From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Linus Torvalds Subject: Offtopic [Re: Can't use gitk.] Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:24:10 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: References: <437870AF.8060607@op5.se> <43787831.3030404@op5.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="21872808-268129498-1131992650=:3263" Cc: Andreas Ericsson , Git Mailing List X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Nov 14 19:28:33 2005 Return-path: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ebj09-000467-FV for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 19:24:21 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751224AbVKNSYR (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Nov 2005 13:24:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751223AbVKNSYR (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Nov 2005 13:24:17 -0500 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:17880 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751224AbVKNSYP (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Nov 2005 13:24:15 -0500 Received: from shell0.pdx.osdl.net (fw.osdl.org [65.172.181.6]) by smtp.osdl.org (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id jAEIOBnO024569 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:24:12 -0800 Received: from localhost (shell0.pdx.osdl.net [10.9.0.31]) by shell0.pdx.osdl.net (8.13.1/8.11.6) with ESMTP id jAEIOAj0021306; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:24:11 -0800 To: Franck In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 required=5 tests= X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63-osdl_revision__1.55__ X-MIMEDefang-Filter: osdl$Revision: 1.127 $ X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.36 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --21872808-268129498-1131992650=:3263 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Franck wrote: > > 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 the rest of the world, Andrea seems to mostly female, but it probably depends on where the cultural influences come from. So leaving off the "s" can be very strange to the recipient. Linus --21872808-268129498-1131992650=:3263--