The three classes of Ariels
14Oct2005 Filed under: ObservationsThe other day in yoga class, my yoga teacher called me “ar-ee-EL” again. It doesn’t really bother me, but she’s been corrected a few times by a mutual friend, so she tried to correct herself.
“I’m sorry,” she said. “It’s ‘air-ee-EL.’”
I was upside down at the time, but I said, “Actually, it’s ‘AIR-ee-al,’ but you’re from the East Coast so it’s ok that you say it your way.”
See, on the East Coast there are lots of ar-ee-els, which is the more correct Hebrew pronounciation, Ariel being Hebrew for lion of God.
Here are the three classes of Ariels:
• The East Coast Ariels (ar-ee-el), usually male and often Jewish.
• The West Coast Ariels (air-ee-al), usually female and often the children of hippies and/or literary types.
• The Disney Ariels (air-ee-al), always female and usually between the ages of 10 and 15.
I think it’s pretty obvious which class of Ariel I am. My Evil Twin named Ariel is of the same class.
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Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, was published last year.
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October 21st, 2005 at 4:06 am
l can vouch absolutely for the accuracy of this taxonomy! Every once in a while I come across the Filipino Ariel, always male.
I love hearing all the ways people say our name. My mom thinks it’s pretty funny when people call me ar-ee-EL, as if I am R.E.L., a top-secret experimental cyborg. Ha ha.