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

Author: Pete Galati

Date: 17:03:55 03/11/00

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On March 11, 2000 at 18:54:17, Amir Ban wrote:

>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

It's not a very commomnly used English word.  I think it's a rather nautical
term refering to depth.  Otherwise I think it means thinking about something
deeply.

I have no idea what Fatma means.

Pete



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