Juho Julkunen wrote:
> In article <98187$472d2886$621026d8$29067@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, on Sat, 03 Nov
> 2007 22:03:56 -0400, Bastard Toadflax <bastard_toadflax@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> says...
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>>Juho Julkunen wrote:
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>>>> FH saw the name Harkonnen, or a form of it, in a phonebook, and just
>>>>liked it, or, that is what I have read....
>>>
>>>
>>>Harkonnen isn't a Russian name.
>>>
>>>Vladimir is, though.
>>
>> Does make me wonder about Harkonnen, though....
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> It looks like an anglicization of Finnish surname Härkönen to me.
>
> The makers of the SciFi Channel miniseries apparently thought so too,
> since the pronunciation in that is kind of reminiscent of Finnish
> unlike in the Lynch movie.
Interesting. Thanks. IIRC, the miniseries pronounced it like
"Harkening".....
BT
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