Re: OT-ish:Conlang Census

Benct Philip Jonsson scripsit:
> At 22:39 29.1.2004, Andreas Johansson wrote:
>
> >> Anyway, can anyone guess who's "Nabla-Jón" lit.
> >> 'Navel-John' in Icelandic?
> >
> >Napoleon, by any chance?
>
> Ad sjálfsagdu! (of course!)
All this reminds me of the horse in the novel (author, title forgotten)
who is mysteriously named "Kalle-Gula" even though his coat is black.
It then comes out that his real name is "Caligula"!

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