Paolo Ciarrocchi wrote:
On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 7:24 PM, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Franck wrote:
Sorry for commenting on this email only now but I found it in my
archive while looking for a different thread :-)
oops, sorry Andreas for that ! I use to spelling this name without 's'
that's why I did the mistake I think.
In Finland and Sweden Andrea without the "s" is a girls name, while
Andreas with the "s" (or André without "-as") is a boy.
It's not even very rare. "Andrea" was the 84th most popular female name in
Sweden in 2000.
It can be confusing, since in Italy (and, I think, southern Germany and
much of Eastern Europe), "Andrea" is a boy, and in fact, the name
originally comes from the Greek meaning "man".
In Italy Andrea might be a girl as well even if that name is often
used for a boy.
Little did my parents know that the name they gave me would spawn a
discussion lasting very nearly three years.
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