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Re: Tage -- from Tyge? Scanian? Swedish? Danish? Anyone?
in reply to a message by Kate
Tage is a common name in Sweden, but not popular among children. It's Danish and related to the world "taga" (in modern Swedish; "ta"), which means "to take". It means "guarantor" or perhaps "durant".
Tage Danielson (comedian, author, but, alas, dead) is my idol!
Tage Erlander was a prime minister.
Oh, and it's pr. TAH-guh.Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if only one remembers to turn on the lights
~Albus Dumbledore
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