Re: Offtopic [Re: Can't use gitk.]
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- Paolo Ciarrocchi <paolo.ciarrocchi@gmail.com>
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- Nov 2, 2008, 19:28 UTC
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On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 7:24 PM, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Franck wrote:
Sorry for commenting on this email only now but I found it in my archive while looking for a different thread :-)
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>> oops, sorry Andreas for that ! I use to spelling this name without 's' >> that's why I did the mistake I think. > > In Finland and Sweden Andrea without the "s" is a girls name, while > Andreas with the "s" (or André without "-as") is a boy. > > It's not even very rare. "Andrea" was the 84th most popular female name in > Sweden in 2000. > > 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".
In Italy Andrea might be a girl as well even if that name is often used for a boy.
Ciao,
-- Paolo http://paolo.ciarrocchi.googlepages.com/