LL-L "Names" 2005.04.15 (04) [E]

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From: Críostóir Ó Ciardha <paada_please at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Names" 2005.04.14 (08) [E]


Ingmar wrote:
"I got an off-line reaction from a Triple-L member who's called Arvid too.
Although from American, he's got a Dutch last name... What a coincidence!"

My response will make it lucky three, then: friends of mine in Amersfoort
(the father is Dutch and the mother Frisian) named their elder son Arvid
because the father has a passion for Swedish culture and speaks Swedish.

Go raibh maith agat,

Criostóir.

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