Linguistic help wanted on a " Tysonic " matter (*sensitive*)

CHENOUMI wrote:

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Hey there. You are a very good translator and were extremely helpful. I wanted to know if you could do me a big favor and translate:

I've moved away, but I still want to be with you. I think about you all the time and I really miss you. I'm willing to put everything behind us and start over new. I stil love you and you are the only one I want to be with. I miss every part of you especially **Tyson**. Call me when you get this message. Love
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I first thought of a person, since the name is capitalized, but I wonder why the sentence would be phrased that way. Is it a slang for what I'm thinking of?

I've already searched for contextual references and examples of usage for "Tyson" with "that" connotation - including the slang web sites that Rita provided us with - to no avail.

Unless there is no occurrence of usage in US or British English at all, I'm strongly inclined to believe that "Tyson" is not a person here, but... "it", the real part, personified.

Awaiting your take on it,
Sandra

Susana Galilea wrote:

P.S. On the other hand, if you're doing this as a favor for someone you don't even know, I can't see why you would want to waste any time trying to figure out his/her meaning. Couldn't you just ask the person (discretely)?

BLANGSTED wrote:

I would leave that name as is. In that sentence it appears to be a sexual reference. Some People give strange names to sex or sex organs, here obviously with a bite to it.

CHENOUMI wrote:
P.S. The linguistic clues that I got from the sentence: "I miss every part of you especially Tyson.[/b]", coupled with my basic hunch - woman intuition - tell me that it is highly unlikely that another woman, in this particular context of romantic plea, would be sorely missing her partner's "dog, cat or parrot"..., more so than himself...

Susana Galilea wrote:

Hola Sandra,

Actually, that was a joke...although you'd be amazed how many people end up missing their ex's pet(s) more than their ex

Are we being frivolouZ yet?

Cheers,

BLANGSTED wrote:

I would leave that name as is. In that sentence it appears to be a sexual reference. Some People give strange names to sex or sex organs, here obviously with a bite to it.

Susana Galilea wrote:

Has anyone else noticed this site is being used increasingly to mediate in multilingual matters of the heart?

[Edited at 2003-09-29 23:45]

BLANGSTED wrote:

I would leave that name as is. In that sentence it appears to be a sexual reference. Some People give strange names to sex or sex organs, here obviously with a bite to it.

CHENOUMI wrote:



Thanks for your input, Blangsted. Come to think of it, you're probably right too. I still don't get any confirmation from native speakers as to whether the name is a slang word or simply an affectionate nickname given to Sir Tyson.

It was a name for something of his !!!