Message: "His name was Hans Christian AndersEn"

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[Opinions] His name was Hans Christian AndersEn

by Ylva

6/3/2005, 9:14 AM

So if you want to give a son this surname as mn to honor Hans Christian Andersen, please spell it right. Why not use Hans or Christian as mn? Finn Christian sounds good to me.

That said, I dislike ln-as-fn. But since it is the mn here and you have a real reason for using it, I think Finn Andersen sounds good.

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- Charlie Blue

6/3/2005, 3:00 PM

From a Dane: Thank you Ylva!

Nothing annoys me more, as when someone spells his ln wrong. :-/

And I love that Finn Andersen. It has a very true ordinary Danish sound to it. :-)

Thanks again.

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- Alice (guest) +2

6/3/2005, 11:40 AM

Sorry

Would you know ... tell me if I am just being ignorant, is Andersen just a varient of Anderson (or vice versa)? I.e. does it mean the same thing?

About using Hans and Christian ... even though I am a Christian myself; I wouldn't use the name Christian just like I wouldn't use the word Pagan, it has never seemed right to me
Hans I have pretty bad personal associations with this name, althought I had thought about it

Thanks :)

Alice

- Miranda (Randee15) +1

6/3/2005, 2:34 PM

Yes, -sen means "son".

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- Alice (guest)

6/4/2005, 5:23 AM

Thanks :-)

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