From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Dec 24 13:09:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA20209 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Thu, 24 Dec 1998 13:09:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.HiWAAY.net (fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA20202 for ; Thu, 24 Dec 1998 13:09:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Received: from n4hhe.ampr.org (tnt1-121.HiWAAY.net [208.147.147.121]) by mail.HiWAAY.net (8.9.1a/8.9.0) with ESMTP id PAA03406 for ; Thu, 24 Dec 1998 15:09:22 -0600 (CST) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (localhost.ampr.org [127.0.0.1]) by n4hhe.ampr.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id PAA01886 for ; Thu, 24 Dec 1998 15:09:13 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Message-Id: <199812242109.PAA01886@n4hhe.ampr.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: Regulated names (was: Crazy Laws) In-reply-to: Message from Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai of "Thu, 24 Dec 1998 19:53:05 +0100." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 15:09:13 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai writes: > On 24-Dec-98 Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > Brett Glass writes: > >> At 10:26 AM 12/24/98 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > >> > > Kirsti Larsen, 46, said she named her son Gesher > >> > > after she dreamed the child should be named Bridge > >> > > - gesher means bridge in Hebrew." > >> Sounds anti-Semitic to me. > > > > No. They wouldn't have accepted "bridge" either, because it's not on > > their list. > > And Bridget? ;) That would be cruel to name a son that, as Bridget is a female bridge. Or maybe a "little bridge." :-) -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message