donna writes:

> you gotta read the whole thing like a love letter.  i think you'll find that
>  (st.?) james agrees with (st.?) mark.           - d
>
>  (maybe we can get the vatican thread going after all :-)

Well, just to give the thread a bit of a push, James, who was the brother of
Jesus, is a common enough name in English, but Jesus is of course exceedingly
rare. But that's not true for Hispanic populations, where Jesus (pronounced
"Hey-seuss") is a very common male name.

The Hispanic nickname for Jesus is "Chuy" (pronounced "Chewey"), and thus
here in Las Cruces, where the population is at least 50% Hispanic, Chuy is
also a very common first name. Similarly, Baca is similarly a very common
last name, but surprisingly so far, in all of my travels, I've never met
anyone whose complete name is "Chuy Baca" -- even though you would expect on
simple percentages alone that you would.

If that isn't on topic, I don't know what is.

Wirt Atmar

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