Re: A perfect day for introducing myself

On 3 Feb 00, at 21:21, Nik Taylor wrote:

> Vasiliy Chernov wrote:
> > Better than transliterated
> > from English - _Nikol_ (no 'soft sign', [?] stress on the first syllable)
>
> Nicole is stressed on the second syllable in English, /nI'kol/
>
> > Kim - in what language?
>
> Korean?
>
Kim is a perfectly valid, if rare, UK male forename, AFAICT. My local TV
station had a male news anchor called (ISTR) Kim Riley, and nobody batted
an eyelid at it.  There are certainly others, but I can't bring any other
examples imediately to mind.  Might it be (Old) Celtic in origin?  I don't
have my name-etymology book to hand.


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