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  • Sami_Bee
    Sami_Bee Posts: 14,555 Forumite
    I took 4 weeks before my due date last time and it flew by! - probably more to do with the fact that for 2 of those weeks I had all my family home too coz it was Christmas :D (and unlike most 1st timers Chris wasn't overdue)
    The very best is sometimes what nature gives us for free.
    3onitsway wrote: »
    I think Sami is right, as always!
  • efrieze
    efrieze Posts: 935 Forumite
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    My DD is called Yael. It is a standard name in Israel (when DH is from) but here people just say " y'what luv? " when she tells them her name. We were on an aeroplane in March I let her roam up and down the aisle looking for people to talk to (or annoy!) and I suddenly heard her say "My name is Yael, Yael, Ya-el, y-a-e-l (spelling it out) , YA-EL Apple" and getting really frustrated that this person did not get it!!! Poor child!
  • mountainlioness
    mountainlioness Posts: 902 Forumite
    I like Yael - we looked at Jael too which I think has the same origin?
    MFW Challenge member no. 96 - on hold! :rolleyes:
    Girl Cub due 14th September :D
  • Sami_Bee
    Sami_Bee Posts: 14,555 Forumite
    efrieze wrote: »
    My DD is called Yael. It is a standard name in Israel (when DH is from) but here people just say " y'what luv? " when she tells them her name. We were on an aeroplane in March I let her roam up and down the aisle looking for people to talk to (or annoy!) and I suddenly heard her say "My name is Yael, Yael, Ya-el, y-a-e-l (spelling it out) , YA-EL Apple" and getting really frustrated that this person did not get it!!! Poor child!
    aww poor thing! so just to make sure does it sound like/rhyme with Gayle/Gail
    The very best is sometimes what nature gives us for free.
    3onitsway wrote: »
    I think Sami is right, as always!
  • efrieze
    efrieze Posts: 935 Forumite
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    edited 1 May 2009 at 12:52PM
    Nope. It is Ya-el. Ya (short as in Yankee) - el (as in McPherson). Jael (said Jay-elle I think) is from the same origin.
    Sami_Bee wrote: »
    aww poor thing! so just to make sure does it sound like/rhyme with Gayle/Gail

    But most people say it like that!
  • mountainlioness
    mountainlioness Posts: 902 Forumite
    I assumed Jael was pronounced the same as Yael given the Hebrew origin but I may be wrong. DH said no anyway so it didn't matter! Hopefully no-one can get Elsa wrong!
    MFW Challenge member no. 96 - on hold! :rolleyes:
    Girl Cub due 14th September :D
  • aless02
    aless02 Posts: 5,119 Forumite
    Sami - mine's due around Christmas, so I think that be a big factor in holiday time!! definitely taking more than a week (was thinking 2ish, but maybe more like 3-4) as will be really busy with hols + getting ready for baby!
    top 2013 wins: iPad, £50 dental care, £50 sportswear, £50 Nectar GC, £300 B&Q GC; jewellery, Bumbo, 12xPringles, 2xDiesel EDT, £25 Morrisons, £50 Loch Fyne

    would like to win a holiday, please!!
    :xmassmile Mummy to Finn - 12/09; Micah - 08/12! :j
  • Sami_Bee
    Sami_Bee Posts: 14,555 Forumite
    efrieze wrote: »
    Nope. It is Ya-el. Ya (short as in Yankee) - el (as in McPherson). Jael (said Jay-elle I think) is from the same origin.



    But most people say it like that!
    noted - I shall remember this now (just watch in the rest of my life I'll never meet a Yael :p)
    The very best is sometimes what nature gives us for free.
    3onitsway wrote: »
    I think Sami is right, as always!
  • Sami_Bee
    Sami_Bee Posts: 14,555 Forumite
    aless02 wrote: »
    Sami - mine's due around Christmas, so I think that be a big factor in holiday time!! definitely taking more than a week (was thinking 2ish, but maybe more like 3-4) as will be really busy with hols + getting ready for baby!
    I think I'd have been rather bored if it wasn't for what was going on :D
    I got all my present shopping done and wrapped, last minute baby shopping and we we're still living separately so I was decorating our house frantically then it was actual Christmas so lots of eating and visiting etc I was just starting to get a bit bored when labour started! :T Clever boy!
    The very best is sometimes what nature gives us for free.
    3onitsway wrote: »
    I think Sami is right, as always!
  • efrieze
    efrieze Posts: 935 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    mountainlioness wrote: »
    I assumed Jael was pronounced the same as Yael given the Hebrew origin but I may be wrong. DH said no anyway so it didn't matter! Hopefully no-one can get Elsa wrong!

    Well there was a Jael on Australia's Next top Model (not sure which series!) and she pronouced it Jay-elle but maybe it was becasue she was Ozzy:confused:
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