What's in a Name?

One reader writes:

Hi

im curious to why u choose this name. do you know what it means.

Is there a significance ?

Do I know what it means? 
Well, yes and no. 

I now know much more than I did, thanks to the Wikipedia entry on Djinn But my answer was thus:

Fair question:

'Djinn' as a canting* play on my name, and for the watered down story versions - parallel to those of the the european Fae - of the Djinn that I read as a child.  I realize that, like the Fae, the Djinn carry much more power than most folks realize, but that was not my intent in picking up the name.

*Canting as I mean it explained here.

I'm not claiming to be some kind of 'genie in a bottle' with all the answers to any garden question, although I'd love to have more knowledge, and I don't mind sharing what I do know.

Now you know. 

Comments

[bill]

I've always thought it was a very clever name.

[knitagarden]

I find this fascinating. A clever name, indeed! And puns, they are a world of their own. It is a brain teaser for me & quite wonderful.