Ala Kachuu

Being that it's past the 1 year anniversary of Caught In a Thought, I'm going to reinstate something we did when she first began. The first 5 people who send me an email requesting their place on Caught In a Thought will receive exactly that...a day on Caught In a Thought. They could choose to feature themselves as the topic of the day or they could choose to simply write about whatever they like...most anything goes here!

If we haven't formally met you yet, now's your chance! Send me an email saline_out@hotmail.com .

Here's something interesting from a April New York Times Article :

In Kyrgyzstan (and some neighboring Central Asian countries) the pre-12th-century tribal custom of "ala kachuu" continues, in which a man reduces the time and expense of courtship by riding up on horseback to a woman, snatching her up, and taking her to his family home, where his relatives (and sometimes hers) prepare her for marriage. According to an April New York Times dispatch from Bishkek, more than half of wives are acquired by ala kachuu (although the term can also mean a more-benign "elopement"), and even some of the snatched wives eventually "consent" to the marriage. Ala kachuu has been illegal for years, but the law against it is rarely enforced.

I think "ala kachuu" is really an English phrase meaning "I'll a-catch you!!" What do you think?