On Thu 19 Jun 2003 06:33, Han Boetes posted as excerpted below:
/me paws at Per.
ok :P
FWIW and as a reminder, Mr Karlsen has previously expressed an objection to being called "Per". I don't understand what I believe to be language and culture based references, but as best I can figure, it would be the equivalent of calling someone named McDonald here in the US, simply Mc.
More like that. Per �yvind would be the double first name, and Karlsen would be the family name.
For none norwegians this can be difficult to grasp.
My name is Torstein Hernes Dybdahl, where Torstein is my firstname, and Hernes is my mothers familyname, and Dybdahl is my fathers family name.
So here is a contradiction.
I Norway it is no en to the number of firstnames. People can have like five firstnames and several familynames.
ex.
Leonora Victoria Teresa Maria Mette Hansen Ellefsen
{Leonora Victoria Teresa Maria Mette} firstnames
{Hansen Ellefsen} family namesregards Torstein
Either that, or calling someone simply Mister, without a name. I'm not sure which, but am sure he prefers folks not use just the first three letters.
