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To: markomalley

One aspect of this cultural difference is this lady’s name. We are familiar with names like Petersen and Jackson (son of Peter and son of Jack) but her name means “daughter of Sigurdar”. I don’t know of any other places in the world where “daughter” is tagged onto the end of a name.


15 posted on 01/29/2009 7:48:07 PM PST by expatpat
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To: expatpat

That’s the way the Vikings did it, so they still do it that way today. In the Reykyavik phone directory, half the names end in son, the other half in dottir!


24 posted on 01/30/2009 7:47:10 AM PST by puroresu (Enjoy ASIAN CINEMA? See my Freeper page for recommendations (updated!).)
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