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Re: New to the area
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Wed, 12 Jul 2000 02:57:06 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Shiri Dori writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Erik Olson writes:
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> > Now I'm pretty sure Eric/Erick is not a
> > Biblical name. Sure, there are some of the prophets that I will never stay
> > awake
> > to read through, but, I don't think it's in there.
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> Hmm. Well, in a way you're right.
> But in another way, not exactly.
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> There's a quite common name in hebrew, Aryeh (= lion). A nickname for people
> named like that is often Arick.
> Pretty close to Eric/k... Long shot, I know, but maybe.
In his autobiography, Ariel Sharon says that was the nickname he had when he was
little. I thought that was kind of neat, but just a coincidence.
Did you know Effie is a diminutive for Euphigenia? Two yucky names!
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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