At 21:43 07-10-2002 +, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Nah. When I become Overlord of the world, I will introduce a much more
efficient system. Since we are all registered as a number in various
databases anyway, everyone's surname will be a number as well (but, being a
Benign Overlord, I will
Ritu Ko wrote:
Nope. But I am not really that astute. Most Indians can
take a look at that name and tell you about the caste
of Gautam's father [and hence, Gautam's].
There are studies here in Brazil showing some correlation
between surnames and skin colour. For example, surnames
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Nope. But I am not really that astute. Most Indians can
take a look at that name and tell you about the caste
of Gautam's father [and hence, Gautam's].
There are studies here in Brazil showing some correlation
between surnames and skin colour
Ritu Ko wrote:
Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro [:-)]
And what is that supposed to tell me about you? :)
That I should be jew - all of these surnames come
from professions. But there is a lot of mixing in
Brazil.
Alberto Monteiro
Julia Thompson wrote:
The way it was explained to me how surnames go in India
(and you can correct me if I'm wrong) is that your
surname is your father's given name.
This is the way arabs names are formed. If
I were arab, my name would be ...
Alberto Carlos Alberto el-Rio de
At 12:09 07-10-2002 -0300, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
If I were the Evil Overlord of the world, I would
force everybody to change the surnames to a logical
system: ...
given name(s) mt-DNA surname(s)
[honorific surname] chromosome Y's surname(s)
Nah. When I become Overlord of the world, I
Jeroen wrote:
Nah. When I become Overlord of the world, I will introduce a much more
efficient system. Since we are all registered as a number in various
databases anyway, everyone's surname will be a number as well (but, being a
Benign Overlord, I will allow you to choose a first name
