This thread here has got to be one of the most off the beaten path ones
I've seen. Must have been the OT in the subject line by the original
poster that did it. Watch out from now on people if you try a off topic
message post like this one was, you may get more than you bargained for.


Rick wrote:
> 
> I feel all left out here, western names are not so much fun to pull apart,
> and if you do most of the time it isnt worth it, yeah names mave have a
> meaning, but its often a pile of boll*cks, made up so someone could print a
> "meaning of names" book, followed by a bunch of stereotypical rot
> 
> eg
> 
> Steve - Gay Hairdresser
> 
> the names may once have had a real meaning, as yours does, but in this
> society of hallmark holidays, they have virtually no relevence to the
> person, there family or history.
> 
> making them essentially meaningless.
> 
> Rick
> 
> PS I appologise to all ppl called Steve reading this who are neither gay or
> a hairdresser, but on the other hand, I know 3 ppl called Steve who are..
> strange..
> 
> > 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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