Comments on: Naming the YW

By: Zelophehad’s Daughters | Something Different in the First Presidency Letter?

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:31:36 +0000

[...] not to accept any feedback from the members, particularly when some members have such good ideas for making church [...]

By: smcgraw

smcgraw — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:21:52 +0000

My father would always call MIA girls, the “Missing in Action” girls when he couldn’t find one to help him mow the lawn, or sometimes the “Made in America” girls. My mom still has a Jr Gleaner pin which keeps proudly.

By: jessawhy

jessawhy — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:40:43 +0000

Glad you like the new names. I’ll start circulating a petition to have them officially changed . . .

By: Glenn

Glenn — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:48:54 +0000

If I were feeling particularly scandalous about Lynette’s allusion to The Prophet I might suggest: Too Young, Just Right, and Old Maid. But I’m not, so I won’t.

Instead I’ll vote for Jessawhy’s suggestions.

By: Kiskilili

Kiskilili — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:22:24 +0000

I suggested we rename the young women's groups: Preistesses instead of laurels (nice equivalent to priests), then Evangelists and Pastors for Mia Maids and Beehives, for no particular reason other than that we don't seem to be using those titles in any other capacity right now.

I LOVE IT! This is the best suggestion I've heard yet! Surely if deacons can be 12-year-olds, pastors can be equally so . . .

By: Ana

Ana — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:49:51 +0000

Oh Alison, I LOVE my Mia Maids! Maybe I’m just lucky.

I like the simple Bee, Rose, and Laurel translations … but I kind of like the history of MIA, too. I am sure the girls have no idea what it means. Maybe we should talk about it!

By: Alison Moore Smith

Alison Moore Smith — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 23:50:42 +0000

I just call the Mia Maids “the nasty class.”

By: Jessawhy

Jessawhy — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 03:06:06 +0000

This thread is timely after I commented on a similar topic over at Mormon folklore a few days ago.
The discussion was a lighthearted look at getting rid of sexism in Mormon lingo. (Amen should be Apeople, etc.)
I suggested we rename the young women’s groups: Preistesses instead of laurels (nice equivalent to priests), then Evangelists and Pastors for Mia Maids and Beehives, for no particular reason other than that we don’t seem to be using those titles in any other capacity right now. (or maybe we need the feminine versions of those titles, Evangelistas or Pastorettes?)
I’d definately like to see these young women’s groups renamed. Any other ideas out there?

By: Heather P.

Heather P. — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:51:14 +0000

Two more translations of Mia Maid:
DorastajÄ…ca panna (“growing young lady”) in Polish
MargaretÄƒ (“ox-eye daisy”) in Romanian

By: Heather P.

Heather P. — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:22:01 +0000

Russian
Ð£Ð»ÐµÐ¹ (“beehive”)
Ð¡Ð¾Ð·Ð²ÐµÐ·Ð´Ð¸Ðµ (“constellation”)
Ð›Ð°Ð²Ñ€ (“laurel”)

Ukrainian
Ð’ÑƒÐ»Ð¸Ðº (“beehive”)
Ð”Ñ–Ð²Ñ‡Ð¸Ð½Ð° ÑÐ¿Ñ–Ð»ÐºÐ¸ Ð²Ð·Ð°Ñ”Ð¼Ð½Ð¾Ð³Ð¾ Ð²Ð´Ð¾ÑÐºÐ¾Ð½Ð°Ð»ÐµÐ½Ð½Ñ (“girl of the association of mutual perfection”)
Ð›Ð°Ð²Ñ€ (“laurel”)

Czech
DÃvka z ÃºlÅ¯ (“girl of the beehive”)
DÃvka rÅ¯Å¾Ã¡ (“rose girl”)
VavÅ™ÃnovÃ¡ dÃvka (“laurel girl”)

Bulgarian
ÐšÐ¾ÑˆÐµÑ€ (“beehive”)
ÐœÐ°Ñ (a loan word, “Mia”)
Ð›Ð°Ð²Ñ€ (“laurel”)

Norwegian
Bikubepike (“beehive girl”)
Ungpike (“young girl”)
LaurbÃ¦rpike (“laurel girl”)

Swedish
Bikupsflicka (“beehive girl”)
Mia-flicka (“Mia girl”)
Laurel (loan word)

Danish
Bikubepige (“beehive girl”)
Rosenpige (“rose girl”)
LaurbÃ¦rpige (“laurel girl”)

Dutch
Bijenkorfmeisje (“beehive girl”)
Rozenmeisje (“rose girl”)
Lauwermeisje (“laurel girl”)

(At least, according to that general conference talk.)