> >* Dodo (1231)
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> >- official patron of the Ministry of Silly Names
>
What's in a name? Many Anglo-Saxon names sound silly in Dutch or
Frisian as well. Dodo, or in Frisian, Doede, is in fact still a
common name in Friesland (as are Harm, Germ, and Fokje ...).
Frans van Liere
Calvin College
3201 Burton Street SE
Grand Rapids MI 49546
http://www.calvin.edu/academic/history/fvliere.htm
tel. (616) 957-6535
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