Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 08:47:31 +0200 (CEST) From: Svein Halvor Halvorsen <svein-freebsd-current@theloosingend.net> To: Christopher JS Vance <freebsd@nu.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alright you primitive screwheads, LISTEN UP!! Message-ID: <20050520084157.H95376@maren.thelosingend.net> In-Reply-To: <20050520062152.GD25164@nu.org> References: <20050516203932.0A38316A4D0@hub.freebsd.org> <42890874.4030600@t-hosting.hu><20050517173737.GA60953@thought.org> <428B59A0.7030108@netstream.ru> <20050518164326.GA69208@thought.org> <20050520062152.GD25164@nu.org>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-1481005949-1116571651=:95376 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE * Christopher JS Vance [2005-05-20 16:21 +1000] > I was told some years ago that the telephone directory (-ies?) in > Iceland index primarily by personal name, with patrionymic or family > name being subsidiary. In Iceland it is very uncommon to have family names as such. You usually=20 take your father's name and add "sonur" if you're a boy, or "d=F3ttir" if= =20 you're a girl. Your name does not change in marriage, and your whole=20 family hence have no name in common. I'm therefore not surprised if the=20 Icelanders do as you say, and sort firstly on the given name, as that=20 would make more sense than to sort on your father's given name, which=20 would otherwise have been the case. --0-1481005949-1116571651=:95376--
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