>>>>> "Stafford" == Stafford A Rau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Jonathan> He's from Finland. Finnish has no known association with any
Jonathan> other Earthly language.

Stafford> Just to be pedantic, Finnish is part of the Finno-Ugrian
Stafford> language group, which includes Finnish, Estonian, and
Stafford> Hungarian. There are many other languages in that group,
Stafford> such as Karelian, Vepsian, and Ludian, but they are spoken
Stafford> by small minority groups within the Russian Federation and
Stafford> are rapidly dissappearing through cultural assimilation.

Just to pierce this whole silly balloon, he is a Swedish-speaking Finn
(there is a whole crowd of them).  Does "Torvalds" really sound
Finnish to you?


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