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post #46 of 52
1/24/11 at 7:51pm
My last name literally means "Handsome" (yes, really). Originally German, but needs no translation into Norwegian. I have had to assure numerous people that this is pure coincidence. I will also owe you a drink if you can think of a joke I haven't heard about it.
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post #47 of 52
1/24/11 at 9:42pm
So hva så smukke is no good
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post #48 of 52
1/24/11 at 10:29pm
You have to live with a slightly comical surname for a few decades to really understand..it gets old.
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post #49 of 52
1/25/11 at 9:21am
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You have to live with a slightly comical surname for a few decades to really understand..it gets old.
I have a surname 80% of the population can't pronounce correctly nor spell, even thought it's really simple and I had to spell my first name from the age of 5.
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post #50 of 52
1/25/11 at 2:36pm
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I have a surname 80% of the population can't pronounce correctly nor spell, even thought it's really simple and I had to spell my first name from the age of 5.
Yes, that too, bc. it's originally German and then slightly Norwegianised through a few centuries, there are several plausible spellings...it's a bother.
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post #51 of 52
1/25/11 at 5:18pm
Boice.

  • Scottish, northern Irish, and English: topographic name for someone who lived by a wood, from Old French bois "˜wood'.
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post #52 of 52
1/25/11 at 5:31pm
The young lamb
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