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Apr 09A clear, bright morning.
In case you didn’t know, I’m very close to buying a motorcycle. Specifically, this one (link expired). And since a man’s love interests anthropomorphized toys need names, I’m thinking about Clara. The reasoning:
- A proper British bike needs a proper (sort of) British name.
- The name comes from the “fem. of clarus ‘bright, shining, clear,’” i.e., the sort of day you’d ride a motorcycle.
- “Clara” rhymes with “claret,” a British term for dark red Bordeaux (And slang for blood–thanks, Guy Ritchie!)
Tangential notes from researching the name:
- “Claret” is sometimes hypercorrected to “kla-RAY.”
- The etymology of country names is fascinating.
- “Clarus” was the site of a famous oracle, “who delivered her prophesies in a dark crypt-like adyton under the Temple of Apollo.”
- An adyton was “a restricted area within the cella of a Greek or Roman temple. Its name meant “inaccessible” or “do not enter”.
Tagged: nerdiness, personal, reading, tangents, toys, vrooooom
April 21st, 2009 at 1:00 pm
We certainly can’t tell that you have a light day today.
May 11th, 2009 at 11:20 am
i just want you to know that all the adspace on your site is now for “biker planet” the singles connections for hot burly men and women of the motorcycle persuasion.