. Usually it's due to some kind of inflammation destroying the ovarian tissue; when this happens, there's usually a little scrap of dormant testicular tissue hanging out on the right ovary, and it becomes active. One of the hens we had growing up did this when she was about four years old: changed her feathers, taught herself to crow, the whole deal. But the bird we have now has so many physical problems (he's crippled and can't use his legs) that I'm wondering if this is just another one of his many issues coming to light.
Anyway, this bird is in the middle of transitioning from hen feathering to rooster feathering. He doesn't crow (thankfully--got enough crowing roosters around here) and the rooster feathering isn't complete yet: it's started at his head and is working its way towards the tail. Since he's a Polish, that means he has this enormous mop of crazy feathers on his head: he looks like that one vulture from Disney's The Jungle Book. Just another one of my weird pets!  |
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Fascinating -why didn't my biology teachers tell me about this? I'm racking my brains here now, because I have a dim memory of a biology textbook, years ago, that had a photo of a female chicken that was produced via parthenogenesis -and she had somewhat deformed legs -probably this has no relation to your chicken's problems though.
I'm chuckling at your description! My BF is Polish, and his head is quite... sparsely feathered. Guess it's only the chickens!
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06-01-2009 04:08
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shamrokchick
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| quote: | Originally posted by saturn
The name "Princess" might seem weird in the western countries, but I have students with the names like "Princess Diana" , "Lady Diana" and even "Cinderella" (seriously!!). Parents in my country don't usually give western names for their children, but for those who do, they will just use the names of famous people or characters from the west, and hence, the above names.
My most favorite student's name for all time is "James Bond". Whenever this boy asked me how I was doing, I would always resist the urge to answer 'Shaken, not stirred", |
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I haven't met someone with an interesting name lately but I do remember my grandmother saying she grew up with a boy named Lemon Fresch.
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06-01-2009 04:23
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gatchgirl
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| quote: | Originally posted by lborgia88
| quote: | Originally posted by Barrdwing
| quote: | Originally posted by lborgia88
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I have a chicken that's gone from a hen to a rooster . . . |
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They can do that ??? |
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Yes, although it's not common, and certainly not voluntary. Usually it's due to some kind of inflammation destroying the ovarian tissue; when this happens, there's usually a little scrap of dormant testicular tissue hanging out on the right ovary, and it becomes active. One of the hens we had growing up did this when she was about four years old: changed her feathers, taught herself to crow, the whole deal. But the bird we have now has so many physical problems (he's crippled and can't use his legs) that I'm wondering if this is just another one of his many issues coming to light.
Anyway, this bird is in the middle of transitioning from hen feathering to rooster feathering. He doesn't crow (thankfully--got enough crowing roosters around here) and the rooster feathering isn't complete yet: it's started at his head and is working its way towards the tail. Since he's a Polish, that means he has this enormous mop of crazy feathers on his head: he looks like that one vulture from Disney's The Jungle Book. Just another one of my weird pets! |
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Fascinating -why didn't my biology teachers tell me about this? I'm racking my brains here now, because I have a dim memory of a biology textbook, years ago, that had a photo of a female chicken that was produced via parthenogenesis -and she had somewhat deformed legs -probably this has no relation to your chicken's problems though.
I'm chuckling at your description! My BF is Polish, and his head is quite... sparsely feathered. Guess it's only the chickens! |
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Barrdwing, I kept thinking that you were joking. It must be totally messed up to realize that it's happening. Makes you wonder if it's not a case like Katse's was supposed to be?
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06-01-2009 23:54
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Barrdwing
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Oh--sorry, gatchgirl. I'm afraid it really does happen with chickens . . . creepy though it is. I think they do get confused by it, but chickens aren't particularly bright, so they aren't likely to stop and think, "I used to want to sit on eggs, but now I feel like crowing and fighting with the rooster--what's wrong with me?" They're more along the lines of doing whatever they feel like doing at any given time . . . whatever that might be.
And I can tell you, a chicken in general is possessed of a bug-eyed obstinancy when it sets its mind to do something. 
There's a theory that this can actually be beneficial to the flock, because if something happens to the rooster and one of the hens is able to step up and fill his role, the flock is more stable and safer from predators (it's the rooster's job to keep an eye out for hawks and other hazards, and sound the alarm when there's danger). She/he will never be fertile, but other than that it's about as good as having a real rooster around. In the meanwhile, there's probably at least one rooster chick somewhere in the flock, and he can take over when he grows up. The hen/rooster can't switch back, though, so it's kind of hard on her/him when that happens.
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08-01-2009 04:44
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Hinotori
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| quote: | Originally posted by Cain Highwind
Jason - Healer
Mark - Warlike / Rebellious
Ken - Handsome
Joe - "God will increase" so it says
Jun - Jun is apparently a Chinese male name meaning "handsome" just like Ken, coincidence?. "June" simply refers to being born in June. |
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I think everyone knows how oddly obsessive I am about the names I use in my fics, so it should come as no surprise that I actually have a general idea of the Gatch name origins...
Joe (using Joji, since for all intents and purposes that is the Japanese equivalent to Joe) has a couple different meanings, depending on the characters used. I've seen it translated as Cain has above, but I've also seen it as "hand or turn over peace". It's also sometimes used for the second son, since the suffix ji could translate to two or second (interesting, since Joe is the G2, second in command!). Though the most interesting translation I saw (and most humorous if you know Joe's original character description!) is "farmer"!! 
Ken I've seen as "healthy", "strong" and even "born of fire". Never saw anything that said "clueless when it comes to a certain Swan or any other female!" though! 
Like TJ, I've seen the Japanese translation of Jun mean "obedient" or "purity".
Ryu is "dragon".
Jinpei I'm still working on... I've seen Jin translated as "gold" (from the Chinese) or as "humanity" or "virtue". I have yet to figure out what pei means...
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