Behind the Name: Message: "Might astonish a passport checker"

Subject:	Might astonish a passport checker
Author:	Ålefeskarn (guest, 212.151.30.6)
Date:	February 18, 2003 at 4:38:02 AM

There are in Sweden three persons who have the lastname 'Stillborn'.

It of course doesn't mean what it means in English. (In fact, it doesn't mean anything at all in Swedish.)

The name was taken in the 1950:s, when there wasn't so much international communication as there is now.

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Messages in this thread:

Might astonish a passport checker - Ålefeskarn Feb 18 2003, 4:38:02 AM
- Of course it has got a meaning! - Judith Feb 24 2003, 2:15:03 PM
  - Re: Stillborn - Anon. Jul 3 2004, 12:14:03 PM

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