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Date Posted: 11:10:41 08/06/07 Mon
Author: Catie
Author Host/IP: h166.243.213.151.ip.alltel.net / 151.213.243.166
Subject: Where is Neysa?

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Catie, I'm Here!!! -- Neysa, 12:52:32 08/06/07 Mon [1] (user-38lcim4.dialup.mindspring.com/209.86.74.196)

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[> Neysa, come out, come out wherever you are. -- Joan, 12:57:44 08/06/07 Mon [1] (ip68-0-253-131.ri.ri.cox.net/68.0.253.131)

I've been pronouncing (in my head) your name like Nay'-suh. Is that right?

Joan

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[> [> No, Joan........ -- Neysa, 13:09:01 08/06/07 Mon [1] (user-38lcim4.dialup.mindspring.com/209.86.74.196)

It is pronounced like Lisa. Instead of the L you put on the N.

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[> [> [> Joan........ -- Neysa, 13:58:43 08/06/07 Mon [1] (user-38lcim4.dialup.mindspring.com/209.86.74.196)

Nee (long e's) Nee-suh. When I meet people and they cannot remember my name, or have difficulty saying it, I just tell them to call me Lisa.

Please don't ask why my mom didn't spell it Nisa. She doesn't know. It was spelled in the book of children's names as Neysa.

You were close, most people on their first attempt always say my name as Nay-suh. They also pronounce it as Neesha.

To be honest I don't like my name. My mom should have just named me Lisa. When I was born I was named Neysa Melissa. My mom told the nurse about a half hour later she made a mistake. Renamed me Neysa Michelle.

When I turned 18, my dad was willing to give me the money for me to change my name legally. I was going to change it from Neysa to Lisa. You think my mom was going to have a nervous break down the way she cried and carried on about it. I never changed it.

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[> [> [> [> Neysa............... -- Barb, 16:51:22 08/06/07 Mon [1] (clgrtnt3-port-93.dial.telus.net/161.184.44.93)

My daughter's middle name is Lisa.
It is her first name that folks have problems with though. Her name is Arlyn with a soft Ar and a hard lyn. There are those who tend to pronounc a hard Ar and a soft lyn. Go figure.

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[> [> [> [> [> Re: Neysa............... -- Joan, 03:39:53 08/07/07 Tue [1] (ip68-0-253-131.ri.ri.cox.net/68.0.253.131)

I'm not sure I understand. By hard do you mean accented?

I would accent "Ar" (are) and then add lyn (lin), so it would be Ar'-lin. It would rhyme w/ the last name Carlin.

Should it be Ar-lin'?

Joan

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[> [> [> [> [> [> Barb.................... -- Neysa, 14:18:07 08/07/07 Tue [1] (user-38lci3k.dialup.mindspring.com/209.86.72.116)

How do you pronounce your daughter's name?

Is it Ar-lin.....as Joan asks ?

I thought it is Ar-leen ?

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Re: Where is Neysa indeed? -- Phil from AZ, 15:22:00 08/06/07 Mon [1] (71-223-15-110.phnx.qwest.net/71.223.15.110)

Was this a straightfwd question or an effort to engage in a philosophical discussion Catie?

If it's the latter I prefer the answer given by Bishop Berkeley, an 18th century Irish philosopher of the immaterialism category. He stated:

"To be, is to be perceived."

Thus, if Neysa is perceived, she must exist...somewhere. Or to quote a former, ez-going co-worker, when I fumed some yrs ago for not being able to find a sub-ordinate of mine:

"Phil, don't worry about it, everybody's gotta be somewhere y'know!"

Thus, as long as somebody (which includes God) perceives Neysa, she must exist. And, if she exists, she has to be somewhere. Pretty simple actually.

On the other hand, if it is a mundane question as to her whereabts, I will give way, and let Neysa answer that question. I am fascinated to hear what Lynn and the others think of Bishop Berkeley's concept of Immaterialism though.

Hope all's well. Take care, God Bless,

Phil from arid AZ

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[> [> Neysa, I think Phil is saying you are only a figment of his imagination dear. lol -- Catie, 10:36:18 08/07/07 Tue [1] (h166.243.213.151.ip.alltel.net/151.213.243.166)

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[> [> [> I think we all are Catie LOL... -- Lynn, 10:46:08 08/07/07 Tue [1] (ip72-193-232-42.lv.lv.cox.net/72.193.232.42)

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[> [> [> [> Maybe "Phil" is a figment of our imaginations? tee*hee........... -- Barb, 11:07:48 08/07/07 Tue [1] (clgrtnt2-port-65.dial.telus.net/161.184.42.65)

after, all....we are a clanish bunch...or so I've been told! :-)

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[> [> [> [> [> Re: To take it 1 step further.... -- Phil from AZ, 11:41:03 08/07/07 Tue [1] (71-223-15-110.phnx.qwest.net/71.223.15.110)

All you have to do is discern that I do not exist. Then, only 'cuz God perceives me to exist...would I really exist.

As for Neysa, I doubt that she really loses any sleep over whether I perceive her to exist or not. It's amazing that Bishop B and Co actually debated this issue for half a century. But its still fascinating stuff, if only from a historical perspective.

Phil the Philosopher...not!

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[> [> [> [> [> [> Phil, you've go a little Donald F. Nelson in you........... -- Barb, 13:33:24 08/07/07 Tue [1] (clgrtnt6-port-216.dial.telus.net/161.184.50.216)

and that's meant as a compliment...believe it or not.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Re: Why, thx. Yes, I... -- Phil, 14:19:44 08/07/07 Tue [1] (71-223-15-110.phnx.qwest.net/71.223.15.110)

...I definitely take that as a compliment! Donald's good people in my mind! He's also the most knowledgeable person I've ever known abt the early days of TV. All I have to do is ask on Brenda's...and presto, Donald has the answer! Absolutely amazing!! Take care, God Bless,

Phil from arid AZ

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[> [> [> I Really Exist ! LoL -- Neysa, 14:21:32 08/07/07 Tue [1] (user-38lci3k.dialup.mindspring.com/209.86.72.116)

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[> [> [> [> Re: Whew, what a relief! -- Phil, 14:39:12 08/07/07 Tue [1] (71-223-15-110.phnx.qwest.net/71.223.15.110)

For a minute there, these folks had me wondering if either 1 of us existed! LoL. In the end, we're lucky we have ole Bishop B to thank and Descartes, who stated:

"I think, therefore I am."

Phil from AZ

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[> [> [> [> [> " I think, therefore I am" -- Neysa, 14:56:35 08/07/07 Tue [1] (user-38lci3k.dialup.mindspring.com/209.86.72.116)

Oh my gosh, I know that saying very well. I forgot it was Descartes who said it. For some reason I always think it is Plato , or Socrates, who said it. Then again, I was not really into studying philosophers.

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