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Wednesday, March 23, 2005

â 11:23 PM

Fact about 'Zelda'
There was a game/cartoon called Legend of Zelda (pretty famous too).
Zelda is a female name originated from Old German. It means Grey Warrior.
Zelda is the name of a computer virus.
Zelda is pronounces Zeruda in japanese. It is pronounced "ZERUDA". (Consonants are pronounced more or less the same way as in English. "A" sounds like a in father, but shorter. "U" sounds like oo in hook, but with less rounding of the lips. "E" sounds like e in met.)
Zelda means luck in Yiddish.
Zelda is the name of a gay and lesbian pub in Toronto. (http://www.zeldas.ca/)
Celebrated Zelda (1900-1948) wrote a novel called Save Me the Waltz.(http://www.awhf.org/fitzgerald.html).
Another famous Zelda - Zelda Rubinstein, an actress who acted as Tangina in Poltergiest (if you watched it. She is probably the most famous Zelda besides the game k'ter.)
There is a Zelda Cafe in Rhodes Island. (http://www.cafezelda.com/)
Zelda is the name of a celebrity dog. (http://www.deltasociety.org/zelda.htm)
Zelda's Inferno is a weekly writer's meeting in Baltimore,MD held at the All People's Congress Hall at 426 E. 31st Street (near Greenmount Avenue).The meetings begin at 18:00 on Sundays.
Zelda is the name of Sabrina's Aunt in Sabrina the Teenage Witch.