[rescue] those who should be shot

[Harri Haataja]

On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 09:35:04AM -0600, Mike Hebel wrote:
> HH> On Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 11:37:10PM +0000, David Cantrell wrote:
> >> On Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 12:08:13PM -0500, Michael Schiller wrote:
> >> > Tell me what John or Jim or Bob etc mean?
> 
> >> David - beloved
> HH> Same as Amanda AFAIK.
> HH> No place I've looked seems to know about Harri (or Harry).
> (www.behindthename.com)

Ah..

> Is it me or is this list filled with "names of power"? ;-)

It's just that the world is probably filled with names of power.
Nomen est omen and parents.

.fi surnames are often occupational or features of some of the ancestry.
For example Korhonen would mean "slightly deaf" (-nen is a diminutive)
and Rautiainen um.. "slightly smith?" Well, Rautio is a blacksmith,
rauta being iron. Koivu, Koivula, Koivukangas, Koivuluoto ... are all
derived from birch (the tree) and Mdnty names from pine respectively.

So the surnames are hardly as grandiose (here) =)

(Torvalds is more of a swedish name BTW. Maybe about Thor, val would be
choice but I don't know.)

The Icelandic have funnily preserved their naming scheme that consist of
the father/mother-of "surname" and have all their name lists (like
phonebooks) sorted by first name.

Is the topic drifting? Not "those who should be shot" I mean, but rescue
=)