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Re: Persona question

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From: duncan
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 20:12
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In article <1k3rpn$m3b@agate.berkeley.edu> cozzlab@garnet.berkeley.edu () writes:
>In article <1993Jan25.043934.530@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> greg@silver.lcs.mit.edu (Hossein Ali Qomi (mka Gregory F. Rose)) writes:
>>... If your father was Ludwig, you would be
>>"AElfgarus filius Hludowici".
>
>...and in "theodisk" (=people's speech) it would be AElfrag Ludwigs sunu,
>I think....
>
>
>Dorothea of Caer-Myrddin		Dorothy J. Heydt
>

Far be it for me to question the learned Hossein, but I thought that
the Latin form of Ludwig was Clovis. Had that changed by post classical
times?  Assuming it still valid, then AElfgar, "Elf Spear", would then
perhaps be "Elvis".

Thank you very much.

Steve Duncan
duncan@rti.rti.org
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Date: 26 Jan 93 20:12:44 GMT
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