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Re: Update

On Tue, 21 Apr 1998, Andrew Smith wrote:

> 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.

Thanks, I've always liked it meself! :)

> 
> - 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
> 
> 

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