> Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 16:30:26 +0200
> From: Kristian Jensen <kljensen@...>
> Some people call me "Chris" (mostly anglophones). The <k> always
> seems to confuse people outside of Scandinavia, making them think
> that "Kristian" is either a mispelling of "Kristina" or a corrupted
> form of "Kristine". But in fact, "Kristian" is a good ol Danish guy's
> name.
And originally it is of course the same word as English Christian (the
name and the religious denomination). I don't see why the K should
throw people off to that degree --- but about half the people so
called in Denmark spell it with Ch anyway.
(Danish for Christian the religious denomination is kristen. Shorter
forms of Kristian ["k_hRESan] are Kresten ["k_hRE:?sdn=] and Kr