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| 28.1 | Hmm, that's peculiar... | 15521::ROBERT | Death to the cowards of Tesh! | Fri Aug 01 1986 17:34 | 5 |
| I am a bit curious about your derivation of Janet from Greek, as
Greek has no J or J-sound. Could you explain it more fully for
us aspiring polyglots (polyglotti)?
Is Janet related to Jeannette (Jeanne, Jean, John, ad infinitum)?
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| 28.2 | Well, I have been known to be wrong at least once or twice befo | 16448::JBADER | hugs....not drugs | Sat Aug 02 1986 17:42 | 13 |
| Sure...no problem.
On my keychain it says: Janet
Gk
"God's gracious gift"
I thought the Gk meant Greek. I am obviously incorrect, however,
I do believe that Janus was a Greek god and his name also begins
with "J".
Janet is a diminuative of Jane which is a variation of Joan which
is the feminine of John. The French use Jeanne and I think in Italy
they use Giovanna.
-sunny-
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| 28.3 | How the Greeks faked a J | 3157::SHARP | Say something once, why say it again? | Wed Aug 06 1986 10:09 | 6 |
| The ancient Greeks and Romans used I as J. To them the two-faced god was
Ianus. There's no way to know whether they pronounced it hard or soft, i.e.
whether they said Janus or Yanus.
Don
(winner of the Bowman Latin Prize in high school.)
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| 28.4 | Hebrew, yet. Oy vey. | 15521::ROBERT | In search of orange jelly babies | Fri Aug 22 1986 17:34 | 5 |
| Hi, sunny,
Not to run this topic into the ground, but...
I looked up Janet in a book (don't ask which one, I don't know!)
and it said it was Hebrew, meaning something like God's gracious
gift (what you said). So hey, a name without a country.
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