Future Regrets?

[Peregrinator]

Shameless self-promoting bump.

 

[bad kitty]

Ya know, I have one huge regret in my life. Since then I have fully made a conscious effort to not pass up a good thing and have this kind of regret again.

Never pass up a good thing.

 

[Olivianna]

I will regret not having traveled enough.

 

[Peregrinator]

Ya know, I have one huge regret in my life. Since then I have fully made a conscious effort to not pass up a good thing and have this kind of regret again.

Never pass up a good thing.

You learned the lesson faster than a lot of people do. Why did you pass it up? What can hte rest of us learn from your experience?

 

[Peregrinator]

I will regret not having traveled enough.

I'm already there. I won't live long enough to see all the places I want to see.

Hey, O I thought of you yesterday. I was watching the Omnimax film on natural disasters and they had some great footage of the (what is the first word?) Sophia, in Istanbul. What a beautiful place. I wanted you to explicate it for me. Have you been there?

 

[Olivianna]

Aya Sofia. Never been to Turkey.

 

[Peregrinator]

Aya Sofia. Never been to Turkey.

I bet it's on your list, though. What does the name mean?

 

[Calamity Jane]

I can't think of that many things that are truly possible for me, that I haven't done, yet want to.

I can't imagine sitting around when I'm really old and beating myself up over something I didn't say or something I didn't do.

 

[Olivianna]

I bet it's on your list, though. What does the name mean?

Holy Wisdom.

 

[Peregrinator]

I can't think of that many things that are truly possible for me, that I haven't done, yet want to.

I can't imagine sitting around when I'm really old and beating myself up over something I didn't say or something I didn't do.

You're very fortunate. I wouldn't think more than 1% of the population could make that claim honestly.

 

[Peregrinator]

Holy Wisdom.

Thank you.

 

[Calamity Jane]

You're very fortunate. I wouldn't think more than 1% of the population could make that claim honestly.

Well, it could mean that I just lack ambition.

But seriously, I enjoy traveling, and hope to someday actually cross the ocean, but it's not a driving need that'll haunt me when I'm old, if I haven't done it.

I make sure I live a life that I can look back on, day to day, and know that I'm doing everything I can to achieve my goals. It's the journey toward them that's truly interesting to me, anyway.

 

[Peregrinator]

But seriously, I enjoy traveling, and hope to someday actually cross the ocean, but it's not a driving need that'll haunt me when I'm old, if I haven't done it.

I make sure I live a life that I can look back on, day to day, and know that I'm doing everything I can to achieve my goals. It's the journey toward them that's truly interesting to me, anyway.

Travelling is one of the specifics that were commonly mentioned by the guys Reynolds interviewed. They said they always put it off for one reason or another, and never got around to it.

That sounds like a distillation of every conceivable system for a contented life I've ever heard. You're on the path.

 

[Calamity Jane]

Travelling is one of the specifics that were commonly mentioned by the guys Reynolds interviewed. They said they always put it off for one reason or another, and never got around to it.

It's all those things you do instead that should lead to a regret free life though. So, I may never see Ireland. Or visit long lost relatives in Wales. But if the trade off is that I spend more time with my family, or my friends, or on my horse, I think it's a fair trade.

That sounds like a distillation of every conceivable system for a contented life I've ever heard. You're on the path.

I like to think so.

 

[Olivianna]

Thank you.

No prob. You'll also hear it referred to as the Hagia Sophia (from the Greek).

 

[Peregrinator]

No prob. You'll also hear it referred to as the Hagia Sophia (from the Greek).

I thought "aya" was Greek. That's latin? I'm such a dumbshit about the classics.

 

[Calamity Jane]

I thought "aya" was Greek. That's latin? I'm such a dumbshit about the classics.

But that's why we have Olivianna.

 

[Olivianna]

I thought "aya" was Greek. That's latin? I'm such a dumbshit about the classics.

Nope. 'Hagia' is Greek, and 'Aya' is Turkish.

 

[Peregrinator]

It's all those things you do instead that should lead to a regret free life though. So, I may never see Ireland. Or visit long lost relatives in Wales. But if the trade off is that I spend more time with my family, or my friends, or on my horse, I think it's a fair trade.

That's prioritizing for you. Sounds like you know what you want.

But that's why we have Olivianna.

That's just part of why I admire her.

 

[Olivianna]

Nope. 'Hagia' is Greek, and 'Aya' is Turkish.

It's interesting to think about some distant relationship between 'hagia' and the Arabic 'haj,' which means 'pilgrimage.' I am not aware of any connection between the two words, though it's well known that Arabic syntax is derived from Greek.

 

[Peregrinator]

It's interesting to think about some distant relationship between 'hagia' and the Arabic 'haj,' which means 'pilgrimage.' I am not aware of any connection between the two words, though it's well known that Arabic syntax is derived from Greek.

That is interesting. I'm sure if you went back far enough, they'd have a common ancestor. Two questions and a statement:

Where does Turkish derive from?

What's the word for "pilgrim; one who is on the haj?"

It's nice to chat with you again...I missed you.

 

[Olivianna]

That is interesting. I'm sure if you went back far enough, they'd have a common ancestor. Two questions and a statement:

Where does Turkish derive from?

What's the word for "pilgrim; one who is on the haj?"

It's nice to chat with you again...I missed you.

Turkish is an altaic language (meaning you just kluge a bunch of suffixes together to make a word) and it's spoken across Central Asia. In fact, if you know some Turkish, you could pretty much travel from Turkey to China and still be able to communicate with locals.

Modern Turkish is its own special problem. Turkish was "reformed" by Ataturk in the early 20th century in order to make it more modern--similar story with Modern Hebrew.

A pilgrim who travels to Mecca is known as a Hajji.

Nice to chat with you, too.

 

[Olivianna]

This is an interesting site about Altaic languages:
http://members.tripod.com/~Yukon_2/language2.html

 

[Peregrinator]

Turkish is an altaic language (meaning you just kluge a bunch of suffixes together to make a word) and it's spoken across Central Asia. In fact, if you know some Turkish, you could pretty much travel from Turkey to China and still be able to communicate with locals.

Modern Turkish is its own special problem. Turkish was "reformed" by Ataturk in the early 20th century in order to make it more modern--similar story with Modern Hebrew.

A pilgrim who travels to Mecca is known as a Hajji.

Nice to chat with you, too.

I had no idea Turkish was so widespread...who dragged it across the continent? Huns? Or was it a trade lingua franca?

Is Hajji non-gender-specific, and does it only apply to THE Haj, or is it a general term like pilgrim?

And, wtf, how's life?

 

[Olivianna]

I had no idea Turkish was so widespread...who dragged it across the continent? Huns? Or was it a trade lingua franca?

Is Hajji non-gender-specific, and does it only apply to THE Haj, or is it a general term like pilgrim?

And, wtf, how's life?

Well, let's just say Turkic languages are widespread. I wouldn't say that your Modern Turkish would solve all your communication qualms in Uzbekistan. I'm not so sure how it "spread," so to speak. It's definitely an area with a long history of trade, as well as nomadism.

Hajja would be used for the feminine. And as far as I know a hajji/hajja refers specifically to someone who makes the pilgrimage to Mecca. It's actually used as a honorific--so, if I did the pilgrimage to Mecca, I'd be known as Hajja Olivianna.

There's probably a more general term for 'pilgrim' (it might just be 'haj'), and I'd look it up if I knew where my dictionary was.

Life's cool. About to go watch _Big Trouble in Little China_.