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Subject: Re: What do people think of the name Fathom?

Author: Amir Ban

Date: 15:54:17 03/11/00

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On March 11, 2000 at 09:31:00, KarinsDad wrote:

>I finally found time to work on my program again and the name Fathom came to me
>in a dream last night (shows what I dream about).
>
>Has this name already been used? If not, what do people think of it?
>
>Thanks,
>
>KarinsDad :)

It may be a smash hit with Arabs because it sounds like Fatma / Fatima.

Just to be a spoil sport, I think the name has a gawky quality. This word is not
very familiar to non-english speakers, and they will have a hard time
pronouncing it correctly.

Amir





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