First of all, November 11 is attached to the famous Martin of Tours, one of Catholic Church’s biggest celebrities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_of_Tours …pic.twitter.com/S9DRu2bkek
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This sucks coming from a place where every printed calendar would have a section listing all of the name days, and every internet portal had today’s names listed on its homepage.pic.twitter.com/TrfA7esxKR
To add insult to the injury, Saint Martin is popular around the world, so today November 11 is observed in many more countries than Poland (for example The Netherlands has its own mini Halloween that day)… but not in America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Martin%27s_Day …
So, help me celebrate – and if you can, please donate so that good people have a chance at senate majority, and enacting some real change. And if an idea of a name day appeals to you, claim your own! I can help you find your saint, if you want.https://secure.actblue.com/donate/fair-fight-1 …
Thank you so, so much, @mischa! You were first and I just matched your donation.
Your name day is September 29 (the closest Polish name is Michał), but there are other choices if you don’t like it!pic.twitter.com/iP6SzBLWfT
@benwerd, you are awesome. Thank you. You get to choose between March 31 or December 19! https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beniamin pic.twitter.com/bWnO3TGusq
@kvox, thank you for your generosity! Your name in Polish is related to Katarzyna, so I’ll pick one for you that’s close: November 25! but you can swap it to many others: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katarzyna pic.twitter.com/HU1H4To2Mo
@exwooton, this is great. Thank you. Your contribution gets us to $260 total! Your name is related to Polish “Helena,” and you have a bunch of options: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_(imię) …
Let me suggest April 17!pic.twitter.com/n0nlIhj8eb
@GlennF’s name doesn’t have the obvious equivalent, but Glenn → glen → valley → dolina (valley in Polish) → Lina!
So your name day is henceforth September 23. https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lina_(imię) …
Thank you for donating!pic.twitter.com/Th1OjUaxDg
Thanks, @lbudorick! A creative naming license led me to “Larysa,” which means your name day is March 26! https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larysa pic.twitter.com/mmP7f1CYqi
Thanks so much, Greg (@spkr4thedead51)! A popular name (Grzegorz) means many options, I’m going to pick May 9! https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grzegorz pic.twitter.com/PEi9mlt8Is
Thank you to a generous benefactor who’d like to remain anonymous. We are now at $665 total, multiplied by two! Let’s get to $1000!!!pic.twitter.com/DWOC8jxoBM
Thanks, @vinibaggio! Your Polish name is… Winicjusz (pretty straightforward), and your name day is April 3!
We’re at $765 × 2!pic.twitter.com/vpCkCpMDXE
Thank you for your generosity, @mbquilts!
Your Polish name (Maria) has… 62 name day options. I’m not joking! https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria
I’m going to pick October 10! A nice celebration before winter holiday season.pic.twitter.com/5X8I1IKobN
@wynkenhimself’s donation brings us to over $800!
Sarah, your name has six name day options: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_(imię) …
I think October 9 feels strategically great in the calendar for more gifts!pic.twitter.com/wAvqD5Mtvp
Thanks, @adobbs! The Polish equivalent of your name is the awesome-sounding Andrzej, with thirty-two name day options! https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrzej
Let’s pick the traditional November 30! (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_the_Apostle …)pic.twitter.com/B4y5fjg6M0
Another donation comes from @KariaYoungEagle! Thank you.
The closest Polish name I could think of (both phonetically and in terms of meaning) is Karyna, and your name day is August 2! https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karina pic.twitter.com/VG0gm9tIWl
And thanks to @jf, another donation makes its way to Fair Fight! Joël’s name day? July 13: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_(imię) …pic.twitter.com/Me6nzqgQmw
And this puts us over $1,000! Together, we’ve sent $2,170 today towards what I think is a great, worthwhile, and important cause. I really appreciate everyone who donated and engaged with this, and looking forward to celebrating 14 new (I think?) name days with y’all!!!
Thank you again, @mischa @benwerd @kvox @exwooton @GlennF @lbudorick @spkr4thedead51 @vinibaggio @mbquilts @wynkenhimself @adobbs @KariaYoungEagle @jf + 1 secret person – I have never tried doing this before, and it means a lot that you helped.
I am over my budget for matching, but this is still awesome and appreciated (and if someone else wants to match, that would be even more so):https://twitter.com/kettering/status/1326680485930545152 …
We received a generous offer from @skuwamoto to match another $1,000, so the thread continues!
Emily, you have 7 name day options, and some cool saints in your collection! https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilia
May I suggest May 23, just when it’s getting warm?
Joshua, thank you for your donation – your name in Polish is Jozue, with a frustrating name day of December 24… but you can always change it!https://twitter.com/schwa23/status/1326683679746240512 …
Sophia! You are amazing. In Polish, you are Zofia (which is a classic beautiful name), and you have 7 name day options… let’s pick September 2! https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zofia_(imię) …https://twitter.com/spara/status/1326684939987906567 …
Ryan is here with another donation – thanks! The closest I could get in Polish is “Brajan,” and your name day is now December 10.
We are now at $405 doubled for the second batch (thanks, @skuwamoto) – let’s get to $1000!!!https://twitter.com/rcuppernull/status/1326686537459916802 …
(I have to disappear for a few hours to actually celebrate my name day! But I will be back later. Please donate if you can!!!)
A donation by a secret benefactor puts us at $455 in the second run – thank you!!!pic.twitter.com/ao1o8cD0k2
And here’s another anonymous donation! $505 matched by @skuwamoto!!!pic.twitter.com/iBlFXdWPfn
A donation from @kelseymwhelan (thank you!) was a challenge. Her Old English name, which means “ship’s victory” or “fierce island” has absolutely no Polish equivalent.
But then I thought “fierce island” = Fyre Festival, which was on April 28.pic.twitter.com/EHq1Kv1c6n
So Kelsey’s name day is now April 28! …but please hear me out, since so far this is horrible. One of the saints attached to April 28 is Przybycześć, which is a super bad-ass old-school Polish name meaning “come bearing honour and valour,” which maybe redeems it somehow!
Here is a donation from @kayessgordon – I think your saint should be Karyna, which makes your name day November 7 (https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karina ). We just missed it. :·(
We’re now at $585, which is almost 2/3 towards the matching goal of $1,000!pic.twitter.com/Avlk8TfRfp
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