Saturday 9
Thank You
Saturday 9: Thank You (2000)
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1) This week's song begins with Dido complaining about her day, but then she sees a photo of a loved one that reminds her "it's not so bad." What was the most recent photo you took?
2) She admits that between a hangover and her finances, she's got a headache. What's your go-to headache remedy?
Advil makes a product that combines acetaminophen and ibuprofen. It’s wonderful.
3) Though her given name is Florian, her family started calling her Dido when she was very young, so she considers it her "real" name. Which is not to say she likes it. She said being christened one name but called another was confusing when she was a little girl. Plus, since neither Florian nor Dido are common monikers, she didn't appreciate the way her names made her stand out at school. "I used to wish I'd been named Claire," she says. Do you like your name? Do you feel it suits you?
Let’s talk about Jewish tradition and how children are named. Traditionally Jews name their children after deceased relatives. My paternal grandmother died a few years before I was born. My father wanted to name me after his mother. Her name was D’vora, which she anglicized to Dora. He wanted my Jewish name to be D’vora, he wanted to call me Dawn.
But there was a problem. My mother’s mother was also D’vora, anglicized to Dora. And she was very much alive. And very superstitious. Naming me D’vora was, in her mind, tantamount to wishing she would die,
So I was named after Tante (Aunt) Reisel, my father’s great aunt. In English my name is Robin.
I think it suits me. I don’t think Dawn would have suited me.
(I didn’t follow tradition when I named my daughters,)
4) In 2000, the year this week's song was on the charts, AOL merged with media giant Time Warner. In 2022 it was estimated 70% of us check our personal (not business) email daily. That's down from 74% in 2020. How often do you check your email?
Frequently. More than once per day,
5) "Thank You" is this week's song because November 28 was Thanksgiving. What are you thankful for this year?
6) At the first Thanksgiving, there were no forks. Pilgrims ate with spoons and knives. How many forks were at your Thursday place setting?
Which time? I went to two different Thanksgiving celebrations on Thursday, and we are hosting a Friendsgiving tonight, There will be 13 of us tonight (glad I’m not superstitious about that) and 2 forks at each place setting.
7) It's estimated that nearly 50 million pumpkin pies are baked for Thanksgiving. Was it on your Thursday menu?
Yes, I bought two pumpkin pies for one of the celebrations we attended,
8) A recent poll revealed that we are a divided country, with cranberry sauce being named both most and least favorite Thanksgiving side dish. Where are you on this controversy?
I like it, I enjoy it, and I’d be disappointed if there wasn’t any on our Thanksgiving table. But I wouldn’t say it was my favorite.
9) The day after Thanksgiving is known as Black Friday, the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season and sales. Walmart, Best Buy and Target all advertise heavily on Black Friday. If you could have a $100 gift card from one of those stores, which would you choose? What would you buy?
Target.
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Cranberry sauce, jellied, is okay once a year. No, Thanksgiving and then leftover days. Spread it on leftover turkey sandwiches with melted mozzarella, on sturdy bread like sourdough. Oh, I wish I had some! I forgot cranberry sauce (and the store was out anyway) and we had chicken.
ReplyDeleteI was name of Great Grandmothers.
ReplyDelete#3: I wonder if it's different in Chicagoland. Two of my Jewish friends were pregnant at the same time, both with boys, and even though they don't know each other, they both had the exact same complaint. They each separately told me it was tradition to use the initial of the *most recently deceased relative* in naming their babies, and I recall this so clearly because they hated the available names for "H" and "L." The first mom settled on Harrison and the second went with Adam because it was the middle name of the most recently deceased relative and she just couldn't go with any of the "L" names.It's funny to think of those days now, since Harrison and Adam are both fully grown and much taller than I am. #6: I hope you have a dishwasher. That's a lot of forks!
ReplyDeleteIt’s an Ashkenazi Jewish tradition (Eastern Europe). Two of my sisters are named after my grandfathers. Sephardic Jews (descended from the Jews of Spain) follow a different tradition. Drew is Sephardic. We didn’t follow that tradition either when naming our daughters.
DeleteI checked with Adam's mom and she says both she and her husband are are Ashkenazi Jews (they recently did an ancestry DNA kit and were amused that they both come from the Ukraine/Russia area). Anyway, she says using the initial instead of the name is OK because it's a precept and therefore is more flexible. Similar to your parents using the translation of the name instead of the actual name. She said, "with precepts, there are workarounds." She laughed because she still remembers hating "Landon" and "Logan," the two "L" names her husband was pushing for. She recalls that pregnancy as the one where she was moody all the time about everything. So I've learned more about my friend's ancestry and faith and she had a good laugh, all because of your answer to #3!
DeleteI’m glad.
DeleteGreat concept for a weekly post! I love the idea of answering random questions—it makes it fun and spontaneous.
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I enjoyed reading about the Jewish name tradition and the names. Thank-you for sharing that! Loved your answers! Have a nice weekend.
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The Advil combo you mentioned is what I was prescribed when I broke my foot. It was a higher dosage, though.
ReplyDeleteI like the naming tradition.
ReplyDeleteMy brother has a cat named Shadow. He skulked around, trying to get into "my" room (while I was visiting). I was told to keep him out because cat and air mattress aren't a good idea.
ReplyDelete#2 I can’t have any acetaminophen and ibuprofen products… Bad kidneys and liver.
ReplyDelete#3 I think my bother had four children so they could name them for their grandparents.
#7 I was never a fan of pumpkin… somehow those big orange pumpkin just do seem like food to me.