RE: Filialineal Naming Practices

[PETERSR@spiegel.becltd.com (Peters, Rise J.)]

Poster: PETERSR@spiegel.becltd.com (Peters, Rise J.)

There are various tribal cultures that do this too... but as fascinating as 
it is, it doesn't respond to my original issue ... what was that food?  I 
told her I thought I could find out; let's not have me lose my 
miracle-working-mother points!

=Caitlin
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From: "Ed Hopkins"
To: PETERSR; The Merry Rose
Subject: Filialineal Naming Practices
Date: Wednesday, May 28, 1997 2:07PM

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Poster: "Ed Hopkins" <Ed.Hopkins@MCI.Com>

Caitlin Kindrasmom signed her posting thusly:

> =Caitlin Kindra'smom (this is the modern equivalent of somebody
> somebody'sdottir)

I think that this was also done in the Period.
Doesn't the surname Perlmutter (German or Yiddish for "Mother of
Pearl") date back that far?
How about the Greek surname Papadopolous?

 -- Alfredo el Bufon

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