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K T Ong · 09-05-2002, 08:26 PM

In some cultures people are actually often named after the gods and heroes of their religious traditions. Thus you have 'Rama', 'Krishna', 'Siva', 'Ganesh' etc in the Indian cultural circle. Nice to be named after a god or hero.

I understand the name 'Thor' is very popular in Scandinavian countries?

As for the name 'Osama bin Laden', it could be that in Islamic circles it has a positive meaning quite irrespective of the fact that someone who had that name was a terrorist.

[ 09-05-2002, 08:30 PM: Message edited by: K T Ong ]

09-05-2002, 08:26 PM	#25
K T Ong Symbol of Cyric Join Date: January 27, 2002 Location: Plateau of Singapore Age: 62 Posts: 1,230	In some cultures people are actually often named after the gods and heroes of their religious traditions. Thus you have 'Rama', 'Krishna', 'Siva', 'Ganesh' etc in the Indian cultural circle. Nice to be named after a god or hero. I understand the name 'Thor' is very popular in Scandinavian countries? As for the name 'Osama bin Laden', it could be that in Islamic circles it has a positive meaning quite irrespective of the fact that someone who had that name was a terrorist. [ 09-05-2002, 08:30 PM: Message edited by: K T Ong ] __________________ <br />Look! Everyone\'s admiring me! <img border=\"0\" title=\"\" alt=\"[Big Grin]\" src=\"biggrin.gif\" />