Spelling test

[satch400]

jav. Texas ICELAND TJ SW LA. ZIMB. HJ UCLA CEYLON ,DUKE basketball coach good luck

[hj197steve]

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Duke basketball coach is easy... it's simply Coach K !!!

[hjsteve]

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I'll take a shot at the hj'er.. I DID NMOT LOOK IT UP AND IF ANYONE ELSE DOES T IS CHEATING on a question like this:

Nagalingham Ethirviresingham

[satch400]

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NE is correct ,how about the rest?

[gh]

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As noted in an earlier thread ("long names") there's some question as to how he spells his name, as it appears two ways from palce to place, including in different places on this website:

http://www.cantyd.org/english/awardsofe ... lingam.asp

[hj197steve]

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now just wait one cotton-pickin' minute here Garry, my answer has been proclaimed as correct ! And I did not look it up anywhere either.

[satch400]

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FIRST 2 WERE NCAA outdoor champs jav TEXAS ICELAND AND TJ SW LA. ZIMB. get to work

[IFK_Vaxjo]

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How about that french hurdler...was it Nina Ramalalarinina? Ohh how I laughed when the swedish commentators tried to say it fast during the races...

[Per Andersen]

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The TEXAS ICELAND guy must be the son of the silver medalist from the Melbourne '56 T.J only his last name was Einarsson. Explain that!

[gh]

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And for extra credit, what school did the '56 triple jumper graduate from?

[satch400]

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DARTMOUTH

[tandfman]

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>How about that french hurdler...was it Nina Ramalalarinina?<

No, it was Nicole Ramalalanirina.

[noone]

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Re Vilhjalmur Einarsson, etc.:

In Iceland they still use the method that was used in all of Scandinavia until about 100 years ago: You are known primarily by your first name. The "last name" is a patronymic, i.e. it is your father's name followed by "sson" (for a boy) or -sdottir (for agirl).
That is why father and son have different last names.

[Per Andersen]

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You are correct NOONE. Try looking up names in an Icelandic phonebook. It goes by first name.
Anders Persson

[noone]

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This spelling test may be too easy for you experts:
Spell the name of the Madagascaran 100m runner who placed 8th at the 1968 OG and later won a NAIA title for Westmont.