[lit-ideas] Ursus, Ursa, Ursum (Is: Stange)
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:31:47 EDT
>I was born in Austria, transplanted to Chicago at the tender age >of six
and always thought of myself as part of some genteel class >reduced to
poverty.
Every few years or so, someone behind the >counter in a store or somewhere,
will ask me if I'm European.
Very Interesting. Now you will have to tell us (or me) _where_ in Austria.
And is "Stange" your family name (we say 'maiden name' in Argentina, but
that's no longer politically correct, right?)
Ursulas I know a few -- the Swiss actress, Ursula Andress is one. It all
sounds as from European nobility, not genteelity if you axes me.
Has "Ursula" a meaning in Austrian? In Latin it would be "little bear". Odd
that no male I know is called "Ursulus", but merely "Ursus" (In Argentinian,
"Ursus" means, 'strong as a bear' -- he's an ursus).
Cheers,
JL
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