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发帖数: 6973 | 1 Erik Eckholm, What’s in a Name? A Lot, as It Turns Out. New York Times, May
10, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/us/10name.html?scp=2&sq=maximus&st=cse
My comment:
(a) This is a story about a man with last name only for his first 19 years.
You may just read the first 10 paragraphs and the last three.
(b) The noun "maximus" is Latin for "the greatest."
(c) The female given name "Maxine" is modern creation by adding the female
ending -ine to Max. |
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