No, qwantz is the middle name of the great encyclopedic sage Aloysius Q. Schmaltzenstein Gavronsky of Appenzell (CH), from whom, unworthy as I am, I have nevertheless borrowed first name, and made of his middle my last. Guido . --- Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > O.K. -- whence Qwantz? Does it have someting to do > with dolphins, too? > > Cindy > > > --- Aloysius Qwantz <aloysius2k5@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Tursiop is a slight involuntary misspelling of > the > > scientific name of the bottle-nosed dolphin > > (Tursiops > > truncatus), found in coastal waters of the North > > Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. > > My last name has been temporarely changed to > Qwantz, > > > > but I may revert to Tursiops eventually. The name > > is > > Latin, likely of Greek derivation. > > I don't think there is a special meaning. It's > just > > that I like Dolphins. > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Discover Yahoo! > > Find restaurants, movies, travel and more fun for > > the weekend. Check it out! > > http://discover.yahoo.com/weekend.html > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Discover Yahoo! > Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and > more. Check it out! > http://discover.yahoo.com/stayintouch.html > > __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Use Yahoo! to plan a weekend, have fun online and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/