Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site pttesac.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxj!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!ptsfa!pttesac!vanam From: vanam@pttesac.UUCP (Marnix van Ammers) Newsgroups: net.social Subject: Is anyone alive who also has my first name (Marnix)? Message-ID: <147@pttesac.UUCP> Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 14:49:39 EST Article-I.D.: pttesac.147 Posted: Mon Jan 14 14:49:39 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 16-Jan-85 05:09:48 EST Distribution: net Organization: Pacific Bell ESAC, San Francisco Lines: 20 This is sort of a survey. In my whole life I've only heard of one other person with my first name. He was an Indonesian immigrant working in a store in Los Angeles. As far as I know he and I are the only living people with my first name. Historically, I know of 2 people who had the name Marnix. 1. Marnix van St. Aldegonde, the author of the Dutch national anthem. 2. Marnix Gijsen, a Dutch novelist. My name comes from ancient greek and means "flickering star". I was so told by the Dutch edition of Donald Duck magazine when I was a little kid living in Holland. I've often thought about giving up on my name and changing it to something simpler and more American. But then my Dutch pride takes over and I forget about such silly ideas. Marnix