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Re: OT: Julius etc. (was Re: USAGE: syllables)

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Saturday, June 14, 2003, 4:29
Costentin Cornomorus scripsit:

> That one sounds unusual. I haven't yet met a male > Julie (and were I one, I'd surely change my > name!); Julios and Juliocesares, yes.
I grew up listening to Julie (< Julius) LaRosa on the radio.
> Presumably Patricius. That's rare, but > not impossible (actually, a quick websearch found > several hundred Patricius Joneses in CA alone).
Huh. /"hud@"TVNkIt/?
> Never came acrost a male Sandy either. Several > female ones, though.
The first boss I ever worked for was Sandy Bashover. -- John Cowan <jcowan@...> www.ccil.org/~cowan www.reutershealth.com Micropayment advocates mistakenly believe that efficient allocation of resources is the purpose of markets. Efficiency is a byproduct of market systems, not their goal. The reasons markets work are not because users have embraced efficiency but because markets are the best place to allow users to maximize their preferences, and very often their preferences are not for conservation of cheap resources. --Clay Shirkey

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