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

From:Robert B Wilson <han_solo55@...>
Date:Friday, June 13, 2003, 22:29
On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 13:46:16 -0400 John Cowan <jcowan@...>
writes:
> Christophe Grandsire scripsit: > > En réponse )Bà Mark J. Reed : > > > > > > >I think "Julie" is what they call Caesar in the English Asterix, > btw. > > > > Since in French "Julie" [Zy"li] is definitely and only a feminine > name, it > > sounds extremely strange to me ;)) . > > "Julie" in English is hypocoristic for both "Julius" and "Julia", as > "Pat" > represents both "Patrick" (< "Patricius", but this is not used in > English) > and "Patricia", and "Sandy" represents both "Alexander" and > "Alexandra". > "Terry" is a little more peculiar: it can represent "Terence" or > "T(h)eresa".
and "Jamie" (which some people might think is predominantly feminine) can represent "James". -- Robert Wilson (aka kuvazokad, eltirno, edeí...) http://www.kuvazokad.tk/ -- http://kuvazokad.free.fr/ http://www.bultarswan.tk/ vkky vnkynvj vknyknj ykkv knvy? karkalone kontoko? kinsi rorotan kinsa nadas? baitta ke farzaiyai? qxrracc pqqattiircx iia kxqqhwiiallccre? spreken þu viserdya? pake biru ka pa rede? "boys speak in rhythm and girls just lie." -- anberlin - "foreign language" "i put out disco's inferno in the early eighties i would not be in a boy band, punk gets all the ladies i could take the backstreet boys or hanson or n'sync britney spears and ricky martin, we all think you stink" -- trendy - "punk rocker" "and i'm only gonna pierce my left ear and i've been working on this mustache all summer long and my favorite band will always be tears for fears and i'm gonna wear a pink tux to the prom" -- relient k - "in love with the 80's" "don't try to put words in my mouth don't try to shut me up i'm not about plastic skin i gotta get out, i gotta get out, in" -- (hed) P.E. - "blackout" narav teraz' iroti kojes krat erarota kuna, ysivaz' entas naradas krat zuny narav kuraz dityvyszi, radyji, sa rodyji dimokrosi zosa endas d' erensa dades kirs ins wiz "They are not in Baghdad. They are not in control of any airport. I tell you this. It is all a lie. They lie. It is a hollywood movie. You do not believe them." -- Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, Iraqi Minister of Information -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS/M/O d-(---) s: a18 C++$ UL++++>$ P+>++ L+(++)>++++ E--- W++(+++) N o? K--- w+(--) O?> M-- V? PS PE+ Y+(++) PGP++ t+(*) 5-- X+++ R- tv b+++ DI+ D--- G++++ e h! r-->+++ y- ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

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