http://appellationmountain.net/2008/01/31/getting-to-gus/ Where Every Name Has a Story Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:57:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://appellationmountain.net/2008/01/31/getting-to-gus/#comment-1257 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:42:37 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-1257 [...] And if August seems like too much name for a small boy, there’s always the friendly – and popular – nickname Gus. [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/01/31/getting-to-gus/#comment-1134 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:05:29 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-1134 I agree with you, Jess. Magnus is coming up as a NotD, too.

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/01/31/getting-to-gus/#comment-1133 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:58:36 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-1133 Sorry, I’m late on this. I was just thinking that Magnus COULD also work as a way to get to Gus. Not as intuitive but it works, IMO.

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/01/31/getting-to-gus/#comment-4 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:42:47 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-4 [...] 1948 – the name is back in Great Britain. And let’s not forget the great nickname option Gus. If Henry sounds fresh, can Angus be that far [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/01/31/getting-to-gus/#comment-3 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 02:03:41 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-3 [...] Until recently, Lorelei was seldom heard on these shores. It wasn’t unfamiliar, exactly – the myth of Lorelei appears throughout poetry and music. The stories vary, but the gist is this: disappointed by a faithless lover, Lorelei leaps to her death from a large rock, from which she now lures sailors to their deaths. Lorelei translates to “murmuring rock,” but perhaps – at least in pop culture terms – it has come to mean siren. It was the name chosen for Marilyn Munroe’s femme fatale character in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. (Incidentally, in the movie Lorelei married a Gus.) [...]

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