posted October 06, 2005 10:41 AM         

Who's UU

Posted on Wednesday, September 28, 2005. From a list of historical clans compiled by the head of the Mongolian State Library to assist Mongolians in choosing clan names. In the 1920s the Communist government eliminated clan names in a campaign to destroy the country’s hereditary aristocracy and class structure. As the population grew and became more urban, however, the one-name system led to confusion and inadvertent intermarrying, and currently all Mongolians are required to register clan names. Translated from the Khalkha Mongolian by Andrew Shimunek. Originally from Harper's Magazine, October 2004.

Argalchin: collectors of dried dung

Ayagachin: those who make cups and bowls

Baast: poopy, fecal

Baga dogshin: the lesser ruthless ones

Bagtaamal: the included ones

Bayajikh: those who are getting rich

Böösniikhön: the descendants of lice

Chiwchin: those who neuter bulls

Dairtan: those with saddle sores

Duutan: the vociferous ones

Emgenüüd: the old ladies

Galzuud: the insane ones

Güjir: the stubborn ones

Günger: those who mumble

Khachid: the weird ones

Kholidog: those who always mix

Khorkhoi nüdten: those with bug eyes

Khünbish: the not humans

Khurlagad: those whose animals grow fat later than others

Lalaryn guchid: the great-great-grandchildren of the one-eyed ogre

Mogoi nüdten: those with snake eyes

Nütsged: the naked ones

Öndögiinkhön: those of the egg

Sawsag doloon: the wanton seven

Shaawai: the well-dressed ones

Showkhnar: the coneheads

Shüdgüi: the toothless ones

Solgoi: the left-handed ones

Takhiankhan: those of the chicken

Tongoruud: the upside-down ones

Tursaga: the skins of animals that have starved to death

Ukhaanuud: the intelligent ones

Ulaan yamaat: those having red goats

Uu: drink!

Zalkhuus: the lazy ones

Zazgar: those with small, hairy bodies

http://harpers.org/index.html

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posted October 06, 2005 11:13 AM         

sir witty one...

posted October 06, 2005 12:17 PM         

hehe

when we had clans
no washing of hands

given to a lot
of what
you who ggrows the crops
you the butcher

Today
we are all finding our way
HOME

posted October 06, 2005 12:21 PM         

Günger,Khachid,Nütsged,Tongoruud,Uu clan

posted October 06, 2005 12:44 PM         

aren't we all one, after all?

posted October 08, 2005 09:54 PM         

I have to ask: were you born in the Year of the Snake?!?

I feel I was once a member of the Showkhnar in a past life.....
http://www.maniaman.com/conehead.html
http://www.tvacres.com/aliens_coneheads.htm

posted October 09, 2005 03:30 AM         

greetings, Azalaksh, of the Showkhnar clan,

from your sister, of the Sawsag Doloon clan....

isn't sat night live brilliant?

i'm actually a ram (year of the sheep/goat)....

but i have a deep reverence for our slithery sisters and brothers....