Peter Popov wrote in message <374415e2.1022633@news.povray.org>...
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>"Popov" literally means "of the priest's" (my grand-grand-dad was a
>priest and hence the family name).

In most cases (when I know the language), I can guess the origin of a
surname. My own is an exception.

>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 :)
>


AAArrrrGH!!! Grammar! Take it away, take it away!!!!

Margus

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