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Date: | Tue, 18 Jun 1996 16:10:40 +0200 (IST) |
From: | Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> |
To: | "A.Appleyard" <A DOT APPLEYARD AT fs2 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk> |
Cc: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com |
Subject: | Re: John |
In-Reply-To: | <34622A0025C@fs2.mt.umist.ac.uk> |
Message-Id: | <Pine.SUN.3.91.960618160803.16755B-100000@is> |
Mime-Version: | 1.0 |
On Tue, 18 Jun 1996, A.Appleyard wrote: > DJ AT DELORIE DOT CO wrote on 06/17/96 6:01PM > > ... It's just my name. What does John stand for? ... > > It is derived via Biblical Latin and Greek `Io(h)annes' from a Hebrew or > Aramaic original. Ask an expert on Semitic languages. It's Iohannan in the original Hebrew Bible text, which means "God favoured". But that's *very* far from our subject here, so let's leave it at that.
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