Message-Id: <200107091556.f69Fun005061@cx744836-a.elcjn1.sdca.home.com> To: Mark-Jason Dominus Subject: Re: Names In-reply-to: Your message of Fri, 06 Jul 2001 04:31:15 EDT. <20010706083115.9345.qmail@plover.com> Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 08:56:48 -0700 From: vinge@xxxxxxx.com Wow! I had totally forgotten that fact about Marta Korolev. (In fact, I didn't remember it even after getting your letter -- but there it is in my notes and in the book!) It is true that I intended "Qiwi" to be an etymological descendent of something like "Qih-hui" -- which is, I believe, a real Chinese given name for a woman. Other than that, it was an unintended coincidence. Regards, -- Vernor Vinge > >I just noticed that you gave Qiwi Lin Lisolet the same name as Marta >Korolev, whose middle name was Qih-hui. Does the name have some >special meaning? >