01-06-2010, 04:52 AM
distazo Wrote:mmm,
you're right! Keep on finding such things.
I think that it is the same as in our age. When you like somebody very much, you call him/her by an alternative shortened name, that is 'allowed' only because of friendship.
You see that often in Russian tradition as well.
Shlama,
yeah, definitely appears to be an endearing rendition, but i was wondering if there was any knowledge of whether or not this version of his name is attested-to in Syriac-speaking communities (is it a normal occurance?), or is it possibly a Greek thing?
I couldn't find any info anywhere else....
Chayim b'Moshiach,
Jeremy