Show take my word forat by frank colby a WHAT S IN A NAME 0 st paul how did the kiwanis club get its name and does it have any meaning 7 S U A answer the kiwanis club was or garabed in 1914 the booklet ki warns wanis in brief explains the name thus considerable thought was given to the selection of a name tor for the new organization C M burton historian for the city of detroit and the state of michigan was consult ed and after some research submit ted several indian names among which was the word kee warns wanis this had been found in an indian vocabulary compiled by bishop frederic baraga pioneer of upper michigan and its derived meanings were to make one s self known to impress one s self kiwanis is pro bounced kee niss or kuh niss shreveport how is the name skaneateles Skane N Y pronounced P W T answer it s ee AT less st louis you annoyed me when you wrote that baruch calls his first name bur who cares what the germans call if you re a german but you still have the nerve to spell your name as colby instead of kobbe mrs B K H answer sorry the distinguished bernard baruch is a great ameri amerl can both by birth and by his illus arious deeds of statesmanship the c customary us tomary pronunciation in stand ard american is bur BER nerd is prevalent in eng land sorry again but the name colby was brought to america in the by anthony colby who came from england and settled in boston and later went to live in amesbury mass where his house still stands Q does orson welles given name mean anything 7 C M A the name orson is the eng ash form of the french word our son which means the cub of a bear Q my middle name is malherbe a name that has come down for sev eral generations through my moth ers er s family has it a meaning J M T I 1 A yes it is french for bad or evil herb a popular name tor for tain tam poisonous plants such as the deadly carrot the french elation clation is mal the name was borne by the french poet francois de malherbe 1555 1628 with whom you may have some remote family connection bell syndicate feature features |