Re: The meaning of Nils

From: Nils Weinander <nilsw_at_ibm.net>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 23:01:01 +0200


Alex:
>
> Keith says:
> > If you take "Nils" to mean "without" or "sans" [...]
>
> I always took it to mean "That Swedish geezer who posts about the
> East Isles"!

Actually, it means "the conqueror of the people", but I'll accept the above as I don't want to sound overly pompous. It gets even worse if you include muy middle name, Erik, which means "the mighty ruler".

Yes this is off-topic.



Nils Weinander | Everything is dust in the wind nilsw_at_ibm.net | http://www.geocities.com/Paris/8689/

Powered by hypermail