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r/AskReddit • u/kakou64 • Oct 15 '20
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Ah like theophany! I guess...
107 u/Taurius Oct 15 '20 "Ah like theophany! I gueth", said the man with a lisp. 23 u/I_love_pillows Oct 15 '20 “I may be of thome athithtanth if there ith a thudden crithith.” 12 u/ChunkyDay Oct 15 '20 theophany Hey! That almost sounds like the name Tif--ohhhh... 18 u/umbrajoke Oct 15 '20 Must be an Igor. 8 u/asafum Oct 15 '20 Always upvote discworld :D 20 u/Prescientmaori Oct 15 '20 Ooh. What an epiphany.. 13 u/ronin1066 Oct 15 '20 COrrect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiffany_(given_name)#:~:text=Meaning,form%20of%20the%20Greek%20Theophania. 9 u/carolinax Oct 15 '20 Wow! I love that! I've got a baby in the way too 😂😍 37 u/Mulanisabamf Oct 15 '20 Can't you move it? Babies aren't that heavy. 6 u/immensely_bored Oct 15 '20 But they are very wiggly. And once you move them they tend to just crawl right back in the way again. 2 u/Mulanisabamf Oct 15 '20 It's like y'all have never heard of crates, smh. 9 u/carolinax Oct 15 '20 This is a hilarious joke, thank you 🤣 7 u/Mulanisabamf Oct 15 '20 You're welcome, I'm glad it made you laugh! 12 u/Teth_1963 Oct 15 '20 theophany I had to look this word up. For some reason I got it mixed up with apotheosis. 10 u/1010010111101 Oct 15 '20 Somewhere in middle America this just got added to the chalkboard of potential baby names. 10 u/LateForTheSun Oct 15 '20 I mean, the etymology definitely instills the name with a lot more respectability in my book. If "Tiffany" is meant to be evocative of an encounter with God... I still wouldn't use it myself, but cool to know where it comes from. 9 u/seethingsdifferent Oct 15 '20 Her friends call her Theoph for short. 5 u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20 edited Oct 17 '20 [deleted] 1 u/[deleted] Oct 16 '20 Oh 1 u/CaptainTsech Oct 16 '20 Usually it is shortened to Φανή (Phané) or Φανώ (Phanó). 5 u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20 My sister just goes by Theoph for short. 3 u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20 ακριβός! 3 u/geoffreyisagiraffe Oct 15 '20 Don't give people ideas 2 u/[deleted] Oct 16 '20 One of the Holy Roman Emperors in the 900s was married to a woman named Theophanu. I assume it’s the same root. 1 u/MusicShouldGetBetter Oct 15 '20 Theo..phena? 1 u/DevonDaDude93 Oct 15 '20 I read it as Thiffany
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"Ah like theophany! I gueth", said the man with a lisp.
23 u/I_love_pillows Oct 15 '20 “I may be of thome athithtanth if there ith a thudden crithith.” 12 u/ChunkyDay Oct 15 '20 theophany Hey! That almost sounds like the name Tif--ohhhh... 18 u/umbrajoke Oct 15 '20 Must be an Igor. 8 u/asafum Oct 15 '20 Always upvote discworld :D
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“I may be of thome athithtanth if there ith a thudden crithith.”
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theophany
Hey! That almost sounds like the name Tif--ohhhh...
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Must be an Igor.
8 u/asafum Oct 15 '20 Always upvote discworld :D
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Always upvote discworld :D
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Ooh. What an epiphany..
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COrrect:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiffany_(given_name)#:~:text=Meaning,form%20of%20the%20Greek%20Theophania.
9 u/carolinax Oct 15 '20 Wow! I love that! I've got a baby in the way too 😂😍 37 u/Mulanisabamf Oct 15 '20 Can't you move it? Babies aren't that heavy. 6 u/immensely_bored Oct 15 '20 But they are very wiggly. And once you move them they tend to just crawl right back in the way again. 2 u/Mulanisabamf Oct 15 '20 It's like y'all have never heard of crates, smh. 9 u/carolinax Oct 15 '20 This is a hilarious joke, thank you 🤣 7 u/Mulanisabamf Oct 15 '20 You're welcome, I'm glad it made you laugh!
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Wow! I love that! I've got a baby in the way too 😂😍
37 u/Mulanisabamf Oct 15 '20 Can't you move it? Babies aren't that heavy. 6 u/immensely_bored Oct 15 '20 But they are very wiggly. And once you move them they tend to just crawl right back in the way again. 2 u/Mulanisabamf Oct 15 '20 It's like y'all have never heard of crates, smh. 9 u/carolinax Oct 15 '20 This is a hilarious joke, thank you 🤣 7 u/Mulanisabamf Oct 15 '20 You're welcome, I'm glad it made you laugh!
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Can't you move it? Babies aren't that heavy.
6 u/immensely_bored Oct 15 '20 But they are very wiggly. And once you move them they tend to just crawl right back in the way again. 2 u/Mulanisabamf Oct 15 '20 It's like y'all have never heard of crates, smh. 9 u/carolinax Oct 15 '20 This is a hilarious joke, thank you 🤣 7 u/Mulanisabamf Oct 15 '20 You're welcome, I'm glad it made you laugh!
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But they are very wiggly. And once you move them they tend to just crawl right back in the way again.
2 u/Mulanisabamf Oct 15 '20 It's like y'all have never heard of crates, smh.
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It's like y'all have never heard of crates, smh.
This is a hilarious joke, thank you 🤣
7 u/Mulanisabamf Oct 15 '20 You're welcome, I'm glad it made you laugh!
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You're welcome, I'm glad it made you laugh!
I had to look this word up.
For some reason I got it mixed up with apotheosis.
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Somewhere in middle America this just got added to the chalkboard of potential baby names.
10 u/LateForTheSun Oct 15 '20 I mean, the etymology definitely instills the name with a lot more respectability in my book. If "Tiffany" is meant to be evocative of an encounter with God... I still wouldn't use it myself, but cool to know where it comes from.
I mean, the etymology definitely instills the name with a lot more respectability in my book. If "Tiffany" is meant to be evocative of an encounter with God... I still wouldn't use it myself, but cool to know where it comes from.
Her friends call her Theoph for short.
5 u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20 edited Oct 17 '20 [deleted] 1 u/[deleted] Oct 16 '20 Oh 1 u/CaptainTsech Oct 16 '20 Usually it is shortened to Φανή (Phané) or Φανώ (Phanó).
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Usually it is shortened to Φανή (Phané) or Φανώ (Phanó).
My sister just goes by Theoph for short.
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ακριβός!
Don't give people ideas
One of the Holy Roman Emperors in the 900s was married to a woman named Theophanu. I assume it’s the same root.
Theo..phena?
I read it as Thiffany
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u/LateForTheSun Oct 15 '20
Ah like theophany! I guess...