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Subject: Re: goran's nickname

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morana

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Date Posted: 11:12:40 02/17/05 Thu
In reply to: mynx 's message, "goran's nickname" on 18:42:33 02/16/05 Wed

Sime(�ime) has no actual meaning. Goran got it when he moved from �ibenik(Dalmatia region) to Zagreb in order to attend Acting academy. Because he was a perfect exemplar of a typical Dalmatian guy(by body constitution, and he has a strong Dalmatian accent) his friend, also an actor, Rene Bitorajec started to call him Sime. Goran is a neutral name and is equally prevailing in all parts of Croatia, while Sime is a typical Dalmatian name, and also very often in Dalmatia. That�s why Bitorajec started to call him Sime out of joke to emphasize his Dalmatian origin. By the way, Sime is a shorter, Dalmation alias for Simun(�imun), that is Croatian version of a Biblical, Jewish name(Simon, in English), and is pronounced SH-Y-M-E(as in elephant).

Morana

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Re: goran's nickname	Nancy Lion-Storm	23:12:04 02/19/05 Sat