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Miata vs. Elise @ Streets of Willow Springs

photo by alex romo

>:3

~chean

Let Bruce & Jodi teach you all sorts of fun and interesting “Did you know” facts about the Winter Olympic Games. Puppet shows have never been this fun!

Elise & Derek hit the streets and ask YOU tough questions about the Winter Games! Let’s see if people are as smart as we give them credit for.

Bring it on! Elise and Derek express their Olympic spirit by challenging one another to outrageous competitions!

Introducing “Olympic Thoughts”! A chance for us to get some of those burning questions off our minds…

Gender: Feminine
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: “God is my oath; God is abundance.”

The name is a transliterated form of the Biblical Greek Ελισβετ (Elisabet), which is a Hellenized version of the Biblical Hebrew feminine name, אֱלִישֶׁבַע‎ (Elisheva).

Elizabeth appears twice in the Bible, once in the Old Testament as the name of Aaron’s wife and once in the New Testament as the wife of Zachariah and the mother of John the Baptist.

Elizabeth has remained fairly consistent in the U.S top 100 for over a hundred years. She currently ranks in at # 9 and the lowest she has ever come in the U.S. charts was in 1945 at # 26.

In Australia she is the 37th most popular female name (2007), in Canada, she ranks in at # 20 (2008), in England/Wales she came in at # 40 (2008), in Ireland at # 63 (2007) and in Scotland at # 68 (2008).

The name was borne by several saints and European royalty. Among the most notable bearers were, St. Elizabeth of Hungary, a 12th-century Hungarian princess who was known for her acts of kindness and charity toward the poor and Queen Elizabeth I of England, including the current reigning Queen, Elizabeth II.

The name Isabel/Isabella are relatives, but have becomes so far apart from its original source, that they often occur concurrently in many European countries with Elizabeth, hence is why I shall devote a different post to Isabel/Isabella, but I shall cite her several times in this article as a variation whenever needed.

I believe one of the reasons why Elizabeth has been a long time favorite, is because of her versatility. She can be shortened to a variety of different nicknames, especially in English. The most popular are: (I have cited the ones that have commonly been used as independent given name with a black club)

Bess, Bessie, Beth♣, Bets, Betsy, Bet, Bettie/Betty, Bezzy, Bit, Bitsy, Biz, Buffy, Elisa♣, Elise♣, Elle♣, Eliza♣, Ella♣, Ellie, Elsa♣, Elsie♣, Ibbie, Lib, Libby, Lilly, Lisa♣, Liz, Lizzie, Liza♣, Tetty, Tibby and Tizzy.

Other forms of the name include:

Latinate Forms
Forms found in Latinate/Romance languages

• Sabela (Asturian)
• Elisabèt, Lisabèt (Bearnais)
• Elisabet (Catalan)
• Babette (French: originally a diminutive form, used as independent given name, now considered extremely dated)
• Élisabeth (French)
• Élise (French)
• Lise (French)
• Lisette (French: originally a diminutive form but exclusively used as an independent given name)
• Bettina (Italian)
• Elisa (Italian/French/Portuguese: appears in Boccaccio’s Decameron as the name of one of the female story tellers).
• Elisabella (Italian: obscure)
• Elisabetta (Italian/Romansch)
• Elisa (Italian/Sardinian/Spanish)
• Elisanna/Elisena (Italian: obscure)
• Elisetta (Italian)
• Lelisa (Italian: obscure)
• Lisa (Italian/Spanish)
• Lisella (Italian: obscure)
• Lisena (Italian: obscure)
• Lisetta (Italian)
• Lisina/Lisinda (Italian: obscure)
• Lisanna (Italian)
• Elisabetha (Late Latin)
• Elizabetta (Liguru: a minor language spoken in Italy)
• Elisabeta/Elisèu/Eliso (Occitanian)
• Elisabete/Elisete/Elsa (Portuguese)
• Babèu/Eisabèu/ Lisabèu (Provencal: Babeu is a diminutive)
• Elisabeta (Romanian/Spanish)
• Lisabetta (Romansch/Corsican)
• Lisabbetta (Sicilian)
• Isabel/Ysabel (Spanish/Aragonese/Catalan/Galician/Portuguese)

Germanic Forms
Forms used in Germanic languages

• Elsabe (Afrikaans)
• Liesel (Alsatian)
• Elisabet (Danish/Faroese/Swedish/Norwegian)
• Elsebeth (Danish)
• Else (Danish)
• Lise (Danish/German)
• Lis (Danish/Norwegian/Swedish)
• Lisbet (Danish/Norwegian/Swedish)
• Lisbeth (Danish/German)
• Els (Dutch: a diminutive form, occasionally used as an independent give name)
• Elsa (Dutch/German/Swedish)
• Liesbeth/Lijsbeth (Dutch)
• Liesje (Dutch)
• Eliza (English: originally a diminutive, exclusively used as an independent given name)
• Elsba/Elsbet/Elsuba/Elusbet (Faroese)
• Elspa (Faroese)
• Lisabet/Lisbet (Faroese)
• Elsebe/Elsche/Eske/Telsa (Frisian)
• Bettina/Bettine (German: a borrowing from the Italian)
• Elisa (German: a borrowing from Romance languages)
• Elisabeth (German/Dutch)
• Elise (German/Danish/Dutch/English/Norwegian: a borrowing from the French)
• Elli (German: diminutive form, occasionally used as an independent given name)
• Elsbeth (German/Swiss-German dialectical form)
• Ilsa/Ilse (German/Dutch: initially a diminutive form, popularly bestowed as an independent given name, now considered dated. il-SEH)
• Lies/Liesa/Liese (German/Dutch)
• Liesel/Liesl (German: originally a diminutive form, used as an independent given name, now considered dated)
• Lilli (German: originally a diminutive form, used as an independent given name due to its association with the flower)
• Lisa/Lise (German/Dutch/English/Swedish/Danish/Norwegian)
• Sabeth (German: obscure)
• Aileisabaiþ (Gothic)
• Elísabet (Icelandic)
• Ellisif (Norwegian)
• Lieken, Lüke, Lücken (Plattdeutsch)
• Bettan (Swedish: originally a diminutive form, occasionally used as an independent given name, but now considered dated)
• Lisen (Swedish: originally a diminutive form, used as an independent given name)

German diminutive forms are Betti, Elis, Elli, Elschen, and Lieschen.

Slavic Forms
Forms used in Slavic speaking countries

• Elisaveta Елисавета (Bulgarian)
• Elizabeta (Croatian)
• Alžběta (Czech: alzh-BYEH-tah)
• Eliška (Czech: originally a diminutive form, used as an independent given. eh-LEESH-kah)
• Elisabeti Елїсабеть (Old Church Slavonic)
• Eliza (Polish: eh-LEE-zah)
• Elżbieta (Polish: elsh-BYEH-tah)
• Halszka (Polish: archaic. HAHLSH-kah)
• Halżbieta (Polish: archaic. halsh-BYEH-tah)
• Elizaveta/Yelizaveta Елизавета (Russian)
• Jelisaveta (Serbian)
• Alžbeta (Slovak)
• Ažbeta (Slovene)
• Betina (Slovene)
• Elica (Slovene: originally a diminutive form, used as an independent given name. eh-LEET-sah)
• Elisa/Elis (Slovene)
• Elizabeta/Elizabet (Slovene)
• Elza (Slovene)
• Jelisava (Slovene)
• Lizabeta (Slovene)
• Špela (Slovene: originally a diminutive form, exclusively used as an independent given name. SHPEH-lah)
• Hilža (Sorbian)
• Lisaveta/Yelysaveta (Ukrainian)

Czech diminutive forms are Běta, Bětka, Bětuška, Betynka, Bětuše, Betyna, and Líza. Slovakian diminutives include: Beta, Betka, Betuška, Betinka, Betuša and Betina. Polish diminutive forms are Bieta, Ela (the most prevalent), Elka, Elunia and Elżunia. Slovene diminutives are: Beta, Beti, Betika, Ela, Eli, Elzi, Špelca, Špelica, Špelka, Jelica, Lili, and Lizika.

Baltic Forms
Forms used in the Baltic States

• Eliisabet (Estonian)
• Elts (Estonian)
• Etti (Estonian)
• Ilze (Estonian)
• Liisa/Liisi/Liis (Estonian/Finnish)
• Liisu (Estonian)
• Eliisa (Finnish)
• Elizabete (Latvian)
• Līze/Lizina (Latvian)
• Elžbieta (Lithuanian)
• Eliissá/Liisá/Liissá (Saami)

Celtic Forms
Forms used in Celtic based languages

• Elesbed (Breton)
• Eilís (Irish: IE-leesh)
• Ealisaid (Manx: ALE-is-sed)
• Ealee (Manx)
• Ealish (Manx)
• Ealasaid (Scottish)
• Elspeth (Scottish)
• Bethan/Betsan (Welsh)

Other forms

• Elizabeta (Albanian)
• Ilizabith إليزابيث (Arabic)
• Il-Shvai ܐܠܝܫܒܥ \ܐܠܝܫܒܚ (Aramaic)
• Elsapet (Armenian)
• Yeghisapet (Armenian)
• Zabel (Armenian)
• Elixabete/Elixabet/Elizabete (Basque: former are pronounced eh-LEE-sheh-BEH-tah and eh-LEE-shah-Bet)
• Elixi (Basque: eh-LEE-shee)
• Elisheba (Biblical Hebrew)
• Eliso ელისო (Georgian)
• Lizi (Georgian)
• Elisavet Ελισαβετ(Greek: Modern)
• Zeta (Greek: Modern)
• Ilsipat (Greenlandic)
• Elikapeka (Hawaiian)
• Elisheva (Hebrew: see Hebrew script above)
• Lizzamma (Hindi/Indian)
• Erzsébet/Orzebet (Hungarian: ER-zhey-bet)
• Aley/Aleyamma/Aleykutty (Malayalam)
• Eli/Eliamma (Malayalam)
• Elizabetta (Maltese)
• Erihapeti (Maori)
• Elizabet (Turkish)

Hungarian nicknames includes Bözsi, Erzsi (ER-zhee), and Zsóka (ZHO-kaw).

Medieval Forms
Forms no longer in usage from Medieval Europe

• Ysabel/Ysabet (Catalan, Valencia, 16th-century)
• Elisaued (Cornwall, England, 10th-century)
• Elizabez (England, 13th-century)
• Lylie/Lilion (England, 13th-century, possibly nicknames)
• Elisota (England, 14th-century)
• Elseby (Finland)
• Isabelot (France, Paris, 13th-century)
• Yzabé (France, Bordeaux, 15th-century)
• Besina (14th-century Italy, Venice, possibly a diminutive form)
• Isabetta (Italy, Florence 15th-century)
• Bechte (Germany, 15th-century, most likely a diminutive form)
• Beth (Germany, 15th-century, diminutive form)
• Bettlin (Germany, 15th-century, probably a diminutive form)
• Bytzel (Germany, 15th-century, diminutive form)
• Els (Germany, 15th-century, diminutive form)
• Elsslein (Germany, late 15th-century)
• Elsslin (Germany, 15th-century, probably a diminutive form)
• Eltzabet (Germany, late 15th-century)
• Lyse (Germany, 15th-century, diminutive form)
• Elsebeth (Germany, 15th-century)
• Elzebeth (German, in Silesia, 14th-century)
• Nele/Neleke (German, in Silesia, 14th-century, most likely than not, diminutive forms)
• Elysant (Normandy, 1190)
• Helisent (Normandy, 1221)
• Isabellis (Normandy, 12th-century)
• Ysabels/Yzabels/Yzabela (Occitan, Saint Flour, 14th-century)
• Elitze (Sweden, 15th-century)
• Elsika/Elsiko/Elzeke (Sweden, 15th-century)
• Elsby/Elzeby (Sweden, 16th-century)
• Aleseta (Switzerland, Sion, 14th-century)

Name-days are: November 17 and November 19.

Owen, Noah, Aaron, Rylen, Bruce, Holden, Parker, Matthew, Spencer, Dawson, Brandon, Trey, Tucker, Nathan, Kain, Jacob, Alexander, Collin, Benjamin, Nicholas, Austin, Joshua, Evan, Jack, Neco, Cooper, Elijah, Kyle, Oscar, Keegan, Malcolm, Mason, Bregan, Madden, Myles, Caeden, Brenden, Pryor, Maurice, Nicky.

Gabriella, Jillian, Lillian, Audrey, Ruby May, Erin, Bianca, Jade, Rylee, Aili, Trynity, Meghan, Olivia, Elise, Quinn, Ariana, Charlotte, Beatrix, Abigail, Layla, Kenley, Caoimhe, Cailyn, Ava, Carolina, Mia, Ailey, Alena.

We’re racking our brains, trying hard to come up with something that might be nicer than taking a Lotus Exige (or its sister, Elise) through the Lake District of rural North West England at this particular moment.

Nope, nothing.

Photo credit: Photography NorthWest

- Gyro

Another Bulgogi favorite, sitting high atop our wish list (top five, possibly top three). One of these days…

Photo credit: Christophe D.

- Gyro

Ah beh alors là on avait rien vu venir.

BAM dans le rail. L’aqua-planning qui fait FLIPPER

I dag har jeg tilbringt dagen med Elise, og først dro vi på Verdensspeilet å drakk milkshake. Snickersmilkshake. Veldig god. Deretter dro vi til torvbyen og ihvertfall jeg shoppet litt. Jeg byttet et av yndlingsplaggene mine, fordi den hadde blitt litt ødelagt i vaskemaskinen. De hadde ikke flere igjen, så jeg sippet litt da jeg fikk tilgodelappen. Men jeg fikk ihvertfall kjøpt meg en jakke jeg er veldig fornøyd med, et skjerf, en topp, en tights og bytta et armbånd jeg kjøpte i går til et likt et. Jeg hadde nemlig på det ikke mer enn fem min i stad, før det datt av. Håper det nye holder.
Før Elise måtte hjem, satt vi oss på selveste Mæccærn, og spiste en is. Altså, en veldig koselig dag.

I kveld blir det tv og godis, alltid like koselig. Hva skal du gjøre i kveld?

APR ha desarrollado un nuevo material para el lotus Exige. Aparte del aleron GTC especifico para el lotusm, APR ha desarrollado un air front dam para evitar el lift que ocurre a altas velocidades. Desarrollado en dry carbon con todas las garantias de calidad de acabado y dureza. El nuevo front air dam (Part FA-200311) tiene un precio de $645 y estara empezando a estar disponible para su envio apartir de diciembre del 2009

Jeg har tilbringt lørdagskvelden hos Elise, og vi har spist både taco og godis. Elise hadde lyst til å ordne hår å sminke på meg, så det fikk hun lov til. Det meste av tiden gikk til det, og hun er flink altså
Det var en veldig koselig kveld, som nok kommer til å gjentas.

Hvordan har du tilbringt lørdagskvelden din?

Meg og Elise. Dette er et av flere bilder vi tok, og resten av bildene kommer i morgen