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Subject: Re: Thanks Pavlos!
Author: Pauliina   (guest, 62.104.212.74)
Date: October 26, 2001 at 2:08:22 AM
Reply to: Re: Thanks Pavlos! by Pavlos
It´s a Finnish "speciality", used in order to indicate a long vowel. Other examples of Finnish spellings: Saara, Tiina, Eeva...
People sometimes assume I´m into creative spellings, even more so since I named my son Saam :0) - this a Persian name (pronunciation: rhymes with "calm").

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