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

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 17:35:31 03/11/00

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On March 11, 2000 at 20:03:55, Pete Galati wrote:

>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

As long as it can't be misunderstood for Fatwa everything is allright.

Best wishes...
Mogens



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