From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Ericsson Subject: Re: Offtopic [Re: Can't use gitk.] Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:50:55 +0100 Message-ID: <490ED78F.3010005@op5.se> References: <437870AF.8060607@op5.se> <43787831.3030404@op5.se> <4d8e3fd30811021128q5f172a97pbc8e657d08f9ac8c@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE To: Git Mailing List X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Nov 03 11:52:23 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Kwx2j-0006Kv-AB for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:52:21 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755120AbYKCKvE convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Nov 2008 05:51:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755115AbYKCKvE (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Nov 2008 05:51:04 -0500 Received: from mail.op5.se ([193.201.96.20]:59822 "EHLO mail.op5.se" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754981AbYKCKvA (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Nov 2008 05:51:00 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.op5.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 443AC1B80C9D for ; Mon, 3 Nov 2008 11:45:57 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -4.399 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.399 tagged_above=-10 required=6.6 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from mail.op5.se ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.op5.se [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 5ETqClvGwqUj for ; Mon, 3 Nov 2008 11:45:53 +0100 (CET) Received: from clix.int.op5.se (unknown [192.168.1.20]) by mail.op5.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81E781B80CA0 for ; Mon, 3 Nov 2008 11:45:52 +0100 (CET) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080723) In-Reply-To: <4d8e3fd30811021128q5f172a97pbc8e657d08f9ac8c@mail.gmail.com> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Paolo Ciarrocchi wrote: > On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 7:24 PM, Linus Torvalds w= rote: >> On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Franck wrote: >=20 > Sorry for commenting on this email only now but I found it in my > archive while looking for a different thread :-) >=20 >>> 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 Andr=E9 without "-as") is a boy. >> >> It's not even very rare. "Andrea" was the 84th most popular female n= ame 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". >=20 > In Italy Andrea might be a girl as well even if that name is often > used for a boy. >=20 Little did my parents know that the name they gave me would spawn a discussion lasting very nearly three years. --=20 Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@op5.se OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231