Comments on: FLOWER FAIRY NAMES

By: Nephele

Nephele — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:15:43 +0000

Hi, ehnsausornt. Sorry I’m late getting back to you. Just visit my thread on the Nameberry discussion forum at:

http://nameberry.com/nametalk/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1479

…and I’ll be more than happy to oblige!

Everyone else, thank you for your feedback, comments, and compliments!

– Nephele

By: Sag in an o nigh

Sag in an o nigh — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:16:20 +0000

Thank you x

By: ehnsausornt

ehnsausornt — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:11:04 +0000

Please can you tell me my flower fairy name. Thank you

By: redridinghood

redridinghood — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:04:06 +0000

OOH, Nephele, I am so excited! Just off to the Flower Fairy Names topic now. I am a bit of a technophobe, (everything I have learned on the computer has been thanks to my six teenagers, and I am still learning daily) so if necessary, I will come back and leave a message here. Fingers crossed.

Bye for now.

Ailsa

By: Nephele

Nephele — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:18:35 +0000

Hi, Ailsa! Here's the link to the Flower Fairy Names topic. I'd be delighted to give you your anagrammed name and let you know which particular flower fairy family you belong to. Nice meeting you! And, as Pam says, we seem to have libraries in common, as well as Cicely Mary Barker! -- Nephele

By: pam

pam — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:33:47 +0000

Hi Ailsa — Gee, I’m not certain as I’ve never used the message boards as a user, only a moderator! You may need to be logged in to post replies and comments but once you’re logged in I think it’s pretty easy to start new discussions or join in current ones. I think you’re going to find a lot of friends here. Plus, Nephele also works in a library!

By: ailsa Gray

ailsa Gray — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:24:25 +0000

I am Welsh, and can indeed confirm Nephele’s pronounciations. I have a neighbour who is called Eirlys (snowdrop) – EYE-r-liss, the emphasis on the first syllable. She says she was born in January and her mother had just seen snowdrops.

Nephele, I am intrigued with the flower fairy blog. I still have all the Cicely Mary Barker books from my childhood in the 1950s/60s, including more modern editions I bought my own children, and have loved them forever. Of course, I gave all the fairies NAMES too!

I would love to join in with this flower fairy thing. As well as being a mad mother of six teenagers and being nuts about names since the 1950s – a LONG time ago! – I also work in a public library.

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:54:19 +0000

a-er-lis (a being the letter name) is how I would say it’s pronounced, I’m a Welsh speaker.
Jane

By: Sebastiane

Sebastiane — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:00:44 +0000

What a cool article! Gwenonwy is quite appealing.

By: Nephele

Nephele — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:02:16 +0000

Hi, Davena. I believe that the Welsh name “Eirys” (meaning “iris”) is pronounced the same way that we pronounced “Iris” — eye-ris.

The Welsh name “Eirlys” (meaning “snowdrop”) I believe is pronounced: eye’r-lis.

Perhaps we have someone here who is Welsh who can either correct or confirm this?

– Nephele