Re: OT: Announcement Follow-up

On Sat, 4 Aug 2001, Irina Rempt wrote:

> We tried the book of (Orthodox) saints, starting in the middle, and
> came up with 'Menna', an 11th-century nun from the Vosges. It also
> happens to be a Frisian name; when I was in hospital having them, a
> nurse said that she had an aunt called Menna. I asked her "is she
> Frisian?" "No, she's a nun." Called after the same saint, I presume.
When we were expecting our first child, there was a slight
chance for twins. I suggested Sytske and Jetske for girls (nice
Frisian names to go with Elzinga), but my wife wasn't having any
of that. As it turned out, we had a Michael (and then four years
later a Robert).

Dirk

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Dirk Elzinga                          dirk.elzinga@m.cc.utah.edu

"The strong craving for a simple formula
has been the undoing of linguists."               - Edward Sapir