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From: rte@elmo.lz.att.com (Ralph T. Edwards)
Subject: Re: Hebrew names of 12 Apostles
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In article <45v3e9$dbo@pipe4.nyc.pipeline.com>, mlomark@nyc.pipeline.com
(Mark Odegard) wrote:

Re james (I think) 
  
> And *how* does this romance pronunciation manage to get to  
> the British Isles (Celtic Christianity?) and attach itself 
> to a Germanic language? 
>  

Why, the same way Carl, a Germanic name got into every European language. 
The same way my first and last names moved into many different languages. 
People love to borrow names, the more foreign sounding, the better.  My
German neighbors in Hamburg named their daughter Fiona.  American friends
named their son (born in Germany) Kai.

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R.T.Edwards rte@elmo.att.com 908 576-3031
