From: Michele Andreoli ([email protected])
Date: Fri Jan 21 2000 - 00:20:04 CET
On Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 09:02:22PM +0000, Clive Wright nicely wrote:
> > What kind of name is "Clive"? Do you know an italian equivalent?
>
> The Clive family was originally the family who lived near the cliff
> (CLIff-liVE).
> Somehow from a family name Clive became a first name.
>
> I do not think that there is an italian equivalent unless the italian
> words for cliff and live can be merged into a recognisable italian name.
"Costiero"? but this name do not exists in Italian. In some sense,
because Italy is a narrow peninsula, we are all clive.
Michele
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