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Re: SOAT Contest - first round qualifiers
Posted By: gremlinn, on host 24.25.220.173
Date: Wednesday, January 1, 2003, at 12:52:49
In Reply To: Re: SOAT Contest - first round qualifiers posted by Shellerific on Wednesday, January 1, 2003, at 12:12:21:

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> > > I thought you said you did not allow existing proper names? Kieran is a boy's name in some European countries. Spica is a star's name. Nystrom isn't a real proper name - but if you add diaeresis so it becomes Nyström, it's a Swedish surname, literally "new stream".
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> In that vein, Glamis is a fairly famous castle in northern Scotland - it has lots of ghost and witch-burning lore and was supposedly the setting for Macbeth. It has been inhabited by lots of royals, from Robert II right up to the queen mother herself.

Thanks for the information, people. Obviously I don't know every proper name, so many have slipped through (although I guess I could do internet searches on each, but that would take a while...I'd rather just do that for a few at the end).

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