What the hell kind of name is Einar?
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jgroub — 11 years ago(June 29, 2014 08:09 PM)
Really? He couldn't have been Ike, or Herman, or Louie? Whose a$$ did they pull this name out of?
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JohnnyWeissmuller — 11 years ago(July 01, 2014 02:15 AM)
Sounds Nordic or Icelandic to me, and with a Swedish director in Lasse Hallstrom, I guess he liked the name and didn't find it unusual. Maybe an American director would have felt different and changed it to something more western, but I like that it's an uncommon name.
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shimotorres — 11 years ago(September 29, 2014 10:16 AM)
It's origin is on the internet. See:
http://www.behindthename.com/name/einar
Norwegian, Icelandic, Swedish, Danish
Meaning & History
From the Old Norse name Einarr, derived from the elements ein "one, alone" and arr "warrior". This name shares the same roots as einherjar, the word for the slain warriors in Valhalla.
17th most popular name in Iceland.
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JackBluegrass — 10 years ago(July 05, 2015 07:54 AM)
Right.
Immigrants to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th century from Scandinavian and other northern nations often settled in [what became] northern states. similar climate, similar agriculture, similar willingness to endure and prosper under remote and harsh conditions, etc.
So, character Einar would have been a descendant of one of those settlers, and that given name in Wyoming is reasonable.
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OnlyRocknRoll — 9 years ago(August 11, 2016 08:24 AM)
Your post made me smile. When I was in high school (very 'diverse') a Chinese girl came up to me and said "I like it when you read the roll call because you don't destroy anyone's name."
Mispronouncing names is a typical, ignorant Anglo-identified tactic to denigrate someone else's origin and culture. As is a huge refusal to learn another language or pronounce it correctly if they even try. Apparently, for them, learning another language and speaking it correctly, is some kind of loss of identity or simply being tone deaf.
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