tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post6897520196757429433..comments2024-03-29T14:48:53.184+01:00Comments on Beyond the Lone Islands: Snowpeople from the PastDawnTreaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-90776026213604542162018-12-23T18:02:54.043+01:002018-12-23T18:02:54.043+01:00Meike, snowflake in Swedish = Snöflinga. Somehow I...Meike, snowflake in Swedish = Snöflinga. Somehow I feel three syllables is a bit long for a dog's name, though... Just Flinga, perhaps? (easier to call out!) ;)DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-54317977798760373122018-12-23T17:48:25.107+01:002018-12-23T17:48:25.107+01:00There's a lot of that going on here as well, f...There's a lot of that going on here as well, for example a new gender-neutral pronoun (neither he nor she) being used more and more frequently.DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-8680703359775821612018-12-23T12:10:00.717+01:002018-12-23T12:10:00.717+01:00 creative snowlady.. and sno dog is my favorite. t... creative snowlady.. and sno dog is my favorite. the countess was giftedMadSnapperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08163140037276496519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-47456162728504998432018-12-23T08:14:18.189+01:002018-12-23T08:14:18.189+01:00I absolutely love the little dog! What is snowflak...I absolutely love the little dog! What is snowflake in Swedish? Or maybe the Gräfin fancies an exotic foreign name for her dog and calls him or her Flocke or Flöckchen, because it is so tiny 😊Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-87616950527688086152018-12-23T02:17:21.869+01:002018-12-23T02:17:21.869+01:00Well, this is just the cutest. Oh no, we even have...Well, this is just the cutest. Oh no, we even have to be politically correct with snow now!Ginny Hartzlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09329131153403895625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-47152686003395856712018-12-22T20:21:49.332+01:002018-12-22T20:21:49.332+01:00What a pretty Countess and Snow Lady. I think the ...What a pretty Countess and Snow Lady. I think the quibbling over words like Snowmen is sad. In my area there is a harbor and there was a minor flap over the word Fisherman. I forget what the inclusive word was.Terra https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396481049075747940noreply@blogger.com