Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > | > I'd rather be called "Poe" than "Poen" > | > | Does that mean anything in Norwegian? > > I was thinking about Edgar Allan... > > No, no speecial meaning in norwegian... except Pöh (or rather Pøh!).. > > an onomatopoetic word... meanins something like "Bull!" or "Never!"
But in middlehigh german it (i.e. Pön) had the meaning of "punishment" (-> lat. poena). Not a bad name after all... Jürgen.
