At 01:03 AM 12/28/2002 +0000, Árni Ibsen wrote:
>Well, well, Gabriel! So we're relatives, it seems! Your explanation of the
>name 'Gudding' brings the Icelandic, fairly common Christian name 'Guðjón'
>to mind. 'Guð' meaning 'God' and 'jón', on it's own, one of the most common
>Christian names in this language, being the original of 'John', i.e.
>'anybody', or Nomen Nescio. And altho I've never ever been to Trondheim, or
>Þrándheimur, as we say, I feel I know the place intimately since I've met so
>many individuals from there. Till we meet to trace our common family trees,
Well, Árni, I'm sure we're related somehow. All those frozen stabs of land
and flecks of stone up there in the old bangy seas of the north have people
on them who rowed and floated in many directions to have sex and drink.
Dublin was founded by Norwegians. Now I'm married to a Dubliner. I'll bet
I'm related (in some extra-marital sense) to her somehow.
gabe
Gabriel Gudding
Department of English
Illinois State University
Normal, IL 61790
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