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| (...) When I was Bar Mitvah'ed, we had to come up with a Hebrew version of my name. The best we could do was Aaron. (...) The most common "meaning" for Eric/k/ck I've seen is "Ruler" or "King", and it's always Germanic- usually Norse, in fact. eric (26 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) If you like his work, I also suggest some books from Stanislaw Lem. He has some serious SF novels(0) mostly, but two from him, "Futurology(?) Congress" and "Diary Found in The Bath Tub"(1) are close relatives(2) to HHGtTG series, considering (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) LOL - yeah. In Israel, you certainly won't find many Leah's or Sarah's, or barely any other biblical names - they have been drifting out of the "fashion" for the past generation. Most names now are short and catchy, with a meaning but the kind (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Uh, forgot to say, the "Matat" part means gift in Hebrew, and the "yahu" consists of the three letters that make God's name in the old testament. (Yes, the name is made of four letters, but the "hey" (equivalent to "H") appears twice.) Thus - (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) True, true. :-) Admittingly, there are many names that don't seem Hebrish (1) at first (at least not to me) because of the many changes they've had along the way. The original name, I s'pose, is Mattityahu, as in the Hanukka story; but names (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Erik Olson writes: <snip> (...) Hmm. Well, in a way you're right. But in another way, not exactly. There's a quite common name in hebrew, Aryeh (= lion). A nickname for people named like that is often Arick. Pretty close to (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) True. It's just funny seeing all the different length "complete" Hitchhiker's Guides. --Bram (26 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) When I see those wooden calligraphy name plate doodads for sale with all the Biblical names like "Sara" and "Marian" and "David" and "Chris" and "Matt" and what they mean, I can't resist and I look... Sure enough! They have Erik! Plus meaning, (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) And Matthew, of course. ("Gift of God"!) (26 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Yeah, but with mine, I sometimes wish they didn't ;-) -L (26 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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