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Re: Update

On Sun, 19 Apr 1998, Frank George Valoczy wrote:

> Meaning of Valoczy?
> 
> Okay: originally (mid-1700's) spelled: Va'lo'ci (lit: from Va'lo'c; I
> haven't a clue where that is)
> 
> 1797 small nobility granted, spelling changed to: Va'lo'czi
> 
> Some of my relatives still have this name;  -i changed to -y around
> 1850's, again with a small nobility grant.
> 
I think this name is interesting in itself.  Trying to translate or
transliterate it into Brithenig would lose half of its appeal.

- andrew.

Andrew Smith                                  <hobbit@earthlight.co.nz>

MAN, despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication, and his many
accomplishments; still owes his existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil
and the fact that it rains.
							   - Anonymous