From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107a89,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-Thread: 11440e,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid11440e,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-15 10:11:38 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!isdnet!195.115.0.4.MISMATCH!esplande3000.net!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!newspeer2.clara.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!server3.netnews.ja.net!newshost.central.susx.ac.uk!news.bton.ac.uk!not-for-mail From: John English Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.clarion,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.vrml Subject: Re: Commenting code Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 16:37:17 +0100 Organization: University of Brighton Message-ID: <3B2A2BAD.E80C3B8B@brighton.ac.uk> References: <9f8r0i$lu3$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9fgagu$6ae$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9fjgha$blf$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <35mqhtkdfma2rggv1htcaq6vfn2ihs67a1@4ax.com> <3B1E1452.BAFAAB7F@baesystems.com> <3B1E4B93.7FB8A94D@lmtas.lmco.com> <3B1F3704.C7E0D03A@brighton.ac.uk> <3B202E17.7C728B66@brighton.ac.uk> <5sf0itoauh0fi1nvq4ll5ljmh3u4fjope1@4ax.com> <3B20E02A.FEDAC2BD@dresdner-bank.com> <3B212003.EDCD1219@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <3B249F8E.27C914E8@dresdner-bank.com> <3B27604B.4D156A75@facilnet.es> <3B2784CC.4EB620B2@lanl.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc2je.it.bton.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: saturn.bton.ac.uk 992623399 5325 193.62.183.154 (15 Jun 2001 16:43:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@bton.ac.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 15 Jun 2001 16:43:19 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en-gb] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ruby:10610 comp.lang.ada:8785 comp.lang.clarion:22055 comp.lang.java.programmer:76719 comp.lang.pl1:1051 comp.lang.vrml:3829 Date: 2001-06-15T16:43:19+00:00 List-Id: Ted Dennison wrote: > Interestingly, in urban America lately thev'e been doing this by *blending* the > first names of samed-sex grandparents on either parent's side. For instance, a > girl who has grandmothers named Wanda and Latisha might be named "Latwanda". > After a few generations of this you get some pretty odd-looking names. :-) What my wife and I decided to do was give boys my surname and give girls hers (which has made my father quite cross since we stopped at one daughter, but hey dad, it's the genes that count...) The reason my wife kept her maiden name is partly to do with her job (head of the English dept. in a local school, so she didn't want to be "Mrs. English") and partly to do with her surname (Lord) which we couldn't even double-barrel (English-Lord? Lord-English?) I wonder how much further off-topic this thread can go? :-) ----------------------------------------------------------------- John English | mailto:je@brighton.ac.uk Senior Lecturer | http://www.comp.it.bton.ac.uk/je Dept. of Computing | ** NON-PROFIT CD FOR CS STUDENTS ** University of Brighton | -- see http://burks.bton.ac.uk -----------------------------------------------------------------