Re: Speaking of Improper Terminology

Subject: Re: Speaking of Improper Terminology
From: "Stephen D. Martin" <smartin -at- RC -dot- GC -dot- CA>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 10:29:30 -0400

Marie C. Paretti wrote:

> How many parents name their kid Hitler? Maybe Adolf is still popular
> in Germany, but I kinda doubt it.

As Hitler is a family name, it is highly improbable that anybody uses it
as a given name, just as it is improbable that there are any parents of
your ethnic background who name their child "Paretti".

Cheers!

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