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Currently celebrating (well here anyway)
Posted: 20 Aug 2007, 18:32
by Pista
This guy
Istvan the first Hungarian king (Same name as me, but in Hungarian)
Loads of fireworks & stuff all over the country.
Nearly 2 million people went to Budapest for the fireworks there tonight.
Re: Currently celebrating (well here anyway)
Posted: 20 Aug 2007, 18:38
by smiscandlon
Pista wrote:Istvan the first Hungarian king (Same name as me, but in Hungarian)
Me too, so I guess I'll raise a glass in Istvan's honour tonight.
(In fact, we seem to have enough Stevens and Stephens here these days to have a party in our own right.
)
Posted: 20 Aug 2007, 18:40
by Pista
Cheers.
Re: Currently celebrating (well here anyway)
Posted: 20 Aug 2007, 18:51
by 6FeetOver
smiscandlon wrote:(In fact, we seem to have enough Stevens and Stephens here these days to have a party in our own right.
)
...and Andrews and Daves, too.
Posted: 20 Aug 2007, 18:59
by Pista
We also have name days.
& Erika is on 31st August
Posted: 20 Aug 2007, 19:00
by 6FeetOver
What?!
You're joking...
Posted: 20 Aug 2007, 19:01
by itnAklipse
Hungary! Great country. Produced Peter Leko for one
Posted: 20 Aug 2007, 19:01
by emilystrange
ooo. the first HL Erika day.
Posted: 20 Aug 2007, 19:02
by 6FeetOver
Yikes. I prophecy disaster.
Posted: 20 Aug 2007, 19:06
by emilystrange
so we all get pished and destroy?
excellent!
Posted: 20 Aug 2007, 19:06
by Pista
SINsister wrote:What?!
You're joking...
No. Name days are actually celebrated more than birthdays here.
Mine is on 26th December
Posted: 20 Aug 2007, 19:07
by boudicca
Do they have a Queen Boudicca day?
If not why not?!
Posted: 20 Aug 2007, 19:08
by Obviousman
Pista wrote:SINsister wrote:What?!
You're joking...
No. Name days are actually celebrated more than birthdays here.
Mine is on 26th December
It's alright when it's at the other end of the year, but can get a bit confusing when they're right next to eachother, like my (late) grand mother's. Apparently no-one ever knew for sure which one was actually which and which they were celebrating
Me, I find any reason to celebrate a good one
Posted: 20 Aug 2007, 19:14
by Pista
boudicca wrote:Do they have a Queen Boudicca day?
If not why not?!
Sorry no.
But the closest to Claire is Klara (August 11th I think)
List of dates
here
Posted: 20 Aug 2007, 19:16
by Obviousman
Dec 22 is my favourite
What's a nevnap-naptar?
Posted: 20 Aug 2007, 19:23
by Pista
Obviousman wrote:Dec 22 is my favourite
What's a nevnap-naptar?
Even got a Z man day huh?
Nevnap naptar is literally translated as name day calendar
Posted: 20 Aug 2007, 19:26
by emilystrange
i get one for emily and one for jo. how cool.
Posted: 20 Aug 2007, 19:26
by Ozpat
Pista wrote:boudicca wrote:Do they have a Queen Boudicca day?
If not why not?!
Sorry no.
But the closest to Claire is Klara (August 11th I think)
List of dates
here
Where is Keyser Soze in that list?
Posted: 20 Aug 2007, 19:27
by 6FeetOver
They even spell mine correctly!
I'm floored.
Posted: 20 Aug 2007, 19:27
by Pista
@Ems
Yeah. Good innit?
You have to remind Mr S to buy you flowers & stuff on that day.
Posted: 20 Aug 2007, 19:29
by Pista
SINsister wrote:They even spell mine correctly!
I'm floored.
Told you it was an East European name.
Posted: 20 Aug 2007, 19:29
by 6FeetOver
Scandihoovian, too. I'm part Danish; that's why my mom chose the name and that spelling...
Posted: 20 Aug 2007, 19:34
by Pista
Ozpat wrote:
Where is Keyser Soze in that list?
Bit of a "barstewardised" name that one.
Keyser, or Kaiser, is literally tranlated as Csaszar, but that's a family name.
Soze should be pronounced Shoze, but I think that's also a family name.
Posted: 20 Aug 2007, 19:36
by Pista
SINsister wrote:Scandihoovian, too. I'm part Danish; that's why my mom chose the name and that spelling...
Then we'll celebrate you with akviavit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akvavit
Posted: 20 Aug 2007, 19:38
by emilystrange
