On 2/5/06, Peter H. Granzeau <pgranzeau at cox.net> wrote: > On 2/5/06, Jon Lincicum <lincicum at comcast.net> wrote: > > > (Which name > > was probably chosen by Noish-pa. Unless, of course, it happened to be > > Noish-pa's name back in Fenario. This, to me, seems unlikely, as it's > > not a very *humble* name for a Fenarian commoner to use within his own > > country. It would be kind of like someone in this country using the last > > name :"Christ".) > > I have heard of a surname "Christ", pronounced with a short "i" to > rhyme with "mist". > Which is, in point of fact, closer to the proper way to pronounce a truncation of the Greek word khristós (Χριστός). That is, as I understand it, "iota" would always be pronounced as a short "i" sound (a 'continental' i, it says). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iota http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language And as for surnames... Oy vey iz mir. Head explody. Not NSFW, but it is kinda borderline: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastasia_Christ