[lojban-beginners] Re: Anyone there?

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 12:46:24AM +0100, Chris Howlett wrote:
> > > (Incidentally, I'm not overly keen on the Lojbanisation of my name
> > > either, but without any short i vowel, there's not much I can do)
> > 
> > Heh.  I translated my name.
> 
> Let's see... cam is from carmi - "bright, intense"; gus from gusni -
> "illuminate; is light (radiation)"; mis from misno - "famous". So
> camgusmis - bright-light celebrity? I'm intrigued... I assume it's a
> translation of your surname - do you mind me asking what it is?

Nope, it's a translation of Robin.  My surname is Powell.

Google for "Robin name meaning" gives:

http://genealogy.about.com/library/surnames/r/bl_name-ROBIN.htm

http://www.babynames.com/V5/index.php?content=gosearch&searchterm=ROBIN&searchby=byname

and other.  It means "bright fame".

-Robin

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