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12 Aug 2024 03:25:19 EDT (-0400)
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From: Bob Hughes
Date: 20 May 1999 08:30:15
Message: <3743F22B.4E0E9809@aol.com>
Are you currently adopting? Say, a 40 year old or there abouts? Never mind
though if POV time doesn't actually increase...


Peter Popov wrote:
> 
> Well, yeah, "-ov" is one of the endings for a masculine noun in the
> genitive case (whatever is left if it anyway), like "-ev", "-ski",
> "-in", "-ich" etc. seen in Slavic names. As I've explained before,
> "Popov" literally means "of the priest's" (my grand-grand-dad was a
> priest and hence the family name). The "po-" prefix, on the other
> hand, indicates a comparative form of any adjective or adverb (or a
> noun used as an adjective or adverb, for that matter), so "po-pov"
> literally means "More POV", where POV acts as an adjective (POVving,
> POVed, POVish, POVely, POVable etc.)
> 
> Fun :)
> 
> ---------
> Peter Popov
> ICQ: 15002700

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