Madoff's name

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Prof Steven P Hill wrote:

> Dear colleagues:
> 
> In the news this December is an accused major Wall St. swindler 
> named Bernard L. MADOFF.   (Arrested Dec. 11 for allegedly 
> bilking big investors out of some billion dollars.)   Tsk, tsk. 
> 
> I suppose it would be ironically appropriate if his surname 
> originally would go back to an older Slavic root with meanings 
> like "honey" or "sweet," as in contemp. Russ. m'od.   (Cf. also 
> Engl. "mead.")    Or perhaps "Madoff" goes back to some very 
> different source,    lacking the ironic appropriateness of 
> "honey/sweet"...?

As far as I can tell, he's so named because he "made off" with 
everybody's money.

;-)

-- 
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--
Paul B. Gallagher
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"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
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