I've answered my own question in part. Oltu taşı means 'jet', a black form of Amber. The humorous question for any Turkish readers of this thread is this: when a Turkish reader sees 'otlu' by itself, do they think, 'jet', 'aux fine herbs', or 'cheese'?
On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com> wrote: > Turkish speakers: Google translate says that 'otlu', with no > diacritics, is an adjective meaning grassy or herby. Thus, the cheese > is cheese with herbs in it. Just for my education, how does Amber come > into it? Is there supposed to be an diacritic? Is google just > bewildered? > > On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Simone Tripodi > <simonetrip...@apache.org> wrote: >> no needs to defense, it was nice reading something curious! :) >> >> http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ >> http://simonetripodi.livejournal.com/ >> http://twitter.com/simonetripodi >> http://www.99soft.org/ >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 7:19 AM, Simone Tripodi >>> <simonetrip...@apache.org> wrote: >>>>> +1, binding, but would some kind soul please clue me in as to why you >>>>> want to be named after a Turkish Cheese? >>>> >>>> LOL, Oltu stone[1] is a type of Amber, just to keep in the topic :P >>>> I found anyway that Oltu is a Turkish town[2] as well :) >>> >>> In my own defense, [3].. >>> >>> [3] >>> https://www.google.com/search?q=otlu+cheese&hl=en&tbo=u&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=FVrUUP2MGsH90gHCloGACQ&ved=0CEEQsAQ&biw=1230&bih=756 >>> >>>> >>>> -Simo >>>> >>>> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_types_of_amber >>>> [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oltu >>>> >>>> http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ >>>> http://simonetripodi.livejournal.com/ >>>> http://twitter.com/simonetripodi >>>> http://www.99soft.org/ >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
