[uf-discuss] hcard: additional additional names

[Martin McEvoy]

Michael Smethurst wrote:
> On 21/8/08 18:41, "Martin McEvoy" <martin at weborganics.co.uk> wrote:
>
>   
>> Michael Smethurst wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi Martin
>>>
>>>
>>> On 14/8/08 15:48, "Martin McEvoy" <martin at weborganics.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>> *family-name-preposition*  is probably more accurate to what you are
>>>       
>>>> trying to describe "von" in dutch simply means "of" or "from"
>>>>         
>> Oh I quoted wrong there I meant to say "van" in Dutch simply means "of"
>> or "from" my bad! ;-)
>>
>> "von" still means "of"  or "from" but is also used to indicate
>> German/Austrian nobility similar to "de" in French.
>>
>>
>>     
>>> , "O" as in
>>>       
>>>> "O'Donnell",  in Irish  means  "descendant of" or  "grandson of" (in
>>>> Gaelic Ua),  Mc and Mac are again Irish meaning "son of",  and "Fitz" as
>>>> in "FitzGerald"  is an Irish hash of the french "fils de" which also
>>>> means "son of". What I am trying to say is any of these prefixes simply
>>>> mean "of" and shouldn't really be considered part of their family name
>>>> although they mostly are,  think "Van Gough" would you know who I meant
>>>> if  I just said "Gough"?
>>>>         
>>>   
>>>
>>> Family-name-preposition it is. You can see beethoven here:
>>>
>>> http://bbc-hackday.dyndns.org:1895/people/16
>>>   
>>>       
>> Ahh Shame! the link doesn't work for me
>>     
>
> My bad. Was on internal port. Try
> http://bbc-hackday.dyndns.org:2840/people/16
>   

Thank you Michael looks Great the vcard extracts nicely too

try: 
http://transformr.co.uk/hcard/http://bbc-hackday.dyndns.org:2840/people/16


Best Wishes

Martin McEvoy
>> I will try it later
>>
>>
>> Best Wishes
>>
>> Martin McEvoy
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