Oh gosh! Such brouhaha about names! If I start translating Indian names to English, hilarity could be taken to a much greater level. Almost to the extent like having a Red Indian name.
See: http://personalpages.tds.net/~rlaws/ChoctawNames.html Anyone named "Dances with Wolves"? Regards Amarjeet Singh [ Translates to "Immortal Victory Lion" :-/ ] On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Christian Catchpole < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catchpole > > Catchpole was a Merriam-Webster word of the day. They had this to say: > > Imagine chasing a chicken around the barnyard. Catching it would be no > mean feat. And chasing down someone who owes you money is pretty > challenging too. It's no surprise then that these two taxing tasks > come together in "catchpole," which derives from a word that literally > means "chicken chaser"—Anglo-French "cachepole." Before it referred to > the debt police, "catchpole" was used more generally for any tax > collector. That's the sense demonstrated in a 12th-century homily > about the apostle Matthew: "Matheus thet wes cachepol thene he iwende > to god-spellere" ("Matthew who was a catchpole until he turned into a > writer of the Gospel"). > > On Nov 26, 1:05 pm, "Mark Derricutt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For some reason I'm trying to draw linkages between Dick's, Poles, and > > the character Shaft - but I'm drawing blanks. > > > > Thou I was reminded of the Toyota Bugger adds: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-Y3AsZ19Hc > > > > On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Christian Catchpole > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Sorry Dick. If anyone would like to make jokes about Christian > > > Catchpole now, they are more than welcome. Being called Buddha Drop- > > > stick was one of my favorites. > > > > -- > > "It is easier to optimize correct code than to correct optimized > > code." -- Bill Harlan > > > -- Amarjeet Singh Phone: +91-98712-76661 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
