KDE Programs Naming Convention

[Dotan Cohen]

On 13/01/2008, Donn <donn.ingle at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Mi: who
> > Ka: is like
> > El: God
> Interesting. He's very like God in that he has the instinct to smite. Calm
> down Mike -- I jest ! :D
>
> What does "Dotan" mean?

It is the name of a valley in northern Israel, just south of today's Afula.

> My own name is a mystery to me. My Grandfather is "Don" so I guess they tacked
> another 'n' onto mine :) Am I supposed to call my (never to be)
> son "Donnn" :D
>
> I reckon you are right about meanings of names being largely unknown, but
> isn't that a general observation about *all* words? Etymology requires study
> and speciality and the "rest" of us just get along in meme-land. I know I
> have quite a store of computer-words(names) in my head, but that's just the
> geek in me :)

I would prefer that those who find that they do not know the meanings
of their names, or the names of their places of residence, answer
that. I believe that it is cultural, and in English (not only
American) it is doubly compounded as the place names often come from
different languages. Are there any Brits who could elaborate on the
name London, for instance (without going to wikipedia)? I may have
been insensitive to that as in Israel, most of the places have Hebrew,
Arabic, or other Semetic names, which are still partially decypherable
in everyday speech.

Dotan Cohen

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