scottobear: (apophenia)
scott von berg ([personal profile] scottobear) wrote2005-10-11 07:41 am
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7804 - will special characters show?

Yet another reason I keep the space in my last name.

Icelandic wordplay: vonbrigði means "disappointment", but von brigði means "hope alteration".

Maybe not as good as Manslaughter / Mans Laughter or Therapist / The Rapist, but that is my family's taken name over there.

[identity profile] queenmabwords.livejournal.com 2005-10-11 12:58 pm (UTC)(link)
That's my 'fav icon of the moment'!

Hm... Icelandic!

Hey, and we're back to 'scotto's grotto'!

[identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com 2005-10-11 01:42 pm (UTC)(link)
hm? back to the grotto? :)

Thanks for the good cheer over the Question!

Grotto

[identity profile] queenmabwords.livejournal.com 2005-10-11 01:46 pm (UTC)(link)
the Halloween grotto as your wallpaper.

Re: Grotto

[identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com 2005-10-11 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
oh, yup! a few bats and creepies. :D

[identity profile] helenangel.livejournal.com 2005-10-11 01:32 pm (UTC)(link)
So how do you spell it in English?

I wish my name meant something cool. Helen means "light" or "bringer of light" and Joan means "chosen by God" or something but that just makes me sound like a zealot pyromaniac. ;)

[identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com 2005-10-11 01:44 pm (UTC)(link)
it's just a cleaned up Germanic - "von Berg" which can also mean "From/on the Mountain"

Gregory Prescott von Berg means -

"The Guardian of the Church on the Mountain" in one interpretation.

Bringer of light chosen by God can also mean spiritual illumination, which can be mighty keen. :)

[identity profile] helenangel.livejournal.com 2005-10-11 01:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Oooh oooh! I need a guardian! Can you also be my guardian? ;)

[identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com 2005-10-11 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I preotect everyone, where I can. ;)

[identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com 2005-10-11 02:14 pm (UTC)(link)
if only I could protect 'em from my typoes!