On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 7:24 PM, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> wrote:
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> On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Franck wrote:

Sorry for commenting on this email only now but I found it in my
archive while looking for a different thread :-)

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>> oops, sorry Andreas for that ! I use to spelling this name without 's'
>> that's why I did the mistake I think.
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> In Finland and Sweden Andrea without the "s" is a girls name, while
> Andreas with the "s" (or André without "-as") is a boy.
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> 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 Italy Andrea might be a girl as well even if that name is often
used for a boy.

Ciao,
-- 
Paolo
http://paolo.ciarrocchi.googlepages.com/
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