On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 11:27 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>Ha! You'd think a guy who gets mistaken for Karsten Hopp (or
Rasterman)
>would pay more attention. *blush*
>
>
Hmm. Rasterman is Carsten Haitzler.
Yes, both first names are pronounced the same. Carsten and I both
worked at VA Linux Systems at the same time, so it is a mistake that has
happened.
The key to my comment is, where I was born and have mainly lived
(California), _no_one_ was named 'Karsten'.[1] I was rare, until I
discovered the Internet and a large number of German math students. ;-)
Part of my personal awareness becoming global has been understanding how
people are named. It becomes easy to lump together foreign-sounding
names as being "all the same." It is a worthy challenge to pay
attention when engaging with a new locale, trying to understand how
people's names are put together, and knowing who is who.
- Karsten
[1] I've yet to actually shake hands with someone of the same name. I
do now have a good woman friend named Karsta, which I believe is of the
same origin.
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