Larry Gusaas wrote:
Richard Travers, 2008/06/13 2:46 AM:
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Lisi Reisz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
P.S. What does "xan" mean? I have searched hard on- and off-line
without success. Or are you like the Duchess's baby?
This has been asked several times now, although curiously there has
been no
response.
xan means Christian.
I have never seen that. Please give source. Xan is usually a either a
nickname for Alexander/Alexandra or a name by itself. Also an
alternate spelling for Khan and slang for the drug Zanex. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xan
This is just an educated guess, but I expect that where "xan" is used to
mean "Christian", it comes from shorthand using the original Koine Greek
of the New Testament. "Christ" in Greek is Xristos ("X" has a "k"
sound). So the shorthand replaces "Christ" with the Greek "X".
Therefore, "Christian" becomes "Xan" and "Christmas" becomes "Xmas".
-- Tim Deaton
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