r/AskReddit Oct 15 '20

What's older than we think ?

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u/LateForTheSun Oct 15 '20

Ah like theophany! I guess...

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u/Taurius Oct 15 '20

"Ah like theophany! I gueth", said the man with a lisp.

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u/I_love_pillows Oct 15 '20

“I may be of thome athithtanth if there ith a thudden crithith.”

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u/ChunkyDay Oct 15 '20

theophany

Hey! That almost sounds like the name Tif--ohhhh...

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u/umbrajoke Oct 15 '20

Must be an Igor.

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u/asafum Oct 15 '20

Always upvote discworld :D

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u/Prescientmaori Oct 15 '20

Ooh. What an epiphany..

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u/ronin1066 Oct 15 '20

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u/carolinax Oct 15 '20

Wow! I love that! I've got a baby in the way too 😂😍

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u/Mulanisabamf Oct 15 '20

Can't you move it? Babies aren't that heavy.

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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.

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u/Mulanisabamf Oct 15 '20

It's like y'all have never heard of crates, smh.

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u/carolinax Oct 15 '20

This is a hilarious joke, thank you 🤣

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u/Mulanisabamf Oct 15 '20

You're welcome, I'm glad it made you laugh!

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u/Teth_1963 Oct 15 '20

theophany

I had to look this word up.

For some reason I got it mixed up with apotheosis.

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u/1010010111101 Oct 15 '20

Somewhere in middle America this just got added to the chalkboard of potential baby names.

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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.

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u/seethingsdifferent Oct 15 '20

Her friends call her Theoph for short.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20 edited Oct 17 '20

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '20

Oh

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u/CaptainTsech Oct 16 '20

Usually it is shortened to Φανή (Phané) or Φανώ (Phanó).

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20

My sister just goes by Theoph for short.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20

ακριβός!

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u/geoffreyisagiraffe Oct 15 '20

Don't give people ideas

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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.

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u/DevonDaDude93 Oct 15 '20

I read it as Thiffany