Tag: names
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Civilization
Mongol we pride ourselves in Mongolia Mongo they laugh at each other in Britain Mothers cuddling their babies round the world Fathers cursing the ignorant and Trisomy 21 Mongol, Down called his observation in 1860’s More stupid than us, he clarified The world followed him, calling babies Mongols They knew none of it in […]
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M is for Mongol
You can call me Mongol Because I am. But please don’t call someone with Down’s Syndrome ‘Mongol’ or ‘Mongo.’ You will hurt not only me but many ‘Billy’ we called our little boy when he was born ‘Buuz’ we named him when he came home Our baby was a Mongol not because he had Down’s […]
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I is for Idioms
Idioms. Metaphors. Phrasal verbs. I love them. I find it so fascinating why languages have different idioms for the same ideas and expressions. (English) = (Mongolian) chalk and cheese = a camel and a goat no room to swing a cat = no room to turn your bottom out of the blue = out of […]
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F is for Finds
I often wonder if life is about finding. Starting from choosing our names to finding the right school, perfect home, dream job and our partner to spend the rest of our lives. The list goes on and on and on. Today, my husband spent the afternoon hunting for odd objects in shop windows in […]
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The mystery and magic of the ger*
ger*- is a Mongolian round house known as yurt in the West The Edinburgh Festival. The Edinburgh Book Festival to be more specific. The book lovers wandering about, secretly eyeing everyone’s bag, checking who has which books by whom. The writers competing secretly about who has the longest queue for their book signing… Amongst all […]
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Unusual names
In Mongolia some names are quite weird and unusual just like any other countries. I remember going to Spain and was surprised to find out someone was called Jesus. I guess it sounded a bit like someone is called Buddha. So today here are some interesting and amusing names for you: Bibish – not me […]
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Why Guuye?
Guuye is my name. It was my first ever name which I was addressed to as a baby. However, my official name is not Guuye. Why? It’s a lovely story. When I was born my parents were very happy as I was the first grandchild in both families. My parents didn’t have a name for […]
Guuye ~ Гүүеэ 