Rip Van Winkle

[Cruel2BKind]

What year is it?

Where am I?

Is the war over???




I've been off the grid a bit. How long is the pending period these days?

 

[Vanadorn]

2015

Minnesota

Most of them!

For me it's been 2-3 days - emphasis on the 2.

-V

 

[glynndah]

I read that as "R.I.P. Van Winkle" and was trying to remember someone named Van Winkle.

 

[Cruel2BKind]

2015

Minnesota

Most of them!

For me it's been 2-3 days - emphasis on the 2.

-V

Thanks!

I read that as "R.I.P. Van Winkle" and was trying to remember someone named Van Winkle.

We need to find somebody with that last name, and send an eligible emissary of the opposite sex. A Van Winkle needs to happen.

 

[Handley_Page]

Thanks!

We need to find somebody with that last name, and send an eligible emissary of the opposite sex. A Van Winkle needs to happen.

The 'V' in van Winkle should not have a capital letter, I think.
It means "of";
what we need to know is:
"Where is WINKLE"?

 

[Vanadorn]

Illinois.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winkle,_Illinois

Someone get Stangstar to take a mustang trip to Winkle and find Rip before he disappears.
Or takes a nap.

-V

 

[glynndah]

The 'V' in van Winkle should not have a capital letter, I think.
It means "of";
what we need to know is:
"Where is WINKLE"?

I was thinking first name Van; last name Winkle.

 

[glynndah]

Illinois.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winkle,_Illinois

Someone get Stangstar to take a mustang trip to Winkle and find Rip before he disappears.
Or takes a nap.

-V

Actually, that's very near me. I'm sure I've driven through there any number of times.

 

[R. Richard]

The 'V' in van Winkle should not have a capital letter, I think.
It means "of";
what we need to know is:
"Where is WINKLE"?

The prefix van is a common prefix in Dutch language surnames (being known as a tussenvoegsel), as in Vincent van Gogh or Marco van Basten.

 

[Bramblethorn]

We need to find somebody with that last name, and send an eligible emissary of the opposite sex. A Van Winkle needs to happen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_Ice

 

[Cruel2BKind]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_Ice

...

ABORT ABORT ABORT


No emissary should have to go through that.

 

[Carnevil9]

The prefix van is a common prefix in Dutch language surnames (being known as a tussenvoegsel), as in Vincent van Gogh or Marco van Basten.

Or Camper van Beethoven.

 

[49greg]

I was thinking first name Van; last name Winkle.

In college many many years ago I knew a guy name Von somethingorother. His first name was "Von". When I first met him I thought he was just being silly, going by the first syllable of his Germanic last name.

ON another subject, isn't the German "Von" equivalent to the Dutch "Van".

 

[R. Richard]

ON another subject, isn't the German "Von" equivalent to the Dutch "Van".

The Dutch 'van' means of or from. The German 'von' is supposed to mean nobility.

 

[Handley_Page]

The Dutch 'van' means of or from. The German 'von' is supposed to mean nobility.

Winkel?
It's old Dutch: Bend, or Corner

 

[lovecraft68]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_Ice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moomL4A0dhg

 

[49greg]

The Dutch 'van' means of or from. The German 'von' is supposed to mean nobility.

As in "Wilfred of Ivanhoe?

Wiki has a good article, now it's noble but not always, some of it is:

"In German, von [fɔn] is a preposition which approximately means of or from.

When it is used as a part of a German family name, von is usually a nobiliary particle and indicates a noble father's lineage. Nobility directories like Almanach de Gotha often abbreviate noble von to v. In medieval or early modern names the von particle was also often part of commoners' names; thus, "Hans von Duisburg" meant Hans from [the city of] Duisburg. This meaning is preserved in Swiss surnames or in the Dutch van, which is a cognate of von but does not indicate nobility."

The full article is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von#Nordic_countries

 

[49greg]

Winkel?
It's old Dutch: Bend, or Corner

I wonder if the name means anything that meant something in the old days but we've lost now. Maybe calling someone "bent" had a hidden meaning?

I've heard that old paintings and fairy tales were full of symbols that have been largely forgotten. I was once told that the Christmas Carol about the 12 days of Christmas was full of them. I do remember that the partridge and the pear tree together meant passion and love or lust or something like that.