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Re: Anthroponymics (was Re: A single font can display ANY alphabet, pictograph, or rune)

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Sunday, October 16, 2005, 11:21
Quoting Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>:

> Isaac Penzev skrev: > > Jean-François Colson wrote: > > > >>Jean-François Daniel Jacques Nicolas Colson, aka JF ;-) > >> > >>(These are my four first names and my last name, but nearly no one knows > > > > my > > > >>last three first names.) ;-) > > > > > > Wow! I'm impressed. > > -- Ihor Anatoliyovych Penziev, aka Yitzik ('coz my Jewish name is Yitzchak, > > that is Isaak) > > How many first names can people have in different nooks of the world? > Nowadays Swedes can have any number from one upwards, but most have > only two. (I and my son have three each, but I never use Jung 'coz > most people -- even Swedes -- think it's a surname.)
I don't think I've ever heard of Jung as a first name before ... Among younger people, three first names is quite common - I would not be surprised if it were the norm in the future. Håkan Andreas Johansson

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