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Post by wapate on Sept 18, 2006 8:03:59 GMT -5
RIGHT ON SANTEE!
my version was just the short one.
Thanks hermin1
You are in our prayers!
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Post by tamara on Sept 18, 2006 11:47:53 GMT -5
I concur.
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Post by bazilecreekhusker on Sept 18, 2006 12:18:47 GMT -5
Count me in!
MIKE
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Post by peacekeeper on Sept 19, 2006 13:51:18 GMT -5
Here is my great thought of the day. Since Hermin has become one of us, we need to give her a fitting name. So Hermin you can throw in your 2 cents worth on what kind of name you would like. I think researcher, or teacher, would be a starting point. Also that Greek personality comes out a lot. Lets start thinking people. Hermin needs to be an adopted member of our Native American family. Lets come up with some great names and then translate to Dakota.
Jackie
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Post by santee1961 on Sept 19, 2006 15:15:21 GMT -5
How do your translate "Hoompa" from Greek to Dakota? I'm not sure if the spelling is right but I do know that is the toast with orzo. That stuff would put hair on anybody's chest. I don't who could drink that and still be alive after they did drink it and that was my conclusion after only a sip! Hermin, if you handled that stuff you are made of pretty sturdy stuff.
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Post by roddickfan on Sept 19, 2006 16:56:40 GMT -5
we are having a hard time trying to find words to describe hermin1 she is simply an amazing and giving person, we find ourselves, praying for the best for her, telling people stories that she has told us because she definetly has a way telling people the way it is, (which i love) ,finding out something new in our ancestry and she is the first person we want to call and share it with cause all she wants for anyone is the best and to find out who we are. you know it takes a SPECIAL PERSON when you carry them with you and in your heart when you have never meet them but only talked to them. Hermin1 the way you helped and given so much to all of us, you truly make us want to be better people and help anyone that we can in anyway. YOU TRUELY DO LEAD BY EXAMPLE
Eunice, Lisa and Alice
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Post by dawn on Sept 19, 2006 19:52:08 GMT -5
Hermin, I need to join in here as well and let you know how much I appreciate all you do for me and all that ask on this site. I enjoy our little chats (that last for hours) your great sense of humor and your willingness to help others. I am so glad we were able to meet and continue to stay in touch.
Dawn
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Post by ironday on Sept 19, 2006 22:15:10 GMT -5
I think we should call Hermin1 Cantewaste (Good Heart) because that's the virtue she has displayed ever since I've come on this Board. She is tireless and why she took up our cause I don't know but we are much enriched by it. I hope you, Hermin1, see in our Dakota people the same strength, fortitude, humanity, which your Greek family must possess, having learned from this Board this is your ancestry. We are all related aren't we?
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Post by hermin1 on Sept 19, 2006 22:45:22 GMT -5
the word is Hopa in Greek and it means wonderful. As for Ouzo, folks you don't want o mess with that stuff. We Greeks call it white Lightning. It is smooth going down but it will knock you on your tohos(a__), if you chug it down. this is so potent that if you put a couple drops of waterinto some iof it it turns milky.You must sip it like a fine cognac.
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Post by hermin1 on Sept 19, 2006 22:57:37 GMT -5
People if I could chang e the color of this message it would be bright red, from blushing.
I know what it is like to not know who your ancestors were. i was in the same boat, somewhat three years ago. finding an ancestor in Greece is worse than trying to find your ancestors. for just my dad's surname , there are over 300 prsons listed in the Greek Telephone bbook.
In Greece, You have a first name, then the middle name, which is that of your father(if you are single woman,this is the case. But opnce you marry. the middle name is your husband's first name) and the last is the surname.
whan people greet you they will call you by whom you are either married to, or your first name. Ie. My mother would be addressed as Evelyn, wife of Andrew, in Greek
My brother once got his face slapped by a Greek woman whom he mistakenly called a femal pig.the Greek word for widow and for pig is the same. he didn't realize that she was not a widow.
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Post by ed50 on Sept 19, 2006 23:01:33 GMT -5
Hermin, sounds good to me and I'll drink to that! And I agree with "ironday" you truly are a (Good Heart).
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Post by hermin1 on Sept 19, 2006 23:05:54 GMT -5
and yes. people wea re all equals in the eyes of God.
That is one thing my parents instilled in us kids. in adddition the being able to appreciate the little things in life, hard work, tolerance, honesty and integrity, and above all, Greek Stubbornness.
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Post by hermin1 on Sept 19, 2006 23:09:56 GMT -5
thaks you all so very much for your kind thoughts and wishes. I need every prayer I can get at this time.
Remeber folks, eachand everyone of you is a unique person. Before you there were none, and after you there will be none. Rejoice.
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Post by tamara on Sept 20, 2006 10:23:48 GMT -5
Thus far, in my own life, I have not experienced anything more potent in drink that the neighboring hutterites wine. Sounds to me like this might even top that.
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Post by Curtis Kitto "MIKE" on Sept 20, 2006 16:16:54 GMT -5
Relatives,
This is the name I wish to suggest for a very nice, caring relative:
Uncantognakalewastewin?
This is the translation I found: "We purposely placed this good woman in our hearts."
Un= we
cantognaka =Purposely put in the heart
le=this
waste= good
win= woman
Source:
Lakota-English Dictionary, by Rev. Eugene Buschel, S.J., edited by Rev. Paul Manhart, S.J., 1970, Red Cloud Indian School, Inc., Pine Ridge, South Dakota 57770
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Post by dawn on Sept 20, 2006 20:31:06 GMT -5
Mike, I think you found the right one.
Dawn
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Post by tamara on Sept 20, 2006 21:16:46 GMT -5
Relatives, This is the name I wish to suggest for a very nice, caring relative: Uncantognakalewastewin? This is the translation I found: "We purposely placed this good woman in our hearts." Un= we cantognaka =Purposely put in the heart le=this waste= good win= woman Source: Lakota-English Dictionary, by Rev. Eugene Buschel, S.J., edited by Rev. Paul Manhart, S.J., 1970, Red Cloud Indian School, Inc., Pine Ridge, South Dakota 57770 I love it!!!! |
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Post by tamara on Sept 20, 2006 21:19:35 GMT -5
Thus far, in my own life, I have not experienced anything more potent in drink that the neighboring hutterites wine. Sounds to me like this might even top that. I am reviewing my posts and thinking "this is what I have to contribute"  !! -lol compared to 150 year old baptismals... pretty sad... I need to get back to work over here!! lol |
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Post by hermin1 on Sept 20, 2006 23:15:21 GMT -5
thank you all so much, agapemeni mou philie kai famelia, which in Greek means my dearest beloved friends and family.
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Post by santee1961 on Sept 21, 2006 11:25:55 GMT -5
Tara,
I for one am glad for your contribution. It reminded me of when we were invited to attend several services and special events at the Greek Orthodox Church in Rochester, MN. I also got to spend a week at a workshop at the church and was given the chance to get to know the congregation a little better. The church is very important to them and many family activities are planned around the church schedule.
We have never experienced such a warm welcome and were instantly enveloped by the congregation. They were a gregarious group and so fun and they needlessly apologized by saying, "We're meditaranian, we get loud but we all hear each other". They all argued about which nationality was the smartest, loudest, stubbornest, most passionate and so on and on with no results. They were all great.
I don't think they ever had a stranger walk into the church because they welcomed everyone warmly as if they knew you already and invited you to share the service, even if you weren't orthodox. When you left you were hugged and kissed and sent away with an invitation to come back. On one occassion I got a chance to observe the older ladies cooking at the church. They were wonderful as they shared stories, shared their recipes and when another workshop participant sharpened their very, very dull knives he was showered with hugs and kisses of gratitude. Each one was the "Self Prolaimed Best Cook" and they all talked over each other, all at the same time telling why they were the best cook. We heard stories that were similiar to our stories. Many of these people had seen some very rough times. There were a lot of Greek people but there was also Egyptian, Middle Eastern, Russian and Bulgarian. Many had seen war and repression of their religious beliefs, had their homes taken away by the govt. and many left their families to come to the United States. They weren't just the older people some were within my generation 30's and 40's. It was eye opening. Many were curious about my ethnicity because of my coloring, I'm sure. When I told them I was Native American they were all sypathetic and I'm sure it was because of the similarities that happened to them or their families. Some had overcame huge obstacles for their education but they were all very sure that everyone needed an education or at the very least a trade so you could contribute to your family and community. Celebrations were so fun with lots of food and food is as important to them as it is to us. When it came to ouzo several sipped it but some drank it shooter style but only once or twice. I was lucky because I said I couldn't try it because of my medication....didn't work that way. I was told to try just a sip. It might just help me feel better and after all my Dr. was there, right? I really think it could strip paint. I don't drink, never have but ouzo is not for the wusses. It can put hair on your chest! Nobody drank to excess because most did just sip it. I know you're blushing Hermin but you come from wonderful,kind, loving people. You are the best of the best and represent all that is kind and good in everyone. You have taken in our families and cause as your own. You have researched questions that have been asked of you and given us much more than just the answers. You have done it in your own inimitable way that reminds me of that community in Rochester. Any name that would be given to would be appropriate if it represents a loving and kind heart. Thanks isn't enough but it is from the heart. You are in our thoughts and prayers too.
Roxy
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!! -lol compared to 150 year old baptismals... pretty sad... I need to get back to work over here!! lol