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Post #97,094
by CRConrad
4/17/03 3:56:21 PM
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New Excuse me, but I don't quite understand.
The Benjamin of the Tillys:
I was well aware that Benjamin [...] is commonly used for the youngest son
Uh, colour me stupid if you will (or sleep-deprived -- I've been up since three thirty this morning, after less than two hours of tossing and turning) but what do you mean by "is commonly used for the youngest son"?

That is, I'm not quite sure whether you meant that sons one is determined will remain one's last offspring are often given the name Benjamin... Or that one speaks of "our Benjamin", meaning "our youngest", even when the offspring in question isn't actually *named* Benjamin.

What I meant by "there is a *concept*" [quoting myself from memory] was the latter. Did you mean the former, or are you saying the latter exists "as a concept" in English too?


Blearily yours,


   [link|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode|Christian R. Conrad]
(I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.)
Your lies are of Microsoftian Scale and boring to boot. Your 'depression' may be the closest you ever come to recognizing truth: you have no 'inferiority complex', you are inferior - and something inside you recognizes this. - [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=71575|Ashton Brown]
Post #97,114
by ben_tilly
4/17/03 5:26:51 PM
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New I meant...
..that sons one is determined will remain one's last offspring are often given the name Benjamin. And yes, my mother was determined that I would not be followed by any more.

I have never (until now) heard of someone using "Benjamin" as a generic term for a youngest son.

Cheers,
Ben
"good ideas and bad code build communities, the other three combinations do not"
- [link|http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/cocoon-devel/2000-October/003023.html|Stefano Mazzocchi]
     My name in Chinese... - (ben_tilly) - (21) - April 15, 2003, 08:15:49 PM EDT
         Buy him a T-Shirt - (kmself) - (1) - April 15, 2003, 09:04:57 PM EDT
             LOL - (cwbrenn) - April 16, 2003, 12:23:34 PM EDT
         On the other hand, in Japanese... - (a6l6e6x) - April 16, 2003, 04:33:56 PM EDT
         also means son as in jeshua ben joseph - (boxley) - (17) - April 16, 2003, 09:50:41 PM EDT
             I am last - (ben_tilly) - (16) - April 16, 2003, 10:03:52 PM EDT
                 In many languages (OK, in German), "a Benjamin"... - (CRConrad) - (15) - April 17, 2003, 05:07:34 AM EDT
                     Actually I am named for my mother's uncle - (ben_tilly) - (2) - April 17, 2003, 06:57:19 AM EDT
                         Excuse me, but I don't quite understand. - (CRConrad) - (1) - April 17, 2003, 03:56:21 PM EDT
                             I meant... - (ben_tilly) - April 17, 2003, 05:26:51 PM EDT
                     LOL! :-) - (static) - (1) - April 17, 2003, 08:48:08 AM EDT
                         Glad to have been able to do *something* good for you! :-) -NT - (CRConrad) - April 17, 2003, 02:59:37 PM EDT
                     Re: In many languages (OK, in German), "a Benjamin"... - (rcareaga) - (9) - April 17, 2003, 03:19:37 PM EDT
                         No no no, sorry, I have to confess... - (CRConrad) - (6) - April 17, 2003, 04:10:20 PM EDT
                             You might be a bit optimistic... - (rcareaga) - (5) - April 17, 2003, 05:43:12 PM EDT
                                 not a lot but here is a few nominations - (boxley) - April 17, 2003, 05:52:02 PM EDT
                                 Second on Vonnegut - (Ashton) - (2) - April 17, 2003, 10:28:47 PM EDT
                                     Not certain about Vonnegut - (rcareaga) - (1) - April 17, 2003, 11:16:01 PM EDT
                                         Ah yessss.. readin Clea around the swimmin pool.. - (Ashton) - April 18, 2003, 08:09:17 PM EDT
                                 No one - (drewk) - April 18, 2003, 08:45:37 AM EDT
                         Re: In many languages (OK, in German), "a Benjamin"... - (deSitter) - (1) - April 17, 2003, 11:35:12 PM EDT
                             Re: In many languages (OK, in German), "a Benjamin"... - (rcareaga) - April 18, 2003, 01:16:55 AM EDT

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