Kates email about Nicks suggestion

talking to nick today about studio name- and he is going to forward everyone an article about nottingham dialect etc.

basically he was saying that "Glegg" is a nottingham word for look.

i really like it- though it might not be to everyones taste- however i do think that it would be a great idea to have a name that ties it to nottingham. (in a similar vein- there is the american film company set up by two english actresses called Bristol Cities - cockney ryhming slang, but if you do not know that it sounds like a professional name)

any way-
here is the link to an article- possibly the one nick found...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/content/articles/2005/01/04/features_about_nottinghamshire_nottinghamese_by_john_beeton_feature.shtml

a few more nottingham phrases:

Oo-woshi-wi, woshi wiyim or woshi wier sen? Who accompanied the lady in question? Was she with her marital partner or was she alone?

Shin tin! The lady of the house is not at home!

Gie ovver blartin! Please stop crying!

Thart gooin rahnd Wahsup to get ter Mansfild! The route which you are proposing is somewhat circuitous!

Put wood in thole! Please close the door! (please note that "the" is aspirate and implied and should not be abbreviated to the Yorkshire style of "t'". The extended version of the last example above is put (the) wood in (the) hole)

Joe cum frum Bozer? Are you a resident of the constituency of Mr. Dennis Skinner?

Nerw, am frum 'Eath! No, My member of parliament is Mr. Harry Barnes!

Joe cum frum Wahsup? It seems that you are in the habit of leaving doors open.

Giz a chew a yer sprigger. I would appreciate a piece of your spearmint chewing gum.

not serious suggestions for studio names- but something to ponder prehaps

i feel nick would have sold this whole idea much better- but i hope it is of interest at least.

smell you later- and if the meeting is on monday-- could we have it later on- about 6ish? if not, i'll work around it.

till then

kate

Name ideas

I've been thinking of names and thought Id throw them everyones way. Feel free to agree/mock/throw abuse. I was thinking about the whole group / double meaning thing and have come up with the following:

Horde / Hoard - a large group, multitude, number, etc.; a mass or crowd
to accumulate for preservation, future use, etc.

Herd / Heard - the common people; masses; rabble, the common people; masses; rabble, the common people; masses; rabble
to listen to; give or pay attention to

Flock - a large number of people; crowd.

Swarm

Gaggle - an assortment of related things

Dissimulation - to disguise (one's intentions, for example) under a feigned appearance

Convocation - group of people gathered in answer to a summons; assembly

Theres more here if anyone wants to give it a look
http://www.hintsandthings.co.uk/kennel/collectives.htm

Amy

Studio Name

Hello jeff and everyone, I thought I'd make a comment about the name situation,

At the moment I'm liking levy levy.

Out of all the suggestions I think it is more succesful because it is not a single word, it is catchy.

I like the combination of repetition and multiple meanings but Im worried that it might be a bit too obscure.

There seems to be a lot of words on the list so far that seem to suggest groups, collectives or connections. Levy means a group of conscripted soldiers, but i think that the emphasis on group needs explaining.

I was thinking 'Tether Tether' - it looks really odd to write, the longer you look at it the more wrongly spelt it looks, and it means to join, so it suggests group? But people say "at the end of my tether", so it is associated with breaking as well - I quite like the contradiction, what do you guys think? Perhaps a loose connection?

It's the same kind of thing only with a different word, but I think there might be something in repeating words.

Anyway, I've said my piece, I know we haven't got much time to decide,

Matt

Levee

Levee is my preferred spelling. It is the water-based reference. I also think we should come up with a group name by the end of next week, as we're finding it hard to approach people about our festival without our identity in place.

See you soon,

Hugh

Further Thoughts

Since the initial ideas discussed in last week's meeting (summarised in the first post below) there has been some progress on the name front. In various discussions with people the following suggestions have been made:

- Levy Levy (Levy is a term, initially used to describe a group of conscripted soldiers. It is also the name of a man made bank used to enclose a body of water should it flood (like the ones that broke in new orleans, or the one that is dry in the song american pie) it is also used as a term to describe a level of taxation). (I do like this one but I worry that it perhaps needs too much of an explanation before it makes sense)

- Common Ground

- Corner Stone

- Proxy

- Amalgum


Also there have been a few suggestions about interesting words that might fit with what we're doing and might aid in getting our collective creative juices flowing. (what a horrible image). They are:

- Pool
- Boundary
- Loop
- Fusion
- Concoction
- Miscellaneous
- Sundry
- Distinct


Some good words I think you might agree. I am especially fond of sundry, although I don't know if it is appropriate for us but there's some food for thought anyway. Let me know what you think.

Initial Ideas

A Name:

Things NOT to be in the name 'Bad ideas':

- Nottingham
- City
- Studio group
- Love related
- Local
- Picturesque
- Diverse
- Cosmic
- Wazzo
- Hub

Things we WANT it to be:

- Catchy and easy to spell
- To have a double meaning
- To suggest what we're about as a studio group
- 1 or 2 words at the most
- To not take itself too seriously

Serious Suggestions:

- Residents/Residence
- Constellation
- Sponge (although it is apparently a ska band, so perhaps not!)
- Absorbent
- Collectives
- Projects
- Keystone (a term to describe angling a projected image to compensate for any difference between the projector and the screen)
- Antler
- The tap of eternal Guinness
- Construction
- Drawn
- Umbrella (please listen to the song 'Umbrella' before accepting this one.
http://www.myspace.com/rihanna')
- Serious suggestion

I think we can all agree that we're getting somewhere but we're not there
yet. This year the word 'Numpty' was voted the Scottish publics favorite
word. In 2000 the UK's top 10 favorite words (according to the BBC) were:

1. Serendipity
2. Quidditch
3. Love
4. Peace/why
5. Onomatopoeia
6. Hope
7. Faith
8. Football/muggle/ hello/family
9 Compassion/home
10. Jesus/money