Also also, remember the loud geese etc.? For that reason eating geese is a traditional thing to do on November 11. An old saying goes “Dzień św. Marcina dużo gęsi zarzyna” – “a lot of geese get slaughtered on Saint Martin’s Day.” I’m not even making this up.)
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@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
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@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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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@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
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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
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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
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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
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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!!!
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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.Show this thread -
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 …
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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?Show this thread -
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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(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!!!)
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A donation by a secret benefactor puts us at $455 in the second run – thank you!!!pic.twitter.com/ao1o8cD0k2
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And here’s another anonymous donation! $505 matched by
@skuwamoto!!!pic.twitter.com/iBlFXdWPfn
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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
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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!
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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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Thanks for your generosity,
@nlevin! You get two options, and I’m going to pick May 31! https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noe_(imię) (↑ If you follow the footnote here you can learn the story of your patron saint and the date’s significance. There is no happy ending, but that’s often the case.)pic.twitter.com/5LkHF7JAQd
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This is a reminder that the wonderful
@skuwamoto is matching the second $1,000 and we’re at almost $700 now! Sho’s name means “crystal/pure,” and there is a Polish name (via Latin) that means something similar. That name is Laudo, and your name day is thus September 21!Show this thread -
This means that if you donate before midnight to Fair Fight, you can get your money doubled = you will save our democracy TWICE AS HARD, and also will get a cool name day and maybe even a cool saint as part of the package!
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Thank you so much for your generosity,
@sharonw! Your money will be matched, and your name day is now July 13! (via https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_(imię) …, which seems the closest to your name that doesn’t quite exist in Polish)pic.twitter.com/0uM5daMBot
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There are still two hours left in the day, and if you are feeling generous, your donation to Fair Fight up to $200 will be doubled!!!
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Whoa! And
@twright0 gets us there with his donation – thank you. Tomasz is a popular name, and so you have a bunch of saints looking after you, and eight name day options: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomasz . I think March 7 feels like the best one to me!pic.twitter.com/oJix3WKaOA
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