Sandykayak_at_aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 11/21/1999 7:57:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, > rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com writes: > > << One of them, Hallie, is named after me and them's is fighting words! :-) > ralph diaz >> > > OK, I'll bite. How does the word Hallie derive from the name Rafael Diaz? > Pray tell us the story. > > Sandy This is really a wonderful Jackie Fenton story more than a Diaz one. Just before Christmas last year, Jackie who lives in Southern California and much more soft-hearted than her tough PaddleWise den mother persona lets on, got upset about something she had heard of through the 'Net. A Westie puppy, the same breed as her beloved Mollie of ascii art fame, had been returned to a pet shop in Las Vegas because of some ailment that is common among Westies. Jackie knew that the ailment could be cured with a caring regimen of medicine and attention. She negotiated with the shop to buy the puppy. But it was now Christmas eve. Jackie was upset by the vision of the puppy alone in a closed shop over the holiday. In a scene reminiscent of the Three Wise Men and the baby in the manger, she got her significant other, Bob, to drive the long distance over the Rockies with her and Mollie to pick up the puppy before the shop closed. The puppy turned out to be a delight and took to Bob and Jackie right away. And to Mollie. The two greeted each other like twins who had been separated at birth...no jealousies, no territory staking out, just a lot of sisterly sharing. The rescued puppy showed herself immediately to be a scamp. Her favorite trick was to steal any sock or small object that was lying around and to hide it. With the story of her rescue on Christmas eve and her loving way with people, the puppy stole the heart of anyone who met her. Jackie started thinking of her as a pirate of hearts and things. And that is where one Rafael Diaz y O'Halloran comes in. About a month earlier, Jackie and I had been exchanging email on some matter. Somewhere along the line, I mentioned to her that her last name, Fenton, meant "someone who lived near a marsh or low wet area." (I had written a book, still not published, about surnames, so I kinda know such things). I mentioned what my two last names meant. Diaz (paternal surname) coming from "of, or son of, Iago or Diego" and O'Halloran (maternal surname) from early Gaelic for "pirate or stranger from across the sea." Jackie remembered that. And so the new puppy became Hallie as a dimunitive of O'Halloran. So that is why I have a puppy named after me. Sic transit gloria. ralph p.s. sorry that this is not kayaking related but it does say a lot about Jackie, our den mom. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Nov 22 1999 - 08:19:38 PST
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