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From: poisoned@sdd.dart.se (Sven Silow)
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Insait long talk.origins, "Uncle Davey" <noway@jose.com> em i bin
raitim dispela tingting:
>"A Dane?"
>
>In what language is that supposed to mean a Dane?
>
The name 'Dana' is (sometimes) used as a personification of Denmark
(in Danish 'Danmark' = 'Dan-mark'), like 'Svea' (as 'Moder Svea' =
'Mother Svea') is (commonly) used as a personification of Sweden (in
Swedish 'Sverige' or 'Svea Rike').
Somewhat like John Bull, Uncle Sam...
Sven
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