Re: Láadan

Dan Sulani scripsit:

> A sadistic parent might decide to name his/her kid |gal| and then,
> not only would it not be clear what gender the kid was, but the kid would
> be called |gal gal|, and |galgal| in Hebrew means "wheel"!  :-)
This is like the character named "Major Major Major" in _Catch-22_, whose
father is indeed sadistic.  His first day in the Army, he gets an unexpected
promotion -- to major.

The U.S. military did strange things to people whose names didn't fit
the first-name middle-initial last-name mold.  Thus: "GUY NONE DUNCAN"
in the Navy, and "FRANK NMI PETERS" (No Middle Initial) in the Army.
There is even a report of an R.B. Jones, who became "R(ONLY) B(ONLY) JONES",
but very quickly thereafter "Ronly Bonly Jones".

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