I'm a foreigner and find nothing peculiar about TerviSEKS
even tervisex would not sound offensive or funny at all
-----Original Message-----
From: Riho-Rene Ellermaa [mailto:r.ellermaa@...]
Sent: Monday, 7 October 2002 15:17
To: ib-support@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [ib-support] Re: Nicknames (way off-topic)


I can't understand why the english speaking people are suddenly on their
hind legs, when someone's name ends with letters that may mean something in
their language.
-itch is a typical family name ending for Russians and other Slavian
countries.

Have you considered that your names may mean something funny or offensive
in german on japanese or portuguese?

Maybe there should be change in group registration. Applicant send
subscription email and if his/her name pleases everyone then account is
opened. If someone doesn't like that name then applicant must get new
passport.

P.S. To give a more funnier example... In estonian when you give toast for
drink ("to your health"), you say "TerviSEKS". That causes always lot's of
sniggering from foreigners.



Riho-Rene Ellermaa
senior programmer
Hansabank


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