Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 17:59:09 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> To: current@freebsd.org Cc: Christopher JS Vance <freebsd@nu.org> Subject: Re: Alright you primitive screwheads, LISTEN UP!! Message-ID: <428DB4ED.4030703@pacific.net.sg> In-Reply-To: <20050520084157.H95376@maren.thelosingend.net> References: <20050516203932.0A38316A4D0@hub.freebsd.org> <42890874.4030600@t-hosting.hu><20050517173737.GA60953@thought.org> <428B59A0.7030108@netstream.ru> <20050518164326.GA69208@thought.org> <20050520062152.GD25164@nu.org> <20050520084157.H95376@maren.thelosingend.net>
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Hi, Svein Halvor Halvorsen wrote: > * Christopher JS Vance [2005-05-20 16:21 +1000] > >> I was told some years ago that the telephone directory (-ies?) in >> Iceland index primarily by personal name, with patrionymic or family >> name being subsidiary. > > > In Iceland it is very uncommon to have family names as such. You usually > take your father's name and add "sonur" if you're a boy, or "dóttir" if > you're a girl. Your name does not change in marriage, and your whole This is also true for some parts of India. The 'family' name of the children is the father's first name. Erich
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