Waiting To Be Sent Back 2013-07-12

[sheik]

"My middle name is ..."



is there going to be a guessing game on Atsali's middle name?

I know of an Australian Rugby League player who gave his son the middle name "Danger" , and that sounds appropriate for Atsali.

Put me down for "Danger" as Atsali's middle name.

I vote for Quality.

[Forklifter]

That is an effective scene. It actually made me a little bit angry, as well as Katherine.

[shadowinthelight]

Put me down for "Danger" as Atsali's middle name.

I vote for Quality.

Myself being bilingual I think a good middle name for her would be Paloma.

[Mark N]

Myself being bilingual I think a good middle name for her would be Paloma.

Clumsy (Awkward) Dove... That does fit. I like it.

I am trying to remember who translated Atsali into clumsy before.

[Dr. Otter]

Put me down for "Danger" as Atsali's middle name.

Since she initially gave her first name as "Ατσαλη," would that mean that her middle name is "Κίνδυνος"?

[Fairportfan]

I have a feeling that right at this moment Dr Kathrine Gilchrist could probably intimidate a Sphinx into stepping back with just her sheer aura of rage. I'm getting the feeling of Golem Gals level of anger and rage here. Let us hope she isn't some form of golem herself (although that would explain the transition from crystal storage unit to full term baby that can survive on its own until found by the air force and then grows naturally to adulthood but can survive helicopter raids and sudden shifts in available knowledge.)

nah, when the military found her, she was in stasis... how they figured out the technology enough to get her OUT of it is no clue, yet.

No - i think she WAS in stasis until the missile.

[Fairportfan]

Or (even less likely) she has a version of what Bill Cosby referred to as Mamma's Voice... the one which sounds like

DIDN'T I TELL YOU NOT TO DO THAT!?!!

"That voice... that voice will decalcify your entire spinal column and you will fall to your knees. 'Please, Momma, I'd rather you hit me than scream at me like that again!'"

As i said at the time this page ran:

This is what i was wondering about hearing in a West Texas accent (in my head, Euryale sounds like Mike Nesmith's older sister):



(BTW - the little flowers make it obvious that that is said the honeyed tone that any Southern male with even the most rudimentary self-preservation reflex learns to dread before age six - earlier if he has older sisters...)

[Fairportfan]

Now, I think either Kath gets to state her case on how much she cares for her little bird, or we are about to hear the Library speak again. For all we know, once Atsali rezzes up at the orphanage, she may be told to get her things together, because she's about to move to a new Home.

One can hope.

[Fairportfan]

Kat is more than ready to kick anyone's A$$ if she doesn't get a quick answer . Would not want to be there when she starts.

But - if she does get her back - make sure you have your Naval landing and takeoff head gear - that just might muffle the 176Db SQUEEEEEE that will happen.

Might even rival the SQUEE after The Page That Launched A Thousand Squees (when Emily kissed Ash) over at Misfile.

[Fairportfan]

I am trying to remember who translated Atsali into clumsy before.

I think i looked it up, but i don't think i was first to post it.

[scantrontb]

nah, when the military found her, she was in stasis... how they figured out the technology enough to get her OUT of it is no clue, yet.

No - i think she WAS in stasis until the missile.

but if you re-read panel 2 last line "they found a baby"... then in panel 3 "a baby IN STASIS"... thus implying that THEY were the ones to decant her, not the missile. otherwise that would have read differently.

[Dr. Otter]

I am trying to remember who translated Atsali into clumsy before.

I think i looked it up, but i don't think i was first to post it.

In that first introduction, her name was spelled "ατσάλη," which appears to not have a Greek translation (according to 3 online dictionaries). In contrast, "ατσάλι" (with a terminal iota vice eta) means "steel," both the literal sense of the metal and the figurative sense of "determination' or "grit." Sounds like "tough" to me.

[Dave]

In that first introduction, her name was spelled "ατσάλη," which appears to not have a Greek translation (according to 3 online dictionaries). In contrast, "ατσάλι" (with a terminal iota vice eta) means "steel," both the literal sense of the metal and the figurative sense of "determination' or "grit." Sounds like "tough" to me.

I believe I recall that in the very first introduction (2013-01-31), her name was originally given as "ατσαλος" (Romanicized as "Atsalos"), which seems to have multiple translations from Greek into English. It comes across as the noun "steel", and as adjectives "clumsy" and noun "bungler" (according to Google Translate). It looks like the difference is one of stress... for "clumsy" and "bungler" the stress is on the first "α" and for "steel" it's on the second "α".

Akasha pointed out the translation of "clumsy", and that the "-ος" ending is traditionally used for male names, and that -η, -α endings are for female names. Paul chimed in shortly thereafter, said that he liked the female "ατσάλη" better, and retropatched the comic.

So, my sense is that we have a legitimate and somewhat punnish multiple-meaning here... "tough but clumsy" which is sorta what we've seen of her so far. I wonder if it's actually her birth-name (or hatching-name?), or whether it's a name that people in the orphanage labeled on her her based on their experience of her.

Tough enough to have to grow up in an orphanage. Being given a name which means "Steel", but which can be punned into "Clumsy" by slightly mispronouncing it would make it even worse... you can just imagine that the other kids would have had a lot of fun tormenting her with this.

[TheDOCTOR]

*sniffle* BRING. ATSALI. BACK. NOW!!!!
She and Katherine belong together.

[MerchManDan]

(FWIP or whatever the sound of a stargate poit is)

For what it's worth, the sound appears to be BVVVVVVVVVVorp!

[Fairportfan]

(FWIP or whatever the sound of a stargate poit is)

For what it's worth, the sound appears to be BVVVVVVVVVVorp!

Give it Pepto-Bismol, then.

[Dave]

For what it's worth, the sound appears to be BVVVVVVVVVVorp!

Give it Pepto-Bismol, then.

Demure socialite: Do you Rhumba?
Curly Howard: Only when I take a bicarbonate.

[MerchManDan]

For what it's worth, the sound appears to be BVVVVVVVVVVorp!

Give it Pepto-Bismol, then.

"Bubbly bubbly bubbly?"

[Yamara]

In that first introduction, her name was spelled "ατσάλη," which appears to not have a Greek translation (according to 3 online dictionaries). In contrast, "ατσάλι" (with a terminal iota vice eta) means "steel," both the literal sense of the metal and the figurative sense of "determination' or "grit." Sounds like "tough" to me.

I believe I recall that in the very first introduction (2013-01-31), her name was originally given as "ατσαλος" (Romanicized as "Atsalos"), which seems to have multiple translations from Greek into English. It comes across as the noun "steel", and as adjectives "clumsy" and noun "bungler" (according to Google Translate). It looks like the difference is one of stress... for "clumsy" and "bungler" the stress is on the first "α" and for "steel" it's on the second "α".

Akasha pointed out the translation of "clumsy", and that the "-ος" ending is traditionally used for male names, and that -η, -α endings are for female names. Paul chimed in shortly thereafter, said that he liked the female "ατσάλη" better, and retropatched the comic.

So, my sense is that we have a legitimate and somewhat punnish multiple-meaning here... "tough but clumsy" which is sorta what we've seen of her so far. I wonder if it's actually her birth-name (or hatching-name?), or whether it's a name that people in the orphanage labeled on her her based on their experience of her.

Tough enough to have to grow up in an orphanage. Being given a name which means "Steel", but which can be punned into "Clumsy" by slightly mispronouncing it would make it even worse... you can just imagine that the other kids would have had a lot of fun tormenting her with this.

So. Stumblesteel. Good name.

On the other hand, the Library (or someone else) may just be exercising their Gods-and-Goddesses-given right to be an utter ass... in which case, I hope Katherine's status gives her some sort of handle with which to ream somebody a new whatever.

Someone's going to be sent to bed without their ambrosia.

I suspect the other player is Phix and Kathy is now being tested to see if she is strong enough, and cares enough, to adopt Sali. Phix can be hard when testing people, remember how she first greeted Kathy to the library? I bet the requirements to adopt an immortal are quiet a bit more stringent. This is an excellent way to see how determined Kathy is.

Not sure if sirens are immortal, but I can only imagine you'd have to have special clearance with the MIB to adopt a paranormal OH WAIT.

[Locuran]

To not go into the deep thinker's end of this; I can appreciate the fact that in the last two strips alone, the people/things/locations/whatevers that other characters have treated with a modicum of respect/awe/fear, Kats has no problem in getting huffy or straight out mad at.

She's still my favourite.

Quickie Q: Kats and Tina, did they ever interact with each other? Just curious.