Posted by charley t on September 16, 2000 at 15:41:12: In Reply to: Re: Neri's last name posted by Xanatic on September 16, 2000 at 12:42:27:
: Greets OG-freaks
: : Yeah I agree with you Marie. I think Dr. Hellegren's first name was Joseph..but it had like a "z" sound in it. I dunno....
: Yeah, Iīd say Joseph too. Even though no z.
: : I think in Neri and Mera's culture no one had last names. They were associated with they're parents and in this case mother. For instance way back when..people in the Mediterranean were members of a family but no last name. Like Son of David. That type of thing.
: Well, that wasnīt just in the Mediterranean. Loads of englishmen are named Davidson, which is simply Son of David. You know, got the name of their father. But at some time they just stopped, and just kept the surname. The other would also have had to be quite confusing. Actually in Iceland they also named the daughters after their mothers, like the sons(and daughters) other places are named after their father. So you can meet women called Davidsdaughter(in icelandic of course). So if Lapis Planet had a matriarchal system, they might all be named after their mother. Both sons and daughters. But I donīt know what kind of a system they had.
: Xanatic