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    From hironori@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 17 06:03:00 2023
    Adelelmus buta facum : Gosulinus scindens folium,
    Johannes Tangens fastigium.

    Please teach me the social meanings(not word a word) of these nicknames.

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  • From Ed Cryer@21:1/5 to hironori on Tue Oct 17 14:13:05 2023
    hironori wrote:
    Adelelmus buta facum : Gosulinus scindens folium,
    Johannes Tangens fastigium.

    Please teach me the social meanings(not word a word) of these nicknames.

    Very interesting.
    Which country are they from?

    I'm thinking of getting myself renamed as Eduardus Tangens Fastigium,
    provided he wasn't some Viking who sacked Lindisfarne in the 8th century.

    Ed (:-

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