Today, over IM:
C3: It turns out that before yesterday, Bob had thought you were two separate people, 'eggplant' [my college username for the computer cluster] and a guy named 'Gideon' who I initially met in high school. This is what happens when I don't enunciate 'Niniane' precisely enough.
I am trying to imagine the conversation wherein Bob discovers that this guy Gideon is actually me.
well, i always think you made your name based on something, because i am a mandarin speaker, and i found somehow your name actually means: 奶奶，if its correct, then it just means you fucked all the americans, which is a big HAHA..
ReplyDelete"奶奶" means grandmother in Chinese. Saying you are someone's elder relative is a way to make fun of them in Chinese culture.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, "Niniane" is a celtic name which is a variation on "Vivian". It means "alive".
It came from the Arthurian book written by Mary Stewart.
(That first paragraph is for non-chinese speakers. The second & third paragraphs are in response to Anon.)
ReplyDelete"Bob discovers that this guy Gideon is actually me"
ReplyDeleteA revelation of biblical proportions!