On Sat, 8 Feb 2003, Ruhlen, Rachel Louise (UMC-Student) wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Davis, Iain E. >> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 10:17 PM >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Reen Brust [mailto:reen at mpls.cx] >> >Yes, it is. Sorry to be so slow in responding, I had to dig >> >up an old calendar to check. >> >> Cool. Me too. :) > >What he intended to say was he also was born Dec 13 (and so shares his >birthday with Emma Bull). Not that he had to dig up an old calendar to >check. > I assume that Emma's parents were aware that Dec 13 was St. Lucy's day, hence "Lucia" -> "Lucinda", and Emma just went back to the original for her alias. I suppose the masculine form would be "Lucien", which I think is a pretty cool name. Or how about "Lucifer"? :-)