Re: Offtopic [Re: Can't use gitk.]
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Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
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- Nov 14, 2005, 18:52 UTC
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Linus Torvalds wrote:
> It can be confusing, since in Italy (and, I think, southern Germany and > much of Eastern Europe), "Andrea" is a boy, and in fact, the name > originally comes from the Greek meaning "man". >
While we're working up the trivia section here we might as well be anal about it.
Andrea does indeed mean 'man' in the sense of 'human being' (think android). It was a form of flattery in ancient Greece, where being, with every breath, as human (or humane, which was originally the same) as possible was considered the best anyone could hope to be. Alas, that meaning has long since been somewhat watered.
Andreas stems from Andros and means "powerful protective guardian" in the sense of a totem. Chicks dig that. ;)
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> In the rest of the world, Andrea seems to mostly female, but it probably > depends on where the cultural influences come from. > > So leaving off the "s" can be very strange to the recipient. >
Personally I don't mind. I just thought it weird that so many are doing it. Thanks for the clarification though. It killed a full ten minutes of dull late-monday work of debugging other peoples perl-scripts.
Oh well. Back to it, I suppose.
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