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Re: CHAT: weird names, was Re: conlanging,the ultimate feminist subversion

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Wednesday, August 4, 1999, 4:07
Carlos Thompson wrote:
> Well. I don't have a clue what "Garc=EDa" means in Spanish... (And I s=
upose
> your "Garcia" is from Spanish origin... am I right?)
Garc=EDa, root word Gari (Old Teutonic) meaning "spearman"
> I suppose > "Thompson" means "son of Thomas"
Right
> and I have no clue on "Pinz=F3n", but I know > it was a vulgar surname in Medieval Spain that became noble when three > sailors so called came with Columbus to America.
Sorry, my name book doesn't have Pinz=F3n. --=20 "[H]e axed after eggys: And the goode wyf answerde, that she coude not speke no Frenshe ... And then at last a nother sayd that he woulde haue hadde eyren: then the goode wyf sayd that she vnderstood hym wel." -- William Caxton http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Conlang/W.html http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor