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[Facts] Re: Origin of Huon?
by
Anneza
7/6/2006, 11:45 PM
in reply to
a message by Bex
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huon_of_Bordeaux
I can't prove this, but it looks like the same sort of diminutive form - in this case, of
Hugh
- that gives
Alison
from
Alice
. But how it ended up in Tassie is more than I can guess.
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Origin of Huon?
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Bex
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7/6/2006, 11:06 PM
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Re: Origin of Huon?
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Cleveland Kent Evans
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7/7/2006, 12:47 PM
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Re: Origin of Huon?
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Anneza
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7/6/2006, 11:45 PM