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From: minow@decvax.UUCP (Martin Minow)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: What's in a Name
Message-ID: <121@decvax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 16-Nov-84 18:44:08 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 16 18:44:08 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 18-Nov-84 04:41:36 EST
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I originally -- and unintentionally -- posted this to net.lang, rather
than net.nlang.  Apologies to those who see it twice (or who would
prefer not even to see it once).


> > --
> > En j0diske kvinde der hedder "Maria"?  Det er da noget du tror!!
> 
> Jeg kende en finske kvinde som hedder Maria. Hvorfor skulle den j0diske vaere
> umulig?
> -- 
> 	Dr Memory
> 	...{amd,ucbvax,ihnp4}!qubix!jdb

The above apparently appeared in net.jokes -- I saw it referenced in net.lang.
It is written in Norwegian (or perhaps Danish) and translates as:

   "A Jewish woman named Maria [Mary]?  There's something, believe me!

   "I knew a Finnish woman named Maria.  Why should the Jewish [name]
   be impossible."

Funny you should mention that -- two of my cousins are named Martha
and Mary; they're both Jewish.

While I would find "Christine" an unusual name for a Jewish woman,
I wonder why Mary is considered so odd.

Martin Minow
decvax!minow