View Message

This is a reply within a larger thread: view the whole thread

One possibility...
...which would make sense only if you are a guy.
In some parts of Greece (particularly in Mani, south of Sparta) Zani or Zanis is a form of John :)
vote up1vote down

Replies

That's the explanation I've seen for Zane Gray, the cowboy-story author. How interesting - I always thought it was, well, wild and Western - and it turns out the Greeks had a word for it after all!
vote up1vote down